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International branch campuses in India charge about twice local university fees
International branch campuses in India charge about twice local university fees
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,…
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.
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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.
Source: timeshighereducation.com
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