Universities - overseas

US Justice Department says UC San Diego’s medical school favours black, Hispanic applicants

University of California San Diego said it was reviewing the communication it received from the justice department.

US Justice Dept probing Harvard over financial aid programmes, alleges China donor influence

If the Justice Department finds Harvard did discriminate in its aid awards, the university could be cut off from billions of dollars in federal research funding and student financial aid.

Indian students cool on ‘American Dream’ as EU opens its doors

A student fills a pre-assessment form before counselling at the office of KC Overseas Education, an education consultancy, in Bengaluru, India, on Feb 18.

‘Four years isn’t enough’: South Korean students shaken by new US stay policy

Anxiety has spread rapidly among South Korean international student communities across the US.

Shorter visa durations, stronger penalties: Asian students adjust plans after Trump’s new rules

The F1 visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows international students to study in the US.

No fitness trackers, smartwatches: More Chinese universities ban high-tech wearables in exam halls

China’s Ministry of Education reminded candidates taking the 2026 national college entrance examination, known as gaokao, not to bring mobile phones, smart watches or smart glasses into exam venues.

Nobel-winning US chemist will move to China to lead AI institute

Omar Yaghi, who shared the 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry, has left his faculty post at the University of California, Berkeley, for one in China.

Billionaire Bernard Arnault lauds mathematics in $74 million gift to alma mater

Bernard Arnault’s move is the biggest donation ever to Polytechnique since its creation in 1794.

US Supreme Court clears way for states to ban transgender student athletes

The justices overturned decisions by lower courts siding with transgender students who challenged the bans in the two states.

From Harvard to Tsinghua: Indonesian students look east as ties with China deepen

A visiting Chinese arts troupe performing the Indonesian folk song Rasa Sayange at the LSPR Institute of Communication and Business in Jakarta on June 23.

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