IIT Delhi is in talks to establish its campus in the United Arab Emirates: Govt.

At the Center’s request to consider setting up a campus in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), IIT Delhi has held two rounds of meetings with the Department of Education and Knowledge, Abu Dhabi, the Ministry of Education informed the Lok Sabha on Monday. IIT Delhi has also set up a committee to study the feasibility of such a campus, which would be the first overseas campus of an Indian institute of technology.

IIT Delhi’s expansion comes as IIT Madras, among other institutions, is taking into account requests from numerous nations as part of its expansion plans, including Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Tanzania.

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“IIT Delhi requested the Indian Ambassador to the UAE to identify and arrange a meeting with the relevant UAE authorities. Accordingly, the Department of Education and Knowledge, Abu Dhabi (ADEK), was identified as the relevant UAE authority, “said the Ministry of Education.

According to further details shared by the Education Ministry, IIT Delhi requested that the Department of Education and Knowledge, Abu Dhabi (ADEK) be identified as the relevant authority in this regard. Subsequently, two meetings were held.

IIT Delhi is one of the top engineering colleges in India. It is part of the government’s National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) and is responsible for mentoring IIT Ropar and IIT Jammu. In 2021, IIT Delhi put forward a proposal to the government expressing its willingness to set up campuses in Saudi Arabia and Egypt. The proposal states that the overseas campuses will offer four-year undergraduate courses with an annual intake of up to 240 students in four branches based on SAT scores.