UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday announced that British universities will set up their campuses in India. Starmer, who is in India, said University of Lancaster and University of Surrey have received approval to set up their campuses in India.
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks at a press conference in Mumbai on October 9, 2025. (Photo by Leon Neal / POOL / AFP) (AFP)
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With the new campuses in India, the UK is set to become a country with the biggest higher education footprint in India.
“We are opening the UK-India Technology Security Initiative to boost opportunities for great British companies and deliver dozens of new investments into the United Kingdom, harnessing tech as one of the biggest engines that we have for jobs and for growth,” Starmer said while addressing a press conference in Mumbai.
The British prime minister, accompanied by a delegation of 125 of the UK's prominent business leaders, entrepreneurs and educationists, arrived in Mumbai on Wednesday morning on a two-day visit.
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According to a statement by the British High Commission, Starmer has confirmed that the two universities have been given approval to open campuses in India to help meet their booming demand for higher education places.
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According to a statement by the British High Commission, Starmer has confirmed that the two universities have been given approval to open campuses in India to help meet their booming demand for higher education places.
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There are 40 million students at university in India and 70 million places are needed by 2035, the statement said.
With the latest approval, the number of institutions from the UK setting up offshore campuses in India to nine, according to news agency PTI.
Earlier this year, the University of Southampton opened a campus in Delhi, while the University of York, University of Aberdeen, University of Bristol, University of Liverpool, Queen's University Belfast and the University of Coventry will open campuses from next year onwards.
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Starmer has called for a "hands-on" approach to implementing trade and investment deals between the UK and India. He said his government will work closely with industry leaders to ensure tangible results from the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and other bilateral partnerships.
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