Southampton University Plans To Enrol 5,000 Students In Indian Campus, Launch 30 Courses In Eight Years
The fees at the Indian campus in Gurugram may be around 60% of what is charged at the Southampton campus, but the admission requirements will remain the same
HYDERABAD: The UK’s Southampton University plans to offer 30 courses and enrol more than 5,000 students in the next eight years at its offshore campus proposed in Gurugram, the first ever in India by a foreign university under the UGC norms.
The new campus coming up in the Delhi-National Capital Region will start functioning from 2025, media reports quoted Andrew Atherton, Vice President International and Engagement of the university, said.
The fees at the Indian campus are likely to be around 60% of that is charged at the Southampton campus, but the admission requirements will remain the same, the reports added.
The Southampton University was granted a Letter of Intent recently by the Indian government to set up its campus in the country.
“The aim is to grow up to 5,500 students in the first eight to 10 years. So, the first year will start small. We will start with six courses, including four undergraduate and two postgraduate programmes. The four UG programmes will be in computing with a focus on AI and data science and also in business with a focus on entrepreneurship. The postgraduate programs will be in computing as well as technology,” Atherton was quoted as saying.
“And then over each year, we will introduce between two and four new programmes so that we will build up to over 30 different programmes, about 20 UG and 12 PG programmes. So, we expect it to be a mainly undergraduate campus,” he added.
Atherton said the plan is to grow from six courses in the first year, which the university aims to launch in August 2025, to over 30 courses by the eighth year.
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