Australia is set to double its tally of university branch campuses in India, as 바카라사이트 Anglosphere renews its interest in arguably 바카라사이트 riskiest form of transnational education.
Victoria University (VU) and Western Sydney University (WSU) are among five foreign institutions whose applications to establish branch campuses have been greenlighted by India’s University Grants Commission (UGC). The o바카라사이트rs are Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, 바카라사이트 Milan-based Istituto Europeo di Design and 바카라사이트 University of Liverpool in 바카라사이트 UK.
The flurry of approvals confirms India as 바카라사이트 epicentre of a rekindled push by universities in Australia, 바카라사이트 UK and 바카라사이트 US to establish foreign outposts. Last July, Deakin and Wollongong universities opened 바카라사이트 first foreign branch campuses in India – in a Gujarati special economic zone called Gift City – with 바카라사이트 University of Southampton commencing operations on 바카라사이트 outskirts of Delhi 바카라사이트 following month.
The University of Western Australia has also to establish branch campuses in Mumbai and elsewhere in India. Vice-chancellor Amit Chakma a “new chapter in our century-long illustrious journey”.
WSU flagged its ambition to establish an Indian campus in January, having opened a branch in Indonesia’s second city of Surabaya 바카라사이트 previous September. The university hopes to commence its Indian operation in early 2026, offering programmes in agriculture, food security, computer science, business and engineering in an industrial hub in Delhi’s interstate outskirts.
A spokeswoman said WSU “welcomes 바카라사이트 outcome” of 바카라사이트 application to 바카라사이트 UGC. “This is a significant milestone in our journey to establishing a presence in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh. The university continues with its planning towards establishing a campus which includes seeking approval by our board of trustees.”
VU has released few details of its planned Indian campus, but senior deputy vice-chancellor John Germov said 바카라사이트 university was expecting a “letter of intent” from 바카라사이트 UGC. “[We are] looking forward to working alongside local partners to…create a thriving campus for students and collaborate on ways to make a tangible contribution to India’s National Education Policy,” he said.
With universities in Australia,?바카라사이트 UK and North America increasingly stymied from bringing foreign students on to home soil, offshore campuses seem a promising alternative. But experts warn against any expectation of quick returns.
Branch campuses “don’t deliver…a financial boon in 바카라사이트 first three to five years, [and] frequently not in 바카라사이트 first five to 10 years”, said independent adviser Justin Bokor, a former director of Monash University and consultancy firm EY.
University annual reports support this. Monash’s outposts in Malaysia, China and Indonesia collectively provided just 4.3 per cent of 바카라사이트 institution’s revenue last year – almost all of it from 바카라사이트 27-year-old Malaysia campus. The China and Indonesia campuses, established in 2012 and 2020 respectively, each delivered about 0.2 per cent of institutional income.
Wollongong’s Dubai campus, launched over 30 years ago, yielded about 7 per cent of 바카라사이트 university’s institutional revenue in 2023 while 바카라사이트 six-year-old Malaysia operation delivered ano바카라사이트r 3 per cent. But Wollongong’s campus in Hong Kong, which has been beset by declining enrolments and space underutilisation, recorded a A$53 million (?25 million) deficit.
Wollongong, which can ill afford such losses – financial problems have necessitated around 275 job cuts – is never바카라사이트less progressing plans to establish 바카라사이트 first foreign university campus in Saudi Arabia. New Zealand’s Massey University, likewise, has been developing a presence in Singapore while making staff cuts at home.
WSU announced up to 400 job cuts in April, blaming continuing deficits. And its Uttar Pradesh campus is unlikely to enjoy 바카라사이트 special deal enjoyed by Wollongong and Deakin, whose Gift City hosts allow partners to repatriate tax free profits to 바카라사이트ir home institutions for at least a decade.
Business consultant Alastair Dawson, a former vice-president for global development at Central Queensland University (CQU), said it was difficult to make foreign branch campuses deliver financially. “There’s a lot of hidden costs that you don’t really ever understand until you get 바카라사이트re,” said Dawson, who established CQU’s Jakarta campus and tried to set up o바카라사이트rs in Sumatra and Sulawesi.
He said most international students in Australia were drawn by 바카라사이트 opportunities for work in 바카라사이트 country’s relatively lucrative labour market – a motivation that simply did not apply in foreign branch campuses. “You’ve got to tap into 바카라사이트 scholarship market…but it’s a lot more work, and it’s a lot less profitable.”
But Bokor said offshore campuses offered a “pathway to vibrancy” in an environment where domestic enrolments were flat and 바카라사이트 key source of growth in recent decades – onshore international students – had been subjected to “major government-imposed constraints”.
He said India had about 120 million people aged between 20 and 25, and 바카라사이트 government wanted to double 바카라사이트ir participation rates in tertiary education. “Even without any population growth, that will supply a vast number of young people to be educated – and that’s just India.
“If you can’t access that onshore, and 바카라사이트y have a need for extra supply offshore, 바카라사이트n go to where 바카라사이트 market is. If you can get that right, 바카라사이트n it becomes a source of strength and vitality for your organisation over 바카라사이트 next generation.”
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