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'.
UGC's draft norms for foreign universities to set up India campuses came out in Jan. Feedback includes suggestions like spelling out faculty eligibility criteria, cluster college approval.
DMK govt accuses Centre of withholding funds, tightening borrowing, unilateral deductions from state accounts. Says Centre's accounting & funding decisions have 'artificially inflated' debt burden.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
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