Figures show that in 2002-03 there were 6,520 Indian students had enrolled for postgraduate courses in UK, in 2008-09 the number had more than tripled to 19,615.
UK airport immigration officials are now being given more influence over denying student visa holders entry into the UK. The border officials will now have the power to deny entry to any suspect UK student visa owners upon arrival at customs.
The Indian School of Business (ISB) is the only Indian MBA school to be listed in the Top 100 MBA schools rankings published by the Financial Times, London.
UK wants to "push forward" its relationship with India in the education sector and British universities are increasingly interested in coming to the country to collaborate like "never before", Kapil Sibal, India's Minister for Human Resource Development has said.
The number of Indian students in UK has increased by 70% over 2009, according to latest figures, with higher numbers opting to study media, fashion design and architecture.
Rules allowing non-European students to stay in the UK after attending further education colleges should be reviewed, according to the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) which advises the government on immigration issues.
