What Are The Top Education Hotspots In India? And here is what we found: Bangalore  has several reputed Colleges recognized as centers of excellence to its credit and the city is considered as Hotspot of knowledge and first choice among students and parents. The first-of-its-kind countrywide survey covered 2,190 students in the 18-25 age group showed that 28% students preferred to study science, 29% engineering and 20% MBA in Bangalore.

Delhi was the preferred destination for medicine, arts and commerce while Bangalore was second for medicine.The survey had nine questions where in the students were asked about their choice of city offering the best college for courses in arts, commerce, science, engineering, medicine and MBA; factors which encourage one to relocate to a new city and factors which hinder relocation.

Respondents, who ranged from diverse educational backgrounds in under-graduate and post-graduate courses, said they preferred Bangalore for these courses due to the presence of many MNCs in search of talent, good institutions and interesting lifestyle.The next sought after city is Mumbai with 16% followed by Chennai  with 9% each. Ahmedabad (4%) is the least preferred city for arts.Delhi was voted the best city for commerce courses (31%), followed by Mumbai (20%) and Bangalore (13%). Kolkata is the least preferred (3%). Delhi was voted for the city offering best college in medicine with 30%.

"There are several surveys conducted by various forums to determine top colleges across the country in various streams.These are hardly ever determined on the basis of opinions of students or what they consider the best. That's why we decided to do a survey among students to determine what they thought were the best education hubs in the country."

Interestingly, 40% of the respondents are from smaller towns. This also indicates that a good percentage of students in smaller cities and towns aspire to relocate to bigger cities for education." Another interesting finding is that almost half the students want to shift to a new location because they want to experience the independence that comes with it (49%),''