Ranked 19 in the latest QS World University rankings, Duke University is already offering two executive MBA programmes that include week-long, intensive studies in India: the global executive MBA and the cross continent MBA programme.
“Duke University faculty members, based throughout the year in our home campus in Durham, North Carolina, accompany our students to study in India. Students get exposure to corporate visits and conversations with government officials related to the course of study,” says John Gallagher, associate dean for Executive MBA programmes at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. Classes for the Duke Corporate Education course are conducted out of IIM-Ahmedabad.
One varsity that already has a campus in India is UK’s Leeds Metropolitan University. The students enrolled in both India and the UK study the same curriculum. Those in Bhopal also have access to all the learning resources available in the UK, including access to the e-library and a rich pool of journal articles, case studies and academic papers.
“Even the examinations in both the UK and India campus are held on the same day and same time and students are assessed in a similar manner,” says Abhishek Mohan Gupta, director - marketing & strategic development, Jagran Social Welfare Society (JSWS), Bhopal. Leeds Metropolitan University and JSWS had partnered to start offering the former’s courses in India through the Leeds Met India, Bhopal campus. The faculty is from both India and the UK.
Source: HT Education