Hyderabad Gets University of London Campus
The Lake View Guest House, Hyderabad, has been allotted for the UOL to run its temporary campus in the city
Hyderabad: Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy's efforts to attract marquee education institutions with global repute to Hyderabad have finally paid off, with the prestigious University of London (UOL) deciding to set up its offshore campus in Hyderabad soon, official sources said.
The University of London could be the first among many such international universities which are going to choose Hyderabad for setting up their international campuses. World-renowned institutions like London Business School, London School of Economics, and King's College, London, are part of the university’s constituent colleges.
The University of London operates a small institute in Paris that offers very few courses. This makes the upcoming campus in Telangana UOL's first full-fledged offshore university campus in the world.
Sources said the Lake View Guest House, Hyderabad, has been allotted for the UOL to run its temporary campus in the city. It is learnt that the University of London has initiated the application process with the University Grants Commission (UGC) for starting the academic year in 2027. The university would initiate the construction of permanent campuses in Future City.
Besides, state government officials are coordinating with the UK department of business and Trade for facilitating 13 UK-based schools which had recently come forward to establish branch campuses in Hyderabad.
The Chief Minister had been showing keen interest in welcoming global universities to Telangana as part of a broader objective to create a world-class knowledge hub. In the next few years, the Revanth Reddy-led government is aiming at building a knowledge hub in Bharat Future City that includes offshore campuses of world-renowned higher educational institutions.
The presence of fundamental and applied research institutions, and R&D hubs for major corporations in tech, biotech, and life sciences, places Hyderabad among the top favourites, especially among universities from the United Kingdom.
The central government opened the doors for global educational institutions willing to set up campuses through provisions of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. In cities like Mumbai, some of the US and UK-based universities setting up campuses have already started accepting applications for the first batch.
