India Confirms Bhutan and Morocco Requests for Overseas IIT Campuses
The Education Ministry says it is assessing the proposals under the NEP 2020 push to expand Indian higher education overseas.
Overview
- Sources in the Education Ministry said requests from Bhutan and Morocco include formal and informal approaches, and no decision has been taken.
- Two international IIT campuses are operating: IIT Madras–Zanzibar began from a temporary site in November 2023 and IIT Delhi–Abu Dhabi runs from a transit facility at Zayed University.
- An agreement reported in October sets up an IIT campus in Suleja, West Africa, to be hosted by the Federal Government Academy with first undergraduate and postgraduate cohorts expected in 2026.
- NEP 2020 encourages high-performing Indian institutions to establish campuses abroad and allows top foreign universities to set up in India.
- A 17-member government panel led by Dr K Radhakrishnan submitted a roadmap in 2022 that guides the process for opening IIT campuses overseas.