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Tell the truth, even when it costs us.
If your profile can't get into ETH Zürich this year, we say so on call one. We'd rather lose a customer than waste a year of your life chasing the wrong door.
About Visagrad
Visagrad started because Ayush watched too many friends get sold dreams instead of helped through doors. Today it's a small team with one rule: tell the truth, every time.
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The founder's story
The first time I tried to apply to a European university, I had 41 tabs open. I closed my laptop at 3 a.m. and didn't open it again for a week.
The advice I got was either too vague to act on or too expensive to trust. Agents quoted me ₹2 lakh for a "premium package" and couldn't tell me the difference between a public German university and a private one. One told me I needed IELTS to study in Germany. I didn't.
I made it across eventually — the long way, with a stack of rejection emails and one near-miss visa interview. When I arrived in Europe and started getting messages from juniors back home asking "how did you do it," I realized something: the problem wasn't talent. The problem was access to honest information.
Every student I help is a younger version of me — staring at 41 tabs, wondering if any of this is real.
Visagrad started in 2022 as one founder answering DMs at midnight. It's grown, but the rule hasn't: we tell the truth even when it costs us the deal. We don't sell packages we wouldn't buy ourselves. We don't take fees until there's an offer letter in hand.
We're not the world's biggest consultancy. We're trying to be the most honest. If that matters to you, we should talk.
— Ayush, Founder of Visagrad
Why we exist
Most agents are paid by universities, not by you. That single fact warps every piece of advice you'll ever get from them. We chose the harder business model so we could give the simpler answers.
The old way
The Visagrad way
Four principles
If your profile can't get into ETH Zürich this year, we say so on call one. We'd rather lose a customer than waste a year of your life chasing the wrong door.
No upfront packages. No "registration fees." No surprises in month three. Our model is aligned with yours — if you don't get in, we don't get paid.
Most consultancies disappear at airport security. We're a WhatsApp away through your first winter in Munich, your first oral exam in Budapest, your first lonely Sunday in Madrid.
We won't push you toward a country because we have a partnership cheque waiting there. We push you toward the city that makes sense for your discipline, your budget, and your life.
The road so far
Ayush starts answering juniors' DMs from a flat in Europe. First five students placed, all through word of mouth.
First 50 students placed across Spain, Germany and Hungary. First Stipendium Hungaricum scholarship secured for a student from Lahore.
Service expanded to Bangladeshi and African students. First African full-scholarship placement at ELTE Budapest.
Cumulative placements cross 500. Average scholarship saving per student: €8,400. Visa success rate hits 94%.
Hyderabad and Madrid offices opening so we can sit across from students and their parents — not just behind a screen.
The team
We're scaling our team only as fast as we can hire people who'd give the same advice we would. Profiles below get added as people join.
Team slots are placeholder cards. Send me names, photos and roles whenever ready — they slot in without redesigning.
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