Overview
- At the NEP 2020 anniversary in New Delhi, UGC Secretary Vineet Joshi presented Bristol’s Letter of Intent to Vice Chancellor Evelyn Welch, confirming formal approval.
- Scheduled to open in summer 2026, the first-international Bristol Mumbai campus will launch programmes tailored to digital and creative fields including data science, immersive arts and financial technology.
- The campus will occupy a site near central Mumbai chosen for its strengths in technology, innovation and the arts and its access to local industry partnerships.
- The university plans to offer Think Big scholarships and mirror its Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus model to foster interdisciplinary research and entrepreneurship.
- Establishing an overseas base advances Bristol’s international strategy and underpins its ambition to break into the top 50 of global university rankings.