NEW DELHI: The development of the Indian campus of the College of Southampton in Gurugram at par with services within the varsity’s UK campus, will probably be accomplished by the tip of April and courses for the primary batch of scholars will start in August, Professor Andrew Atherton, vice-president worldwide and engagement, College of Southampton mentioned on Thursday.
In August final yr, the UK’s College of Southampton obtained approval from UGC to arrange a campus in India. (@unisouthampton | Official X account)
After changing into the primary worldwide college to obtain approval from the College Grants Fee (UGC) in August 2024, to arrange a campus in India, the College of Southampton in October 2024 invited functions from Indian college students for admission to 4 undergraduate and two postgraduate programmes at its Indian campus.
“We started inviting applications for our first batch in the middle of October 2024. We received over 300 applications from Indian students. We looked at their statement for admission, checked their academic qualifications, and made offers to over 200 students. We are looking to admit 140 students but will admit more than 140 students if they deposit the course fee because we have enough space to teach them,” Atherton informed HT.
The Indian campus of Southampton College situated on the Worldwide Tech Park, Gurugram, Sector 59 will probably be admitting college students in 4 undergraduate programmes — BSc Enterprise Administration; BSc Accounting & Finance; BSc Laptop Science and BSc Economics and in two postgraduate programmes — MSc Worldwide Administration and MSc Finance. The charge for a yr’s research of the three-year length UG programmes is ₹13,20,000 and the charge for a one-year length MSc Worldwide Administration is ₹15,40,000 and ₹19,80,000 for MSc Finance.
Atherton mentioned that the college is within the “final stage” of building of the Indian campus having services at par with the campus in Southampton, UK. “We will complete the construction by the end of April 2025. We will begin the academic programmes for the first batch of students by the last week of August,” Atherton mentioned.
Atherton mentioned that the record of schools will probably be introduced in every week. “We have hired faculties who have academic experience of teaching in international universities. We will be having a mix of Indian and international faculties to make our Indian campus diverse,” he mentioned.
In the meantime, union schooling minister Dharmendra Pradhan met the president and vice-chancellor of the College of Southampton Mark E Smith, together with Alison Barrett MBE, the nation director of the British Council in India. Pradhan mentioned the opening of the Southampton Delhi-NCR campus is a major step in direction of internationalizing India’s schooling.
“Professor Smith briefed me about the progress of the University of Southampton Delhi NCR campus. As the global top 100 university and the first foreign university to open a campus in India, UoS Delhi-NCR campus will offer high-quality education driven by research, innovation and real-world applications to both Indian and international students. A significant step in our journey towards internationalizing India’s education, promoting Study in India and bringing global education standards at doorsteps, as envisioned in National Education Policy (NEP) 2020,” he mentioned in a put up on X.
In August final yr, the UK’s College of Southampton obtained approval from UGC to arrange a campus in India beneath the UGC (Organising and Operation of Campuses of International Increased Instructional Establishments in India) Laws, 2023, notified in November 2023 which permit prime 500 overseas universities to arrange campuses in India. The College of Southampton is ranked 80 in QS World College Rankings 2025.
In 2023, Australia’s Deakin College and the College of Wollongong opened their Indian campuses in Gujarat Worldwide Finance Tec-Metropolis (GIFT Metropolis). Each Australian universities obtained approval from the Worldwide Monetary Companies Centre Authorities (IFSCA) and don’t come beneath the UGC tips.