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Top 3 countries where to study
SONIA VITIELLO| the 22 Aug 2021
The year before being elected to power, the former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair stated that his three main priorities for Government were: education, education, and education.
A good education system is a key factor in human, social, and economic development. Through the right education choice, an individual can increase the chances of better quality of life opportunities.
As a recent academic report stated,
Better education leads not only to higher individual income but is also a necessary precondition for long-term economic growth
Most fast-developing countries in particular will have this deeply ingrained in their family structures and cultures
Society will become wealthier, and parents will want to offer their children opportunities that they might miss out on – thus completing a virtuous circle where economic improvement and life chances are closely linked, for the majority at least.
It’s a cliché, as well as an innate biological imperative, that parents will want their offspring to get on in life. For some, that might involve looking to make an international move, to take advantage of a better standard of living, a wider range of opportunities, or a specialism not catered for locally.
The options for primary and secondary level education across the world are endless, and a vitally important basis for further study, but for now, we will focus on tertiary, higher level education.
What are the top 3 destinations for education?
1. United States
The United States is consistently at the top of surveys of education rankings. As an economic and cultural powerhouse, with the world’s largest gross domestic product, it leads on many indices.
Just mentioning a few names will let you feel like you will be in the hands of an economic growth machine
The tech giants of Silicon Valley generate world-altering levels of wealth and technological innovation that other countries can only dream of.
Wall Street and the financial markets deal with fortunes on a daily basis.
The US military budget by far outstrips all its competitors, offering huge opportunities in cutting-edge R&D, computing, and engineering.
Hollywood and the entertainment industry set the popular culture – across music, movies, and television.
The US also spends far more on healthcare than any other G7 nation, meaning opportunities and salaries are also unmatched elsewhere.
The attractions of these sectors are obvious. Established professionals will want to move there, and young people will want to be educated there, to be on the spot to take advantage of any and all of the opportunities on offer.
Additionally, the US is culturally and racially diverse and was shaped by large waves of immigration from Europe and beyond, so this is a well-trodden path, with many long-standing ethnic and religious communities.
Top-rated universities in the world
The country has some of the top-rated universities in the world.
These include Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Stanford University, University of California – Berkeley, Columbia, Johns Hopkins, and Princeton, which take large numbers of foreign students.
Each has its own specialties. MIT, for example, is best known for lab-based R&D, including a Nuclear Reactor Laboratory. More than $675m was spent on research at MIT in a recent year, with additional federal funding going to MIT’s Lincoln Laboratory, a Department of Defense research and development lab focused on technological solutions to national security issues.
2. United Kingdom
The United Kingdom also rates highly on educational rankings. Long-established and globally recognized institutions, such as Oxford and Cambridge Universities, Imperial, and UCL, attract students from all over the world. Major factors in creating that interest are language and cultural links with the US, the Commonwealth, and the EU, as well as a tradition of educational excellence.UCL, for example, concentrates on arts and humanities, engineering, mathematical and physical sciences, and different aspects of the medical sciences. The university is affiliated with several hospitals and medical centers, such as the University College Hospital and the Royal National Throat, Nose, and Ear Hospital. The university has been associated with many research accomplishments throughout its history.
The UK is known for its economic, political, scientific, and cultural influence, with London in particular as the second-largest international financial center and one of the most visited cities. It also leads in sectors such as medical research, aerospace technology, artificial intelligence and electronics, music, and the arts, which attract many to the capital and specialist hubs.
3. Canada
Canada is another country, well known for its quality of life, and history of welcoming a diverse range of immigrants. Canada is a high-tech industrial society, a significant exporter of energy, food, and minerals, with a high standard of living, well positioned next to its larger neighbor to the south, with traditional close links to Asia and Europe – the UK and France in particular.
Top educational establishments
The country includes the University of British Columbia and the University of Toronto. Toronto attracts thousands of foreign students from more than 160 countries, especially India and China. It focuses on disciplines such as applied science and engineering, management, and public health. A major innovation that the University of Toronto is responsible for is insulin, which researchers discovered in the 1920s. The university’s Banting & Best Diabetes Centre is named after two of these researchers, one of whom won the Nobel Prize for this work.
Now that you know which countries offer the best education, where do you want to pursue your future?
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