Half the fee, same degree

THE UKTO BECOME INDIA’S LARGEST SUPPLIER OF GLOBAL DEGREES AT HALF THE COST

- VIKRAM CHAUDHARY

WITH BRITISH Prime Minister Keir Starmer announcing that nine UK universities will soon operate in India, the island nation has cemented its position as the largest supplier of world-class higher education to the subcontinent.

This influx is driven by regulatory support, and a price point that offers students a UK degree without the high costs of studying abroad.

These nine universities include the currently operational University of Southampton in Gurugram, and eight that are in various stages of approval or launch, including University of Liverpool and Lancaster University (Bengaluru), University of York, University of Aberdeen, University of Bristol, University of Exeter, and University of Glasgow (Mumbai), and University of Surrey (GIFT City, Gujarat).

The value proposition

The University of Southampton —first foreign university to operate in India under UGC regulations — serves as the blueprint. Its Gurugram campus, called the University of Southampton Delhi, has started with six high-demand programmes and, Vishal Talwar, its chief operating officer, said that it has succeeded in retaining students who otherwise planned to study abroad.