More young Chinese going abroad for studies – but more are also returning upon graduation
Top study destinations include the US, Australia, Canada and Britain
More young Chinese people are attending university abroad, with the United States, Australia and Britain among their top choices, a survey by a Chinese consultancy shows.
The Education International Cooperation Group’s survey, published on Saturday, showed a 17 per cent increase in the number of students aged below 18 attending universities overseas last year, compared with that in 2012.
Most of the students chose to study in the US, followed by Australia, Canada and Britain, Modern Express quoted the report as saying.
More than 70 per cent of parents surveyed for sending their children for studies overseas said their primary purpose was for their children to “broaden their horizons”.
Their two other major considerations were because “foreign countries had better education conditions” and they hoped overseas education would help their children “increase their knowledge”, according to the report.