UK

The Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS) is a mandatory fee (GBP 776 or INR 1 Lakhs per year) paid by Indian students for the healthcare services offered by the National Health Service (NHS).

This allows students to get all healthcare benefits of a UK resident. The IHS covers hospital treatment, diagnostics, mental health services, dental services, and urgent medical needs.

The most famous scientists from Oxford University are - 

1. Stephen Hawking (cosmologist)
2. Tim Berners-Lee (inventor of the World Wide Web)
3. Nobel laureate Dorothy Hodgkin (chemist)
4. Erwin Schrödinger (discoverer of the Schrödinger equation, physicist)
5. Howard Florey and Ernst Chain (penicillin developers)

Famous actors who studied at Oxford University include -

1. Kate Beckinsale (French and Russian literature)
2. Hugh Grant (English literature)
3. Rosamund Pike (English literature)
4. Rowan Atkinson (MS in Electrical Engineering)
5. Emma Watson (Master's in Creative Writing in UK)

The best non-Russell Group universities in the UK include the University of St Andrews, the University of Bath and Loughborough University. These institutions offer specialised, career-focused and high-quality education. 

There are 24 research-intensive universities in the Russell Group. These universities are considered the top universities in the UK - which are known for their quality of research and teaching standards.

Liverpool Uni ranks among the top 20 universities in the UK for research. As a Russell Group University, it maintains a very high research output. Liverpool Uni has generated over GBP 125 million via its research work in the 2024-25. It has also contributed to major projects like the Large Hadron Collider.

Engineering, Medicine, Sociology, and Physical Sciences are the popular areas of research at the university.

Indian students struggling to pay their fees at Liverpool Uni are advised to contact the Student Fees Office immediately. Students also have the option to suspend their studies for some time. This will not lead to any new accural of tuition fees and gives students the time to collect the required funds.

The suspension of studies will require an academic approval from the Uni of Liverpool.

Yes, Indian students can transfer from the Liverpool University campus in UK to its XJTLU campus in China. To do that students will need to enroll in one of the Uni Liverpool's mobility programs. These programs allow students to spend a "Year in China".

To know more, get in touch with one of the Shiksha Study Abroad counsellors.

Students aged 16 and above who wish to study at UK Uni can apply for Student Visa. They must have obtained offer letter for course by licensed student sponsor, can fund their studies and stay in UK, are good in English and have proof of your parent's consent. Old Tier 4 general student visa has now replaced by this visa. If a student is applying from outside UK, they should do so 6 months before start of program. Those students who are applying from inside UK can do so 3 months before start of program.

• Fee for students applying from outside UK- GBP 558

Yes, you must prove your knowledge of English to at least level B1 on the CEFR scale to get a Skilled Worker Visa UK. The most common way to do this is - by taking any Secure English Language Test (SELT) such as - IELTS for UKVI or PTE Academic UKVI. 

Indian students studying in the UK, who are going to transition from having a student visa to either a Graduate Visa or Skilled Worker Visa in UK are generally not required to prove their proficiency again. The idea is - if you have been living or studying in the UK since last 12 months then you need not to prove fluency in English.