Mauritian students who wish to pursue higher education overseas can apply directly to the universities or can go through a local recruiting agent. A recruiting agent is a person/company who recruits students for admission to overseas educational and training institutions.

These recruiting agents need to be registered with the Ministry of Tertiary Education, Science and Research pursuant to the Licencing of Recruiting Agents for Overseas Educational and Training to the to be able to recruit Mauritian students to the overseas educational and training institutions.

A Licensing Committee at the Ministry considers applications from individuals who wish to act as recruiting agents and issues Licenses as and when required. The Licensing Committee considers and approves requests from recruiting agents to represent overseas educational and training institutions and also monitors the activities of recruiting agents to safeguard the interest of the students.

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Regulations made by the Minister under section 10 of the Licensing of  Recruiting Agents for Overseas Educational and Training Institutions Act 2006

App​lication Form​​​ to Act as Recruiting Agent

Documents Required for the Issue of a License of Recruiting Agent

Checklist for site visit​

The Licensing of Recruiting Agents for Overseas Educational and Training Institutions (Amendment) Act 2012

The Licensing of Recruiting Agents for Overseas Educational and Training Institutions Act 2006

List of Recruiting ​Agents​​

Communique related to Recruiting Agents

The Licensing of Recruiting Agents for Overseas Educational and Training Institutions Act 2006 and as amended in 2012​​