Ethereal International Educational Services
Discover the right destination, university and pathway for your international education — and move through admission, scholarships and the visa process with someone alongside you at every step.
Destinations
Five destinations, compared properly rather than pitched. Each one suits a different kind of student — the useful question is which one suits you.
FeaturedUK
Short, intense degrees for students who already know their direction
A one-year master's is a serious compression of work, and it suits a particular kind of student: someone with a clear subject, a clear reason and the discipline to move fast. Where that describes you, the UK is hard to beat. Where it does not, we will tell you so.
Australia
A well-worn route, and all the more reason to walk it deliberately
One of the largest and best-established destinations for Nepali students, with pathway programmes, a wide spread of institutions and post-study work arrangements worth understanding properly before you commit.
The most options, and therefore the most that can go wrong unaided
The broadest range of institutions and programmes in the world, with structured undergraduate, graduate and STEM routes — and an application process that rewards preparation started early.
Canada
A practical approach to learning and building a career
Canada offers a world-class education system with strong ties to industry through co-op programs, combined with some of the most transparent and welcoming post-study work and immigration pathways.
New Zealand
Small enough to be personal, serious enough to be worth it
A compact, quality-focused system with a long-held reputation for student wellbeing, smaller cohorts and a cost of living that is easier to plan around than the larger destinations.
Korea
Where engineering ambition meets a campus culture built for newcomers
Globally ranked universities, deep strength in engineering and IT, and scholarship routes at both government and university level — with Korean language support built into the pathway rather than bolted on afterwards.
Stage one
The decisions made here determine everything that follows. Get the country and the course right and the rest is administration; get them wrong and no amount of application polish will save it.
Mapping your academic record and your ambitions onto options that are realistically open to you.
Comparing destinations on cost, entry requirements, subject strength and what happens after you graduate.
Choosing a programme that matches your background and where you actually want to end up.
A shortlist you can defend — ambitious choices weighed against secure ones.
Stage two
This is where most applications quietly come apart: a missing transcript, a statement written for the wrong reader, a financial document that raises more questions than it answers. It is also where careful work shows.
Deadlines, portals and institution-specific requirements, tracked so nothing lapses.
Transcripts, statements of purpose, references and certified copies, prepared to the standard each institution expects.
Finding the opportunities you are genuinely eligible for, and building a competitive case for them.
A complete, accurate and consistent application for your destination's requirements.
Practice sessions and honest feedback, so you walk in ready rather than rehearsed.
Stage three
An offer is not an arrival. The weeks between acceptance and your first lecture are the ones students most often face alone — and the ones where a small mistake is most expensive.
Culture, budgeting, academic expectations and the practical first steps after you land.
Housing options, what to check before you commit, and what a realistic monthly cost looks like.
Flight planning, baggage, insurance and arrival logistics.
Registration, banking and settling in through the first weeks.
Test preparation
Preparation aligned to the programmes you are actually applying to.
Why EIES
We do not sell a destination. We work out which one fits, and then we stay for the parts that are difficult — the documentation, the funding case, the visa file, and the first weeks after you land.
EIES provides educational counselling and application support. Admission, scholarship and visa decisions are made solely by universities and government authorities.
Questions
Straight answers, including where the honest answer is that it depends.
Send one question. A counsellor will answer it properly.
Get in touchIt depends on three things: what you want to study, what you can realistically fund, and what you want to be doing three years after you graduate. Different countries answer those differently — a one-year UK master's suits someone with a clear direction, while the US rewards long preparation and a wide search. We work through all three questions before recommending anywhere.
Yes. Undergraduate entry after +2 is a normal route into every destination we work with, though each has its own academic and English-language requirements, and some offer pathway or foundation programmes for students who do not yet meet direct entry. Bring your transcripts and we will tell you which doors are open now and which need another step first.
Start with the programme, not the name. Look at what the course actually covers, how it is assessed, what the entry requirements are, what it costs in full, and what graduates of that specific programme go on to do. We build shortlists that mix ambitious applications with secure ones, and we explain the reasoning for every entry on the list.
Often, yes — universities, governments and external bodies all run funding schemes, and eligibility usually turns on your academic record, your chosen programme and your nationality. We help identify the routes you actually qualify for and prepare a competitive application. We cannot promise an award: those decisions belong entirely to the awarding body.
Typically academic transcripts and certificates, English-language test results, a passport, a statement of purpose, letters of recommendation, and financial evidence — with the exact list varying by country and institution. We give you a written checklist for your specific applications, and we check every document before it is submitted.
Usually you need some form of accepted English-language evidence, but IELTS is not the only route: TOEFL, PTE and certain university-run assessments are accepted in many places, and some programmes waive the requirement based on your previous medium of instruction. We check the requirement for each institution on your shortlist before you book a test.
Once you hold an offer, the file is assembled: your admission documents, financial evidence, academic history and — for some destinations — an interview. The work is in consistency, because a visa officer is reading the whole file as one story. We prepare the documentation with you and run practice interviews where the destination requires one. The decision itself rests with the immigration authority.
You will normally need to accept the offer, meet any conditions attached to it, pay a deposit or tuition instalment, and begin the visa process — often in a specific order and against real deadlines. We map those deadlines out with you so nothing is missed in the gap between the offer arriving and your departure.
Yes. Pre-departure is a core part of what we do: accommodation options, flights and insurance, a realistic monthly budget, what to pack and what to buy on arrival, and an orientation to academic expectations and daily life. We also cover the first weeks — registration, banking and finding a routine.
Visit us
Bring your transcripts and a rough budget, and we will go through your options at the desk. If Kathmandu is a journey for you, the same conversation happens just as well online.
Sallyan House, Bagbazar, Kathmandu, Nepal
Your next step
Whether you are still weighing up destinations or already assembling an application, one conversation is usually enough to know what to do next — and in what order.
In person in Kathmandu, or online.
Reach us directly
A counsellor reads every message personally.
