University of Western Australia is setting up campuses in Chennai & Mumbai, Victoria University will establish a campus in Gurugram. UWA will be 1st foreign university to start 2 campuses in India.
University of Lancaster, Surrey & Western Australia will open new campuses in Bengaluru, GIFT City, Chennai & Mumbai. Nine UK-based universities have gotten approval so far.
They were given Letters of Intent during an event held in Delhi to mark 5 years of NEP 2020. They will set up campuses in Noida, Greater Noida, Mumbai & Bengaluru.
Vice chancellor Tim Jones tells ThePrint that the university aims to develop its India campus into a global institution, with the enrolment target of 10,000 students in 10 years.
They are expected to receive letters of intent in coming months & begin operations between 2026 & 2027, officials say. Additionally, 5 more universities are in early stages of talks.
International publications also look at why left extremism in India is currently at its ‘weakest’ & how UK universities are rushing to open campuses here.
Campus to open in Gurugram next year, website to be launched this October with details on admission process & scholarships. University will take in 150-200 students in the first year.
Envoy Philip Green inaugurates GIFT City campus. Indian students will be able to pursue Master of Business Analytics & Master of Cybersecurity (Professional) courses here starting July.
UGC chairman Professor M. Jagadesh Kumar says regulations for foreign universities looking to set up campuses in India 'in final stage & will be announced soon'.
India’s crude import volumes remained largely unchanged in April-July, but higher oil prices sharply increased the import bill, with renewed US-Iran tensions raising the risk of another rise in costs.
ThePrint has learnt that more than one woman fighter pilot were involved in targeting military locations during the 87-hour conflict with Pakistan last year.
Forty years ago this week, ‘Khalistan Commando Force’ assassins were closing in on Gen Vaidya. So callous was the security of the just-retired Army chief that he was given a solitary police gunman
India campuses are just for minting money. People from northern and western India have lots of disposable income and are willing to spend crores on the education of their wards. They want fancy degrees from elite-sounding schools, colleges and universities. They aspire for their children to do their A levels and O levels and are willing to pay through their nose for the same. The same gets reflected in the boom of ‘international’ schools with IB and Cambridge curriculum across all our cities.
Western universities realised that they can make a killing here and, of course, the Modi govt obliged them by allowing them to set up shop here.
India campuses are just for minting money. People from northern and western India have lots of disposable income and are willing to spend crores on the education of their wards. They want fancy degrees from elite-sounding schools, colleges and universities. They aspire for their children to do their A levels and O levels and are willing to pay through their nose for the same. The same gets reflected in the boom of ‘international’ schools with IB and Cambridge curriculum across all our cities.
Western universities realised that they can make a killing here and, of course, the Modi govt obliged them by allowing them to set up shop here.