The International Financial Services Centre Authority (IFSCA) on Friday said it has given approval to Deakin University of Australia to set up its campus in Gujarat’s GIFT City. With this, Deakin became the first foreign university to get a nod to set up its campus in India.
“We have given approval to Deakin University to set up its campus in GIFT City,” chairperson of the IFSCA Injeti Srinivas told PTI.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese made an official announcement about it during a function to be held in Gandhinagar yesterday, the 8th of March.
“This is the first university that will set up its campus in India,” Srinivas said. “We are expecting many more foreign universities to set up their campuses here. We are in talks with another Australian university and a UK-based university that have shown interest in setting up campuses here in GIFT City,” he said.
On March 1, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan had announced that two Australian universities – Wollongong and Deakin – would soon establish campuses in the GIFT City.
Deakin University is ranked 266 in the QS world university ranking and is also ranked among the top 50 young universities. It has four campuses in Australia and has many students from India who go to study on those campuses.
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