Australia’s College of Wollongong (UOW) inaugurated on Friday its India campus in Gujarat Worldwide Finance Tech (GIFT) Metropolis Gandhinagar, with the programs of Grasp of Monetary Expertise, Grasp of Monetary Expertise (Extension), and a Graduate Certificates in Monetary Expertise.
As reported by The Indian Specific in July, the College of Wollongong rescheduled the beginning of postgraduate lessons in India from 5 August to November 4 on account of “extreme monsoon climate and waterlogging”, which resulted in “substantial delays in connecting important companies to campus constructing”. The College had as an alternative organised a collection of occasions to offer college students an expertise of campus life within the lead-up to the November launch. The date had gotten additional delayed to November 15.
The inauguration comes months after Deakin College inaugurated its personal India campus in the identical metropolis in July this yr with two Grasp’s levels in cyber safety and enterprise analytics.
Michael Nonetheless, Chancellor of the College of Wollongong, mentioned, “Launching UOW’s campus in GIFT Metropolis marks an thrilling new chapter for our college and I’m extremely proud to see us grow to be a part of India’s outstanding academic legacy. This campus isn’t nearly increasing our world attain; it’s about constructing lasting connections and creating significant alternatives for college students and communities.”
Marisa Mastroianni, managing director and group CEO at UOW International Enterprises, mentioned, “India’s fast financial and technological developments have attracted world consideration. College students shouldn’t must journey throughout continents to entry Australia’s world-class schooling. With UOW India, we’re bringing world studying to their doorstep in GIFT Metropolis, India’s first operational good metropolis. College students at our GIFT Metropolis campus will expertise the identical excessive requirements as our Australian and world campuses, together with these in Dubai, Malaysia, and Hong Kong. To reinforce this expertise, our first cohort will obtain a completely funded journey to our Dubai campus.”
UOW India college students will be part of greater than 7,000 college students offshore, and upon commencement be part of an alumni group of greater than 190,000 sturdy from 199 international locations.
“The NSW Authorities has an in depth relationship with GIFT Metropolis via the NSW-Gujarat sister-state settlement established in 2015. With that basis, we’re proud to have assisted UOW’s growth in India, facilitating introductions to authorities officers and outstanding Gujarat-based companies to assist deliver this new campus to life,” mentioned Funding NSW Deputy Secretary Rebecca McPhee.
In September, Kath McCollim, the chief director of the college’s International Scholar Recruitment had advised The Indian Specific, “The delay in graduation of operations… was out of our fingers… It needed to do with campus availability. It is vitally laborious to recruit college students in the event you don’t have a campus as a result of it’s about belief.”
