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ASU students from India

Your future at ASU

More than 15,000 students from 159 countries around the world call ASU home, including 6,641 from India. ASU is the No. 1 public university and in the top five universities in the U.S. chosen by international students, according to the Institute for International Education.

In the last seven years, 

Indian student enrollment at ASU increased 173%

a 4,214 student increase from fall 2018 when 2,427 Indian students were enrolled. 

20,416 total ASU alumni from India

since 1980.

60.2% of alumni (14,619 alumni)

graduated in the last 10 years (2014–2024).

Top 5 colleges enrolling students from India

Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering

W. P. Carey School of Business

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Thunderbird School of Global Management

Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts


Top 10 Home Cities of Our Indian Students

top 10 hometown cities of Indian students at ASU

More than 40% of Indian students at ASU (3,030 students) are from the following 10 cities in India.

All other students (3,611 students) from India are from other states and regions spread across the Indian subcontinent.


 

The ASU experience for students from India is enriched by career-relevant work experience through OPT and CPT.

13,334

Indian students participating in OPT since 2017. 

5,070

Indian students participating in CPT since 2017. 

 

Top corporate employers

Amazon
Intel 
Microsoft
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
Apple, Inc. 
Oracle America, Inc.
Google
Meta Platforms, Inc.
Facebook
Paypal
Deloitte 
American Express
IBM
Tata Consultancy Services
Tesla
Samsung
On Semiconductor
GoDaddy

Top government employers

Arizona Department of Child Safety
Arizona Department of Health Services
Arizona Department of Transportation
City of Casa Grande
City of Dallas
City of Philadelphia
City of Phoenix
City of Worcester

ASU International Indian Students in the News

Phoenix Children’s Hospital and ASU students partner to create an app that replaces outdated medical history forms

ASU students Rakshith Subramanyam (left) and Nikhil Agarwal (right) work on the web app. Photo credit: Andy DeLisle

International Indian student Rakshith Subramanyam (left) was part of an ASU student team that partnered with the Phoenix Children's Hospital to improve hospital paperwork processes.

Read more here.

Indian Student the Recipient of 2020 Impact Award

Mitra came to Arizona State University as a graduate student in 2018. While weighing her options of where to study, her top priorities were to find a school with a large international population, an excellent track record on diversity and world-renowned faculty. The Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at ASU checked all her boxes.

Read more here.

Luminosity Lab team beats nearly 1,000 entries from 70 countries to earn top spot, claim $500,000 share of XPRIZE purse

The Luminosity Lab team is (clockwise from top left): Katie Pascavis, an undergraduate mechanical engineering student; John Patterson, a graduate electrical engineering student; Jerina Gabriel, an undergraduate graphic design student; Tarun Suresh, a graduate industrial engineering student; and team leader Nikhil Dave, an undergraduate double-majoring in neuroscience and innovation in society. Photo courtesy of Luminosity Lab

Tarun Suresh (bottom right), an international Indian student studying industrial engineering, was one of a 5-person ASU team to win $500,000 for their mask design. 

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Impactful experiences highlight grad's undergraduate experience

In the uncertainty of the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic in April 2020, Arora and some of his friends created a website, called ismyinternshipcancelled.com, that tracked internships that had been canceled due to COVID and the companies that were hiring for remote positions.

“My friends and I created the website for fun, but when we took it seriously to fight fake news around company cancellations, we made a real impact,” Arora says. “We had a bunch of interviews from Bloomberg, NPR, The Atlantic, State Press, and more, but most importantly the CEO of Cloudflare doubled their internship class after seeing our website.”

Read more here.

Watch:ASU Students and Alumni Connect with ASU President Crow

Thank you to those who joined us for our Delhi and Mumbai events in India. Watch the livestream recording of our event here:


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Why study at ASU?

#1 public university in the U.S. chosen by international students

 

#1 in the U.S. for innovation

 

#1 in the U.S. and #2 in the world for global impact

 

Top 10 in the world for employer-student connections

 

Top 10 producer of Fulbright awards for students and faculty

 

#1 in the world: Thunderbird global management degree

 

 

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