Overview

• The University of Lancaster will open in Bengaluru and the University of Surrey will open in GIFT City, Gujarat, following formal approvals announced in Mumbai.
• Downing Street estimates the expansion will deliver a £50 million boost to the UK economy through fees, partnerships and research commercialisation.
• The approvals bring the number of UK institutions operating or set to operate campuses in India to nine, building on July letters of intent and recent sector agreements.
• Officials say the UK is set to have the largest foreign higher-education footprint in India as demand grows from 40 million students today toward 70 million places by 2035.
• The moves follow India’s 2023 UGC regulations that allow foreign campuses, under which the University of Southampton opened in Delhi, with York, Aberdeen, Bristol, Liverpool, Queen’s University Belfast and Coventry preparing launches.