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United Kingdom, as an education destination has a rather long and illustrious history in India. Over the period, some of india's most famous and important personalities have studied in the UK. For example india's prime minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh and several of his predecessors studied in UK. The traditioin does continue, however you need not be an industry scion or from a political bent to be able achieve this today.

On introspecting as to why students have over the years chosen to study in UK we come across a long list of reasons. Primarily, the UK education system has been the foundation for the Indian education system. Therefore we have similar duration Bachelor's Degree of 3 or 4 years depending on the field the top 200 of the university ranking in 2009. The British Government has a strict quality control to ensure world class education standards are met, thus resulting in an internationally acclaimed degree.

One should prepare in advance and apply as early as possible to be eligible for admission to competitive programs in UK top institutions before they are full up. Popular fields of study are International Business, MBA, Engineering, Information Technology, Forensic Science, Fashion, Media, Communication, Tourism, Hospitality, Music etc.

Students also opt for studying in UK because they are permitted to work for upto 20 hours part time per week off campus. They thus can earn about 5 pounds to 7 pounds per hour which helps in reducing their cost of study and giving them some valuable experience. Further students can work full time during vacations. Recently the British Government has streamlined the visa process to make it simple for international students to understand. The new point based system requires for students to get a Certification of Acceptance to be issued by a licensed sponsor in the prescribed format. The studen needs to get a total of 40 points to be eligible to get a visa and needs to have sufficient funds in saving bank account for 28 days prior to visa application.