The International Student Blog

As college athletics in the USA continues to grow more and more competitive, colleges look internationally for athletes more than ever. The NCAA, the body governing all inter-collegiate athletics in the USA, has developed some resources to help determine eligibility of an international student to compete for a US college or university in inter-collegiate sports. […]

Glee, the popular American musical comedy-drama satire television series is going international with the international pop star Charice joining the cast as an international exchange student. Charice rose to popularity mainly via Youtube, but is now a worldwide singing sensation thanks to support from people like Oprah Winfrey. Details of who she will be playing […]

For students who are going to study/ travel or live in the UK, making sure you have access to an international calling solution from the UK will save you a lot of money! No expensive roaming charges, and quick/ easy access to call your family and friends whenever you want to. Thanks to our iCallAbroad […]

The number of foreign students studying in New Zealand has risen for the first time in six years, making a turnaround for the countries international student population. Figure released by Education New Zealand shows 93,500 foreign students studied in the country last year, compared to 88,470 in the previous year. Education New Zealand chief executive […]

InternationalStudent.com is proud to launch its new International Student Concierge Service, dedicated to helping international students all around the world with finding and researching schools and evaluating your education options. The new, totally free service, allows you to submit your details which will be sent to schools all around the USA who are interested and […]

Thousands of Indian students are struggling to get their prepaid tuition refunded from Australian schools and colleges. The situation has come to light following the collapse of colleges and a clamp down of the Australian immigration system. As we reported earlier this year, there were a number of high profile attacks on Indian students in […]

A few months back, we launched our first venture into the mobile smartphone market with the International Student iPhone App. To widen our user base, we now have the pleasure in launching the Android version of the same application – available free of charge to all android users. The new android application provides you with […]

April 1st 2010 is National Census day in the USA, and the day that the US Census Bureau encourages everyone to mail in their completed forms. If you are not familiar with the US Census, it runs every 10 years and is designed to count every resident in the United States, and is required by […]

The British Council has warned UK Universities not to treat foreign or international students as “cash cows” as recruitment drives pick up by schools in the UK to attract more students from abroad. The stark warning comes as declining budgets mean that Universities are looking at other avenues with which increase their cash flow. International […]

With the World Cup just under 80 days away – the tension and excitement is starting to build as the world biggest tournament prepares to get underway. The 2010 tournament is held every four years, and this time around South Africa are the hosts – and people from all around the world will converge on […]