New Delhi: As per the latest updates, Indian institutes and universities have strengthened their partnership with foreign universities with the help of UGC’s new guidelines released for dual-degree, joint-degree and twinning programs in May 2022.
As per UGC, Of all Institutions across India, the majority of which are private have taken the initiative to work together with foreign universities. These collaborations were done to offer dual, joint or twinning degree programs to interested students.
Following the NEP 2020 guidelines, a few Indian universities had already made collaboration announcements. Earlier, the University of Birmingham(UK) has partnered with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras to offer various joint degree programs.
According to the university's website, dual-degree programs at multiple levels have been developed in collaboration with Cleveland State University (USA), Université Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne, Paris, and the University of Toulon (France).
UGC’s National Education Policy 2020
The "Internationalisation" of education in India and the need to align policies with it have been highlighted by the NEP 2020. As per UGC, the joint and dual degrees must be jointly developed by the Indian university and the foreign partner institutions.
According to the UGC guidelines, "All the other requirements connected to the delivery of Dual Degree Program should be jointly established by partnering institutions in accordance with the relevant rules, regulations and laws of their respective institution and country."
Moreover, the student must obtain at least 30% of the academic credits at the overseas university to apply for the programs. It states that the credits that students acquire shouldn't come from overlapping course material.
The UGC’s NEP 2020 suggests that the dual degree program must provide exit options for students. IIT Madras and the University of Birmingham have collaborated to establish a master's degree program which will be taught beginning in the academic year 2023.
Adam Tickell, Vice Chancellor of University of Birmingham said, "We truly think that our collaborative study programs will attract individuals from India and the UK both, as they will be offered a unique chance to experience education at two premier global universities."
For individuals, dual degrees can keep costs down. Those who maintain a minimum 6.5 CGPA for the first two years additionally receive a scholarship worth Rs. 2 lakhs annually.
NEP 2020: Nine Universities Offer Joint Dual Degree Programs
According to reports, nine private Indian colleges have developed dual degree programs in association with overseas universities. The programs are being offered at different levels: undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD levels.
In 2022, the TATA Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) began offering two dual-degree programs, one in association with the Queen Mary University of London and another in association with Monash University of Australia.
A number of private institutions in India, including Amity University, OP Jindal Global University, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Shiv Nadar University and Azim Premji University also offer dual degree programs in collaboration with overseas universities.
A two-year international MBA program is also available at JAGSoM. Students in such programs complete the first year at JAGSoM and the latter at a partner institution in Europe, the United States, or Australia countries.
The five-year integrated dual degree programs allow students to concurrently receive a bachelor's degree and a master's degree at the end of the course. Earlier, Tickell inked MoU to cooperate in legal field with Bennett University and Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT).
For the purpose of providing undergraduate programs, the University of Birmingham has partnerships with private universities in India, including Amity University, Manipal University, OP Jindal Global University, and Chitkara University.
Under this collaboration, students first must complete a portion of the program in a school in India and then they can complete their program by attending the University of Birmingham,
In addition to this, British Council funding has been given to the University of Birmingham School of Law in order to create a collaborative master's program with Jindal Law School on business, human rights, and environmental disciplines.
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