The National Testing Agency opened registration for JEE Main 2027 Session 1 on 24 October at jeemain.nta.nic.in, for admission to undergraduate engineering, architecture and planning programmes. The window closes on 22 November at 11.50 pm.
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NTA released the JEE Main 2027 syllabus, unchanged from 2026. Paper 1 covers Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry. Candidates preparing for the engineering entrance can check subject-wise topics and download the syllabus PDF from the official website, jeemain.nta.nic.in.
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After the final NEET UG 2026 counselling round, more than 800 MBBS seats remain vacant in deemed universities in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry amid high fees. MCC sources say 837 seats are unfilled nationally.
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The Medical Counselling Committee released the NEET PG 2026 Round 1 seat allotment result on 24 October at mcc.nic.in. Candidates allotted seats must report to their colleges between 26 October and 2 November.
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While several selective universities bring testing back, the 13-campus University of Wisconsin system is considering permanently dropping ACT and SAT requirements for first-year applicants. Officials say high school GPA predicts outcomes better.
Read more at The College Fix →Prediction market Kalshi could add event contracts on admission rates at 22 selective institutions, including Johns Hopkins, MIT and the University of Chicago, according to Inside Higher Ed, as the platform moves into college admissions.
Read more at Inside Higher Ed →The Allahabad High Court ruled that universities which require UGC NET for PhD admission cannot be forced to accept JEST scores. The case involved DSMNRU, which mandated NET in October 2024 for 2025-26 admissions.
Read more at Jagran Josh →Sakshi Chandak, who topped the ICAI CA Inter exam, used AI tools to break down complex case laws and explain hard concepts simply, alongside a four-revision study strategy, News18 reports.
Read more at News18 →Germany has introduced a new Class XII marks requirement and an additional test for some master's applicants. The Telegraph explains how the application process now works for Indian students drawn by affordable public universities.
Read more at The Telegraph India →BITS Pilani redesigned its undergraduate curriculum with more academic flexibility and stronger links to research, industry practice and student wellbeing, said group vice chancellor V Ramgopal Rao, a former IIT Delhi director.
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Australia kept its planning level for new overseas student commencements at 295,000 for 2026 and 2027. Families in Nepal, Bangladesh and India say visa refusal decisions send a different message, The Australia Today reports.
Read more at The Australia Today →BusinessDay reports the UK is cutting foreign student visas, especially for Nigerians and Pakistanis. Applicants say the ability to pay high tuition no longer guarantees admission, and Nigeria has seen a rise in application withdrawals.
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Canada recorded 37,090 new study permit holders in August 2026, nearly six times earlier monthly numbers. But new student arrivals from January to August were 71% lower than in the same period of 2024.
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New Australian rules require most student visa holders to apply for extensions from outside the country. Kuensel reports many Bhutanese students, by some estimates up to 30,000, are expected to return home to reapply.
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Indian student arrivals in the US on F1 visas fell 39% in August compared with a year earlier, the lowest since 2020. Gulte links the fall to stricter immigration policy, document vetting and scarce visa slots.
Read more at Gulte →The Trump administration has proposed charging colleges up to $100,000 for international students to join the OPT work programme. Inside Higher Ed charts research suggesting the effect would reach well beyond students.
Read more at Inside Higher Ed →Preliminary data shows overseas higher education commencements in Australia fell 4.9% year on year early in 2026, from 130,415 to 123,968, as the sector adjusts to managed growth ahead of AIEC 2026, The PIE News reports.
Read more at The PIE News →Ashoka University founder Pranav Gupta says rising costs, changing visa rules and new global options are making Indian families more selective about the real return on studying in the US, Canada, the UK or Australia.
Read more at Outlook Business →An ANU paper by Alan Gamlen, Peter McDonald and Sahar Zia sets out how decades of swings between easing and restricting post-study access have affected Australian higher education. It argues student numbers are always migration matters.
Read more at Future Campus →Australia offers a reduced Student visa application charge to eligible citizens of 23 countries across the Pacific Islands, Timor-Leste and ASEAN. The standard charge for the main applicant is AUD 2,500.
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Under the IndiaAI Fellowship, run by IndiaAI under MeitY, eligible undergraduate students studying or researching AI can get up to Rs 1 lakh in financial help and postgraduate students up to Rs 2 lakh.
Read more at News18 →IIM Indore offers need-based financial assistance to students with family income below Rs 12 lakh a year, plus merit scholarships. It also helps students apply for central and state government scholarships.
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The GIFT Finance Olympiad National Student Case Challenge 2026 invites postgraduate students to solve real problems in international financial markets, focusing on product innovation, market infrastructure and institutional partnerships at GIFT IFSC.
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The Institute of Science and Technology Austria in Klosterneuburg, near Vienna, invites applicants worldwide with a bachelor's or master's degree to its fully funded 2027 PhD programme in science, technology and mathematics.
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Students can register by 13 November 2026 for the fifth Kashi Tamil Sangamam, a cultural and educational exchange on Tamil literature and Indian heritage. The programme runs from 28 November to 12 December.
Read more at News18 →Engineering student Lingampalli Himaja describes how RUDHRA, a project her team built to support visually impaired students, made the Global Top 20 of the James Dyson Award after her college chairman encouraged them to enter.
Read more at The Hindu →ISACA is inviting applications for its Cybersecurity Month Scholarship 2026, worth $2,500, open to cybersecurity students worldwide, according to a listing on Global South Opportunities. Check eligibility and the deadline on ISACA's own page before applying.
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Seat capacity across the IITs rose from 16,598 in 2022 to 18,826 in 2026, a net addition of 2,228 seats, according to JEE Advanced data. Female supernumerary seats have more than doubled.
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IIM Ahmedabad completed the first cluster of summer placements for its PGP 2028 batch on 23 October in hybrid format. Recruiters offered more than 85 roles across consulting, investment banking, financial advisory and private equity.
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Delhi University will hold its 103rd convocation on 20 November, awarding degrees to 85,231 undergraduates and 7,235 postgraduates. For the first time, students will receive degrees in the year they complete their course.
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IIT Bhilai awarded degrees to 313 students at its sixth convocation on 24 October, including 170 BTech and 19 PhD scholars. Kriti Arora won the Institute Gold Medal for the highest BTech CGPA.
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University World News reports that attention is moving from foreign universities opening full campuses in India to setting up research centres that work with Indian institutions and businesses on India's research ambitions.
Read more at University World News →The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027, released on 30 September, include 107 Indian institutions. IISc Bangalore leads with a score of 57, followed by Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences in Chennai.
Read more at Jagran Josh →Ajman's Gulf Medical University debuted in the QS Arab Region 2027 rankings at 125th overall and first in the region for international student ratio. The university is the flagship institution of the Thumbay Group, Daijiworld reports.
Read more at Daijiworld →Dongguk University plans a new college in 2028 giving international students a dedicated academic home and dual majors, its president told The Korea Herald's World Class series on Korean university strategy.
Read more at The Korea Herald →A Hindu commentary argues that the familiar focus on low pay and workload misses what is distinctive in India, which is the scale of unfilled senior faculty positions in higher education institutions.
Read more at The Hindu →The Hindu profiles PhD scholar Poonam Kundal, who edits rice DNA with CRISPR-Cas at SKUAST Jammu without pay. Many Indian doctoral scholars compete for a small pool of fellowships, the report says.
Read more at The Hindu →Facing a projected deficit, Syracuse University will run an administrative portfolio review of executive and staff roles. Chancellor J. Michael Haynie compared it to an academic review that led to cutting 93 programmes.
Read more at Higher Ed Dive →University of Maine leaders outlined a plan to shrink the expected fiscal 2028 nonacademic deficit from $9 million to $3 million, through layoffs, shorter appointments and vacancy eliminations in several units.
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The National Medical Commission withdrew the Maintenance of Standards of Medical Education Regulations 2023 with effect from 17 October. The Hindu reports questions over how college violations will be penalised and compliance verified.
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The Hindu reports a student who paid Rs 12,500 for a backup seat at a private engineering college in Greater Noida has waited three months for a refund, as institutions continue to ignore UGC refund rules.
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Former UGC chair M Jagadesh Kumar urged universities to move beyond granting degrees and help students build portfolios of practical work, linking this shift to the role of education in India's Viksit Bharat 2047 goals.
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Seven months into the financial year, 24 central universities are still waiting for renewal of the UGC's flagship scheme for teaching and research on marginalised communities, Maktoob Media reports, raising questions about the scheme's future.
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Veer Narmad South Gujarat University is installing 388 ceiling fans in its hostels with a spring mechanism that detaches under excessive force and cuts power, Vice-Chancellor Kishor Chavda said, as part of efforts to improve student safety.
Read more at EdexLive →The Commission for Public Higher Education, set up in 2025, voted to accredit Florida Polytechnic University, its first decision. Chair Mark Becker said it was built for the needs of public higher education.
Read more at Inside Higher Ed →Under Secretary Nicholas Kent gave the National Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences 12 months to resolve compliance concerns and barred it from accrediting new institutions until it does, Higher Ed Dive reports.
Read more at Higher Ed Dive →An Ohio court blocked the Coalition for the Common Good's attempt to dissolve the Antioch University Advisory Board, but said CCG could place President Lori Varlotta on paid administrative leave, Inside Higher Ed reports.
Read more at Inside Higher Ed →As global companies build senior engineering, research and leadership roles in India, the case for professionals to return is stronger, TOI reports. Families still weigh pay against what they earn abroad.
Read more at The Times of India →Students stay constantly connected through digital platforms yet can still feel cut off from learning, classmates and teachers. A column in The Hindu looks at this academic loneliness and why it matters.
Read more at The Hindu →A Hindu column notes AI companies are hiring philosophers and Industry 5.0 puts human centricity, culture and community trust at the centre of business, arguing management schools need humanities and social sciences.
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