Southampton University of England expects to start 30 different courses and admit over 5,000 students in the next eight years at its new overseas center in India, the first of its kind to be set up in the country by a campus from the foreign country, said officials.
Andrew Atherton, the Vice President International and Engagement stated that the operations of the campus which is under construction in and around Delhi-National Capital Region will start next year while further explaining the agenda of the university in an interaction with PTI,
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Southampton University
The University of Southampton is a contemporary university in the United Kingdom which is recognized globally as a foremost public research university based in Southampton. With all around #81 in the rankings under QS World University Ranking 2024, Southampton University is a member of the Russell Group of universities that concentrate on research activities. Types of studies offered at the university include over 300 degree courses that cut across various fields including engineering, medicine, finance, liberal arts, social sciences, film and music, among others, and psychology.
This university has registered more than 10000 international students from 130+ countries and they form about 34% of the total students of this university. An IELTs score of not less than 6 is mandatory for the students studying in different parts of the world.
Real world benefitting research is particularly notable in the university of Southampton. It has also been established that over 97% of their research works are world leading or internationally excellent.
About the campus in India
The University of Southampton of United Kingdom will be establishing its campus in Delhi-NCR of India making it the first foreign university to establish campus in the country under the new National Education Policy.
The Letter of Intent (LoI) to the University of Southampton (UoS) was handed over by the External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in the event held in New Delhi, the Ministry of Education informed.
It has been viewed that the new campus of the University of Southampton would be in Gurugram which is a part of the National Capital Region (NCR) of India. This campus will be able to impart quality training in a variety of some of the best degree programs from around the world and hence make it easier for you to achieve one’s dream of a quality education from within this country.
Courses offered
The university is expected to offer various undergrad and postgrad courses upon its establishment.
For the first year, the courses offered would include BSc in Computer Science, Business Management, Economics, Accounting and Finance and MSc in International Management and Finance.
BSC Creative Computing, Software Engineering, MSc Economics will be a part of curriculum in second year.
LLB Law and then B Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) will be added in the third year.
The importance of this move
Currently, there are certain challenges which have restricted the students coming from India for studying in foreign countries like there are visa limitations, job insecurities, and frequent change in the immigration policies in the developed countries such as UK,USA, Canada, New Zealand and Australia. However, thanks to increasingly competitive global education systems, and the trend where top universities are investing in campuses all across India, this is not entirely the case.
In fact, the UGC had already issued regulations for establishment and operation of foreign university campuses in India back in 2023. UGC Chairman Jagadesh Kumar was quick to debunk the myth by confirming that “the degrees that are awarded will bear the name of the University of Southampton India , Having the same accreditation as the host university, the programmes offered will be of the same academic and quality standards.”
Apart from Southampton, two other universities from Australia – University of Wollongong and Deakin University are also coming up with campuses in GIFT City in Gujarat. The economic situation of these campuses is that they operate under the conditions of special economic zones that provide for tax privileges and the repatriation of profits for universities.
