Union Minister of Education Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday handed over Letter of Intent (LoI) to five foreign universities to set up their branch campuses in Mumbai. They include Chicago's Illinois Tech, Scotland's University of Aberdeen, UK's University of York, University of Western Australia and Italy's IED Instituto Europeo di Design (PICS/X)
Updated On: 2025-06-17 12:39 AM IST
Compiled by : Divya Nair
In a post on social media platform X, Pradhan wrote, "Delighted to hand over the 'Letter of Intent' to 5 prestigious foreign universities for setting up campuses in Mumbai EduCity"
In 2023, the University Grants Commission had announced setting up and operation of campuses under the Foreign Higher Educational Institutions in India Regulations
Fadnavis said the five foreign universities, which will set up their campuses on a 250-acre plot in Navi Mumbai, will help the Mumbai Metropolitan Region emerge as a global education hub
Later, while addressing a press conference with Pradhan, the CM said talk about collaborating with foreign universities was on since 2004 but it was National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 that was making this happen
The Minister further said,"We are not just inviting foreign universities, we are co-creating ecosystems for driving innovation, entrepreneurship and research"
