Worldwide Higher Education

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Regional Outlook of Worldwide Higher Education

Reduced access to higher education: facilitate the access, e-learning (disruptive innovation)

Regional outlook for higher education

Until 2002, North America and Western Europe represented the regions with a large number of tertiary education students.
Since 2003, East Asia and the Pacific is the region with more higher education students.
46% of the world's students were in the East and South Asian region (Asian Development Bank,)
In 2013:
1. China: 34 million of higher education students
2. India: 28.3 million of students
3. China + India: 33% of all students in the world
4. Currently, in China and India, a university is being built each week
5. The United States: 20 million of students
6. In the EU-28 (508 million) there were 19.6 million tertiary education students (only 3.8%), of which 7.5% were in tertiary short-cycle courses, 60.7% studying a Bachelor of Science, 28.1% master's and 3.7% degrees (Source: the EU)
Africa is today the fastest growing region regarding higher education enrolment.

African Business (Master, Courses, Doctorates)

GER Map (Gross Enrolment Rates) (source: UNESCO)

Worldwide higher education Map

The case of India

2028: India will be the most populous country in the world (1,450 million people) (UN).
More than 50% of the population of India (about 600 million people) are under 25 years
Indian middle class (those who can best afford a quality education): 500 million people.
GDP growth rates of 8%: demand for higher education can only grow.
India will soon have the largest population of access age to higher studies in the world
Even if India reach its target of a gross enrolment rate of 30% in the tertiary sector in 2020 (23.9% in 2013), 100 million Indian students will not be able to access higher education.
India will surely become the market with largest opportunities for international higher education providers.

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