Name: Indian students find pleasure and pain in Germany
Uploaded: 2025-11-11T22:07:14.028Z
Duration: 4 min 42 s
Description: Germany is increasingly popular with Indian students who are drawn by affordable tuition, strong job prospects, and high-quality education. But many have to work alongside their studies, often as delivery drivers.

Germany is increasingly popular with Indian students who are drawn by affordable tuition, strong job prospects, and high-quality education. But many have to work alongside their studies, often as delivery drivers.

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Germany has become an increasingly popular destination for Indian students, with nearly 60,000 currently enrolled, many attracted by the country's reputation for science, research, and employment opportunities. However, the high cost of tuition and living expenses means most students must work part-time jobs, often as delivery drivers, where they face precarious working conditions and limited legal protections.

Recent changes in visa and employment policies in traditional destinations like the UK and US have made Germany more attractive due to its relatively accessible visa process. Despite the difficulties, including language barriers and adapting to a new culture, many Indian students remain determined to build their futures in Germany, hoping for better job prospects after graduation.

Indian students find pleasure and pain in Germany

They are everywhere, students from India. In Germany alone, there are now almost 60,000 of them. But most have to work hard to finance their lives. Many are delivery drivers. It's a tough job because many work at their own risk. We want to know why so many choose Germany and how many Indian students live here. Sumit and Rishabh are studying at a private university in Berlin. Classes are small and the lessons in English. But that costs money. Sumit's parents paid €14,000 for his master's degree in computer science. Rishabh's parents are also financing his studies. Germany is the main country in terms of employment, in terms of money. This is the wealthiest country. That is the main thing. And there are more jobs here. The international university in Berlin thrives on foreign students. Almost 2,000 of them at this private university alone are from India. Germany is becoming increasingly popular. Kashmir in northern India. Sonobar Khan dreams of studying biotechnology in Germany. She's learning German on YouTube. The 23-year-old wants to move to Munich next year. The whole family has saved for it. Das bin ich und das ist Brrrr, Mutti. My mom, my mother. I chose Germany because the universities there are known for science and research. The environment is safe. I like the culture and lifestyle there. I want to get to know the culture. I think Germany is better for me because it's more affordable. It costs less. And the connections between our countries are good. More and more people are looking to study in Germany, as is evident at the Goethe-Institut in Delhi, where courses are fully booked. Traditionally, Indian students go to the UK, the US and other English-speaking countries. Everything was trending in that direction. But recently we've noticed that the policies in these countries have become a bit more restrictive. Visa regulations have become more difficult. It has become a bit more difficult to work and stay in these countries after your studies. In Germany, these things are very well regulated. Visas are granted more easily and a large number of students receive a visa. But studying in Germany also has its downsides. Most students have to work to survive. A striking number of delivery drivers come from India and they are often self-employed without any legal protection. In Germany, many delivery drivers are not permanently employed at all but work as bogus self-employed persons. The other problem is that they are often employed by subcontractors who don't even work for the platform they're delivering for. That's why the union has called for a demonstration. Sumit has also joined in as he has a contract with delivery service Lieferando. It's one of the few companies in the sector that employs its drivers properly. But now they also want to make several thousand drivers redundant and send them into self-employment. Sumit is shocked. In Berlin, it is very hard to get any job as a student if you don't know German. Subcontracting is not a good idea and even if you come from India or any country and if you are living in Germany and they are practising this kind of thing, that is bad. Back to India, Sanobar spends a lot of time with her sister and mother. At university in Germany, her everyday life could be very different. Nevertheless, Sanobar would be prepared to accept the culture shock for a professional career. Leaving the comfort of home? Well, there will be language problems. How am I supposed to manage it all? I'll be alone. It's all difficult for me. But I have to accept it. Little by little, everything will be manageable. Sumit wants to stay in Berlin. Like his fellow students, he could imagine living and working in Europe in the long term. Then he also hopes to find a better job and will no longer have to work as a delivery driver. In my opinion, I have to learn German also and I have to be here for the next at least five years. And then I will think, OK, it's really good or not. Expectations of Germany are high and some things are more difficult than expected. But thanks to their tenacity, Sumit and Rishab have both made it this far.

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