More than 1200 students have taken benefit of International Academic Partnership program of Chandigarh University during last five years
Surging ahead with
its commitment to impart quality higher education of international
standards, Chandigarh University has
become the first Indian University to have signed
Memorandum-of-Understanding (MoUs) with World's Top 306 Universities under its
International Academic Alliance (IAA) flagship program. Besides getting the
benefit of global exposure, the students & faculty of Chandigarh University
are entitled for Student Exchange, Faculty Exchange, Semester Exchange, being a
part of Joint Research Initiatives, become members of international student
& faculty research groups, present papers at international conferences.
More than 1200 students from CU of fields like Engineering, Law, Hotel
Management, Journalism, Management, Agriculture, Forensic Sciences, Applied
Health Sciences and Tourism have taken benefit under the International Academic
Partnership program.
While giving details
of the IAA flagship program, Dr. R.S.Bawa, Pro-Chancellor, Chandigarh
University said, "Top ranked universities including QS World rank
universities from countries like USA,
UK, Canada, Australia,
European Union, SAARC Countries have joined hands with Chandigarh University.
The international partnerships are a win-win situation both for the academic
institutions and students as they share academic, cultural and research
resources." It is also important to mention here that Chandigarh
University is also a member of International Association of Universities (IAU)
and Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU). "Students from 40
countries are currently undergoing their higher education in more than 135
Under-Graduate and Post-Graduate programs at Chandigarh University,"
added. Dr. Bawa.
Besides academic
learning, the benefit of International Academic Alliance program, the students
also stand a chance to grab global placement opportunities. "World's top
entertainment and hospitality company, Walt Disney has
selected 155 students from Hotel Management, Tourism, Finance & Management
programs over the last five year," said Pro-Chancellor. Foreign universities
have also offered scholarships worth Rs. 15 Crores to
CU students which has provided financial assistance to the students who have
the dream of studying abroad.
Satnam Singh Sandhu, Chancellor, Chandigarh University said, "Students from India have
always dreamed of studying abroad or adding some international exposure to
their higher education. The International Academic Alliance program of
Chandigarh University has helped the students fulfill their dreams. Recently,
we have seen that many Indian students couldn't travel abroad due to pandemic;
it is during such hard times that the global partnership programs of Chandigarh
University comes in handy for the student community." Chandigarh
University also offers 2+2, 2+1, 1+2 international articulation programs in
collaboration with universities of USA,
UK, Canada and Australia under-which the students can start
their academic degrees at CU campus and then shift to foreign varsities to
complete their degrees using the benefit of Credit Transfer Benefit Scheme.
"This arrangement helps save money for the students who wish to travel
abroad for higher studies as during the half-of-the academic tenure, the
student is entitled to pay fee as per the Indian structure."