Universities

From Brazil to Europe, universities are halting partnerships with Israeli academia.

Universities seek to lure US-bound students amid Trump crackdown

Osaka University, one of the top ranked in Japan, is offering tuition fee waivers, research grants and help with travel arrangements for students and researchers at U.S. institutions that want to transfer.

Karnataka's KWIN City: MoUs signed with foreign universities, aims to become a global healthcare hub

Speaking at Invest Karnataka – Global Investors Meet, Karnataka’s Minister for Medical Education, Skill Development, and Livelihood Sharan Prakash Patil said that KWIN City will evolve into a premier healthcare hub.

Karnataka plans KWIN City as education hub for premium institutions, global universities

Karnataka's Minister for Commerce, Industries, and Infrastructure MB Patil said that KWIN City will host cutting-edge global institutions. He has offered land for the Tata IISc Medical School in the futuristic city

Universities can hold exams to fill seats left vacant after admissions through CUET: UGC

Keeping the seats vacant for an entire academic year is not only a waste of resources but also results in denial of quality higher education to many students who aspire to pursue higher studies in central universities, it said.

International staff and students feel unwelcome in the Netherlands: Survey

Most international students and staff in Dutch universities feel less welcome today than they did when they first arrived in the country.

University of Chicago's Center in Delhi marks a decade in India

Established in 2014 as a hub for teaching, research, and dialogue, the University of Chicago Center in Delhi has completed 10 years.

Australian universities urging international students to withdraw their offer

Amid reports of record drop in student visa approval rates for international students, Australian universities are asking some international students to withdraw their admission offers.

Universal Ai University launches India’s first Metaverse and AI-based admissions process

Universal Ai University has revolutionised the admissions process by combining optimisation algorithms, crowd-generating tools, and visual-enhancing technologies.

13 UK universities, institutes discuss areas of collaboration with 30 varsities in Maharashtra

"We are looking forward to continuing our collaborations and dialogues with the UK higher education delegation to the state to expand the horizon of the youth in the state with bilateral collaboration for mutual benefit," Principal Secretary of the Department of Higher and Technical Education Vikas Chandra Rastogi said.

UK keen on welcoming IIT offshore campus, universities already in talks: British officials

Several universities from the UK are also interested in setting up their branch campuses in India and are waiting for final regulatory framework from the University Grants Commission (UGC) to move formally in this regard, they said, adding with five UK universities having their campuses in Malaysia, the country has the expertise

Allow students to write exams in local languages even if course is in English medium: UGC to universities

The commission stressed that it is necessary to strengthen these efforts and "promote such initiatives as writing textbooks in the mother tongue/local languages and encouraging their use in teaching, including translating standard books from other languages".

Foreign universities in India: What difference can they make?

In a way, it is a tacit admission that the existing Indian universities are not world-class and may continue to remain so. Hence, to meet world standards, India is importing foreign universities, without making much effort to raise the standards of the existing Indian universities to the world level

Two Australian universities to set up campuses in Gujarat's GIFT City: Dharmendra Pradhan

The two varsities will sign an agreement on setting up their campuses next week during Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s maiden visit to India.

NEP: Local campuses by foreign universities will boost higher education in India

The draft regulations have taken a realistic view to allow the top 500 foreign universities and educational institutions to set up local campuses instead of restricting it to the top 100 as suggested in the National Education Policy 2020

Proposed regulations for foreign universities must take a holistic view to benefit students

The draft regulations for setting up India campuses by foreign universities are in line with the National Education Policy but some listed conditions need to be amended to make them more realistic

Taliban-led Afghan administration suspends female students from universities

A letter, confirmed by a spokesperson for the higher education ministry, instructed Afghan public and private universities to suspend access to female students immediately, in accordance with a cabinet decision.

Governor Khan acting at BJP’s behest: Kerala MP John Brittas

Brittas said Khan was abusing his position by asking the vice-chancellors of nine universities to resign.

Far reaching implications of Supreme Court’s ruling on educational institutions

The recent ruling will affect not just educational institutions but also hospitals of several categories, universities, etc. There will need to be a change in their activities and even constitution documents, lest they lose their tax-free status. Even if arguably overdue, this presents yet another challenge adding to earlier recent amendments to law and policy changes generally

In Pics | Princeton University ranked best national varsity in US; check others on the top 10 list

A look at the fees, acceptance rate and other details of the top 10 national universities of the United States, as ranked by US News & World Report.

No established mechanism to rank cities on pollution: Govt to Lok Sabha

Union Minister of State for Environment Ashwini Kumar Choubey said this in the Lok Sabha in response to a question by Congress MP Jyotsna Charandas Mahant.

Simply Save | Students & parents must check their financial preparedness while obtaining educations loans

Students can obtain education loans once they secure admission letters is one of the biggest misconceptions, Arindam Sengupta of Edufund tells Preeti Kulkarni

Women Leadership in Academia (Part-1): We are natural leaders who need opportunities and not quota, says Ashoka University VC Malabika Sarkar

"When a woman candidate's name comes for selection, look at the qualification, quality, and professional track record. Don’t look from the viewpoint of gender alone. Women are natural leaders and this belief needs to grow."

In Pics | QS World University Rankings 2021: A look at the top 10 institutes in the world

Only three Indian educational institutes - the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, Indian Institute of Science and IIT Delhi feature in the top 200 list.

11 Indian universities in top 100 for emerging economies

Only China has more universities than India in the top 100 at 30 from a total of 47 countries and territories included in the analysis released in London on Tuesday evening.