# IIT Bombay’s US expansion faces questions over costs and demand 2026-08-07T05:56:07+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet IIT Bombay plans to conduct specialised certificate programmes at the State University of New York’s Old Westbury campus, extending its engineering and technology education to the United States, The Hindu reports. The proposed partnership may also include research laboratories, though funding details are unclear. The move differs from IIT Madras’s Zanzibar campus and IIT Delhi’s Abu Dhabi campus, where host governments fund capital or operating costs. Zanzibar has 129 students, while Abu Dhabi enrolled fewer than 200 last academic year. The Hindu questions Old Westbury’s suitability, citing its mainly undergraduate student body, lack of an engineering school and limited research facilities. It also asks who will teach, fund and enrol students in the proposed programmes. ## Coverage - thehindu.com Tags: higher education, IIT Bombay, international campuses, SUNY, United States Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/iit-bombays-us-expansion-faces-questions-over-costs-and-demand/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/iit-bombays-us-expansion-faces-questions-over-costs-and-demand/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.