# International branch campuses in India charge about twice local university fees 2026-08-06T01:28:05+00:00 | Business & Economy | Indian Opinion Desk Education researcher Rahul Choudaha of DrEducation Research has published a fee comparison covering fourteen foreign university branch campuses now operating inside India. His figures put the average yearly undergraduate charge at £10,140, roughly double what a leading private Indian institution charges and only about a third of what the same foreign universities bill on their original overseas campuses. Programme counts differ by nationality: seven British institutions run fifty degree courses through these campuses, versus thirty-three run by six Australian ones. Undergraduate charges likewise differ by origin, averaging £13,884 where an Australian university runs the campus against £9,516 where a British one does, graduate-level charges tilt the other way, running higher at British-run sites. Choudaha's modelling anticipates roughly 2,730 seats for the 2026-27 cycle, yet he doubts more than 1,500 will actually fill. Current locations cluster around Mumbai, Bengaluru, GIFT City, Delhi NCR and Chennai, with Pune and Hyderabad identified as possible future markets. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Every figure here traces to one researcher's own calculation rather than to disclosure by the universities or their branch campuses. The £10,140 average covers fourteen campuses run under two different national systems, seven British institutions offering fifty programmes and six Australian ones offering thirty-three, and the undergraduate averages behind it run from £9,516 at British-run campuses to £13,884 at Australian-run ones. At postgraduate level the direction reverses and the British-run campuses charge more. The clearest test ahead is enrolment: Choudaha's own capacity estimate of 2,730 seats for 2026-27 against his separate forecast that only 1,500 or fewer will actually be filled. ## Coverage - timeshighereducation.com Tags: DrEducation Research, GIFT City Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/indian-branch-campuses-twice-as-costly-as-local-universities-times-higher-education/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/indian-branch-campuses-twice-as-costly-as-local-universities-times-higher-education/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.