University of Wollongong Australia to open India campus in 2024

The University also announced the creation of the Tat Capital-UOW Global Finance Centre of Excellence, in association with Tat Capital.

The University of Wollongong (UOW) Australia on September 18 unveiled its UOW India identity at the Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City), Gandhinagar, making headway to become one of the first foreign universities to have an International Branch Campus (IBC) in India.

The university will set the student fees at 50 percent of those incurred by international students studying at UOW’s Australian campus. This will be supplemented by merit scholarships to ensure bright and capable students can study at the UOW GIFT City campus.

UOW has been operating campuses in Australia, Dubai, Malaysia and Hong Kong. It will commence its India operations in 2024 with a Graduate Certificate in Computing and a Masters in Computing (Data Analytics), followed by other undergraduate programmes. UOW already has ties with over 30 Indian universities for research and educational collaborations in the areas of software development, advanced medicine solutions, molecular and life sciences, advanced manufacturing, cybersecurity and mining technologies.

UOW’s Indian identity was unveiled by its global brand ambassador and renowned cricketer Adam Gilchrist as well as the University’s Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Patricia M Davidson. The latter also announced the VC Leadership Scholarship India recipient, 17-year-old Chaitanya Vishwajit Ambike from Bengaluru who will be studying Bachelor of Mathematics Advanced at UOW, commencing in February 2024.

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The University also announced the creation of the Tat Capital-UOW Global Finance Centre of Excellence, in association with Tat Capital, an Indian-Australian corporate advisory firm. This centre will operate from Australia and help assist in the development of the GIFT City financial markets through academic research.

It will provide infrastructure, including data and computing facilities, for Indian academics, as well as develop research infrastructure focused on India using data from the stock exchanges based in GIFT City, as well as supercomputing facilities. UOW and Tat Capital will offer two PhD scholarships focused on finance, as well as provide access to mentorships to nurture the next generation of fintech leaders.

In May 2023, UOW received in-principle approval to establish an IBC in GIFT City after a roundtable meeting which included Professor Davidson and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

UOW is ranked 162nd globally in the QS World University Rankings; 14th in the QS Top 50 Under 50 Rankings; and 61st in the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings.