With student visa restrictions tightening in several traditional education destinations, including Canada, Australia, the UK and the US, Indian students are increasingly exploring alternatives in continental Europe. Among European countries gaining attention is Austria, which is now actively courting Indian science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) graduates through a structured master’s programme backed by its top technical universities.

In an initiative announced jointly by the Austrian Ambassador to India and officials of India’s Ministry of Education, a formal partnership has been established between Austria’s leading public universities — TU Wien, TU Graz and TU Leoben — and VFS Education Services, the education arm of VFS Global, to provide Indian engineering graduates

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