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Bangladeshi students studying in US have reached new all-time high, making Bangladesh the 17th country worldwide sending students to the United States for higher education, according to a statement.
The US embassy issued the statement on Monday also said over 8,800 Bangladeshi students studied in the United States in the 2019/2020 academic year, adding that this is a new all-time high for Bangladesh, reflecting a 7.1 per cent increase over the 2019 report (8,249 students), more than tripling since 2009.
In celebration of International Education Week (IEW), November 16-20, 2020, a joint US Department of State and US Department of Education initiative, the US Embassy Dhaka is pleased to announce more than 8,800 Bangladeshi students chose to study in the United States during the 2019/2020 academic year, according to the 2020 Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange, as per the statement.
Promoting educational exchanges between Bangladesh and the United States is a strategic priority for US Embassy Dhaka. International education exchanges benefit both our nations and peoples, boosting intellectual and cross-cultural capital as well as business and professional networks, and helping prepare students to enter the global job markets and solve the world’s toughest challenges.
Bangladesh had the highest percentage growth among the top 20 countries, and the highest increase in the South Asian region.
More than 75 per cent of Bangladeshi students currently on US campuses study in STEM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics).
Of them, over 41 per cent study Engineering, over 19 per cent – Math/Computer Science, and over 15 per cent – Physical or Life Sciences. Nearly seven per cent students study Business/Management and nearly six per cent study Social Sciences.
Nearly 1,300 Bangladeshi students (14 per cent of all Bangladeshi students) during the 2019/2020 academic year participated in the Optional Practical Training (OPT) – on-the-job training in one’s field of study – as part of their studies in the United States, as per the statement.
The 2020 Open Doors® Report on International Educational Exchange released on Monday by the US
Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and the non-profit Institute of International Education (IIE), reveals the United States remained the top destination for international students.
For the fifth consecutive year, the United States hosted more than one million international students (1,075,496) during the 2019/2020 academic year. Despite a slight decline (1.8 per cent) in the number of international students in the United States during the 2019/2020 academic year, this group still represents 5.5 per cent of all students in US higher education.
The US Embassy in Dhaka, through Education USA Bangladesh, is celebrating International Education Week (IEW) by offering a number of virtual programs for Bangladeshi students and scholars to join.
Over the next five days, our EdUSA advising centers in Bangladesh will host 10 webinars on various topics related to studying in the United States.
Programmes will feature Bangladeshi students currently studying at Michigan State, Yale University, McNeese State University, and New York University, and representatives from the following U.S. higher education institutions: Bentley University, California State University at San Bernardino, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Florida International University, Hamilton College. Midway University, Minnesota State University, Missouri Western State University, New York University’s (NYU) Tandon School of Engineering, Northern Arizona University, Orange Coast College, Pepperdine University, State University of New York at Oswego and New Paltz, Stony Brook University, University of Houston-Victoria, University of New Mexico, University of Northern Iowa, University of South Dakota, University of Texas at Arlington, University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire and Milwaukee, and Valparaiso University.
For more information about upcoming programs visit: https://www.facebook.com/EdUSABangladesh or write to [email protected], the statement added.