Thursday, April 13, 2006

Higher ed in India: Fact of the Day

The number of Indians receiving PhD degrees in engineering from Indian Universities during 2000 - 2003 (4 years): 3014.

The number of Indians receiving the same degree from US universities in the same period:   1297.

The source for these figures is the US National Science Foundation's Science and Engineering Indicators - 2006. More specifically, here and here.

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2 comments:

  1. Anonymous12:39 PM, April 15, 2006

    What does this mean, actually? I'm stupid a bit.

    My take is that it implies Indian univs give away a Ph.D far more cheaply than the US ones.

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  2. Abi7:03 PM, April 18, 2006

    Anon: It's just one of those interesting pieces of statistics. I just found it surprising that fully 25 % of Ph.D. degrees awarded to Indians come from the US universities. That's all.

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