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The Union Education Ministry issued 3 Letters of Approval (LoA) to 3 Foreign Higher Education Institutions – University of Bristol, the University of York and the University of New South Wales (UNSW) connected Tuesday (June 9, 2026).
The LoAs were handed implicit by Secretary, Department of Higher Education and Chairman, University Grants Commission (UGC), Vineet Joshi, successful the beingness of Union Minister for Education Dharmendra Pradhan.
Mr. Pradhan said the mounting up of these assemblage campuses successful India marked different important measurement successful advancing the internationalisation of acquisition imaginativeness of NEP 2020. He said these institutions volition further fortify prime education, planetary learning partnerships and probe collaboration successful India.
He noted that with Bristol and York establishing campuses successful Mumbai, and UNSW mounting up its field successful Bengaluru, these universities were aligning with 2 of India’s astir dynamic exertion and innovation hotspots, and Bengaluru which was the caller Silicon Valley of the eastbound portion of the world.
The University of Bristol volition found its Mumbai Enterprise Campus, with projected programmes successful areas including immersive arts, finance, information science, economics, concern management, entrepreneurship and innovation.
The University of York volition found its archetypal overseas field successful Mumbai, with projected programmes successful areas specified arsenic finance, machine subject with artificial intelligence, cyber security, business, economics, originative industries and management.
The University of New South Wales volition found UNSW Bengaluru, scheduled to unfastened from August 2026 astatine Manyata Business Park, Bengaluru.
The field volition connection programmes successful areas including business, machine subject and cyber security, portion besides enabling deeper engagement with India successful areas specified arsenic renewable energy, health, transport and education.
The LoAs were received successful idiosyncratic by Executive Dean and Director, University of Bristol, Michelle Jones; Vice-Chancellor, University of York, Charlie Jeffery, and Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Education and Student Experience, University of New South Wales, Sarah Maddison.
Representatives from the British High Commission, Australian High Commission, British Council, Education Ministry, UGC, and the 3 universities were besides present.
The constitution of these campuses forms portion of the broader internationalisation docket nether NEP 2020, which places beardown accent connected attaining the highest planetary standards successful higher acquisition prime and promoting India arsenic a planetary survey destination.
The UGC Regulations for mounting up and cognition of campuses of Foreign Higher Educational Institutions successful India supply a time-bound model for globally reputed institutions to found campuses successful the country, portion maintaining organization autonomy and planetary standards.
These campuses are expected to grow entree to high-quality planetary acquisition wrong India, beforehand two-way world mobility, fortify probe and innovation, make caller opportunities for Indian students, and deepen India’s acquisition partnerships with the United Kingdom and Australia.
With the handover of LoAs to the University of Bristol, University of York and University of New South Wales, 5 LoAs person present been issued nether the UGC Regulations for Foreign Higher Educational Institutions, including the University of Southampton and University of Liverpool. The University of Southampton has already commenced world operations from the 2025–26 session. The UGC has besides issued 10 Letters of Intent (LoIs) to different globally reputed FHEIs from U.K., U.S., Australia, Italy, for establishing campuses crossed India. Additionally, Deakin University, University of Wollongong, and Queen’s University Belfast have already started operations successful GIFT City.
