The University of Liverpool, United Kingdom, has received formal approval from the Ministry of Education to establish its branch campus in Bengaluru, marking another step in India’s efforts to internationalise higher education under the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.
The Letter of Approval (LoA) was handed over on Thursday, 4 June by Higher Education Secretary and University Grants Commission (UGC) Chairman Vineet Joshi to Professor Richard Grose, Provost of the University of Liverpool Bengaluru.
The event was attended by Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper.
The University of Liverpool had earlier received a Letter of Intent on 26 May 2025 under the UGC (Setting Up and Operation of Campuses of Foreign Higher Educational Institutions in India) Regulations, 2023.
Over the past year, the institution completed the required academic, infrastructure and regulatory preparations before securing final approval to begin operations in India.
According to the ministry, the LoA was granted following an assessment of its readiness and compliance with the provisions of the Regulations by the UGC.
The Bengaluru campus will offer undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in business management, computer science, game design, finance and biomedical sciences.
The university also plans to expand into additional disciplines in the coming years.
According to the Ministry of Education, the new campus is expected to support greater academic collaboration, improve student mobility and increase the presence of internationally reputed institutions in India.
The ministry said educational cooperation remains an important pillar of India-UK relations and that the Liverpool campus is expected to further strengthen bilateral ties.
Founded in 1881, the University of Liverpool is among the UK’s leading higher education institutions and is recognised globally for teaching, research and innovation.
The university’s decision to establish a campus in India reflects growing international interest in the country’s higher education sector and recent regulatory reforms aimed at attracting global universities.
