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Deakin University and Wollongong University from Australia are the first foreign universities to announce their IBCs in India at GIFT City, Gandhinagar, thus raising the stature of the varsity.

Two Australian Universities Set Up International Branch Campuses in India

New Delhi: Two Australian universities establish their inaugural international branch campuses (IBCs) in GIFT City, Gandhinagar. The Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade) views this as an opportunity for Indian students who are eyeing to study at institutions from Australia.

The two first foreign universities that have announced their IBCs in India at GIFT City are Deakin University and Wollongong University from Australia. According to Dr Monica Kennedy, Senior Trade and Investment Commissioner, Austrade “Deakin University has been here for more than 30 years. You see the recognition of Deakin in India even though it did not have a campus. Once it has a campus, it will further raise the stature of the varsity. Australian universities have seen that with their transnational campuses elsewhere in the world, be it Singapore, Dubai, Malaysia, or Vietnam, the stature of the universities is lifted and they are able to get into institutional collaborations and student recruitments.”

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During an announcement for the 'Study in Australia' roadshow in Ahmedabad on September 7, Dr. Kennedy spoke on the sidelines the campaigns and the effort by the Australian varsity “are mutually exclusive (events), and not competitive…, they really work well together.” Adding that the number of students in India looking to get international qualifications is growing fast, she further said, “Having a campus here gives students just another set of opportunities and choices to have an international qualification. The two sets of students — those who want an international experience in another country for the full time, and others who want to have an international qualification but would like to be at home — may want an exposure trip and may go for around two weeks to a year in Australia. But they would be able to move seamlessly between the courses offered here in India and in Australia.”

She added, “We also know that universities that have a presence in a place, are able to engage better both with institutions and potential students.”

Deakin University will be offering two courses which are a Master in Cybersecurity (professional) and a Master in Business Analytics. A total of 60 seats will be available for admission in each course from the academic session of June 2024. Whereas the University of Wollongong (UoW) will offer a Graduate Certificate in Computing and a Master of Computing in the Finance domain in 2024.

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On the issue of student visas as a passage for migration to Australia by Indian students she added “It is pretty clear from the Department of Home Affairs that students who apply for a study visa on the basis of hope to secure migration will not be successful in getting a student visa… the two are quite separate. What we explicitly say is that we don’t allow a student visa to be applied for as a path to migration. A student visa is for a genuine temporary entrance.”

According to the Austrade record, there were about 47,750 students arrived from India between January and May while 70,000 arrived last year and more than 1 lakh students are enrolled in Australian universities at present.

Out of a total of 43 universities in Australia, 26 universities will participate in the roadshow along with government representatives of Australian states and territories, departments of education, and home affairs. The roadshow will be conducted on September 7, 2023.

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