Chris Day, Vice Chancellor at Newcastle University, recently visited Delhi and revealed the University is ‘in the very early stages of exploring new education partnerships in India.’
The plans are set to answer the demand on UK universities from Indian students. In 2024, the University saw Indian students enrolling in over 110 different courses. The University’s website states more than 550 Indian students are currently enrolled.
These expansion plans are set to reach an untapped market of international students unable to study abroad.
the University is in the very early stages of exploring new education partnerships in India
Newcastle University is amongst other UK universities planning to extend their campuses to India.
The new Indian campus would join the Newcastle University campuses in Singapore and Malaysia.
The opportunity to open a UK university campus in India has become a possibility in 2023 as a new law regulation allowed foreign universities to operate their own campuses in India.
UK Universities have been financially struggling the past year, partly due to the drop in international students enrolling.
The drop in international students’ numbers is due to immigration and visa law changes.
Newcastle University was missing a £35m in their budget at the beginning of this academic year due to the reduced numbers of international students enrolling.
The new plans to open a new campus in India come during suspected staff redundancies at the University which are set to save £20m in salary bills.