Alliance 4 Universities, Spain ties up with 6 Indian Institutions

Offers Scholarships and Fee Waivers for Post Graduate study and Research for international students worth 9mn Euros

Alliance 4 Universities (A-4U), Spain, a strategic partnership between four leading Spanish public Universities today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with six leading Indian educational institutions to collaborate on internationalization of higher education and develop programs that benefit student and faculty exchange between the two countries. Each University of the Alliance offers a number of scholarships and fee waivers for postgraduate study and research for international students, totally amounting to 9 million Euros.

The Alliance comprises of four leading Spanish Universities - Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona (UAB), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM), Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), and Universiat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona (UPF) and six leading Indian Institutions - The International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore; Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore; National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur; Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi; Birla Institute of Management & Technology (BIMTECH) and Jaypee Education which includes Jaypee Institute of Information Technology (JIIT), Jaypee University of Information Technology (JUIT) Waknaghat, H.P. and Jaypee University of Engineering and Technology (JUET), Guna M.P. The other institutions with which the dialogue process is on for signing of MOUs are Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIM-B); University of Delhi, Delhi and Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IIT-D).

Said Prof Ana Ripoll Aracil, Rector, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB) & President, Alliance 4 Universities (A-4U), Spain “India has produced some great leaders over the years and this can be attributed to the excellent education system that is in place in this country. We are extremely happy and proud to collaborate with these leading Indian institutions that have an established name and recognition not just in India but also all over the world. With this collaboration we aim to enhance international mobility of students, researchers and academics and help establish research collaboration partnerships worldwide”.

The Alliance aims to enhance relations between the higher education institutions here in India with the Spanish Universities to develop academic and cultural interchange in the area of education, research and other activities; collaborate towards the internationalization of higher education; develop programs of common interest and engage in activities that may include, but not be limited to, student exchange, faculty exchange, joint research projects, online student research and graduate and postgraduate research co-supervision.

Said Prof Ana Ripoll Aracil, “A-4U has an extensive network of international agreements with other Universities and Institutions in Europe and around the world to enable student exchange between Alliance Universities and their partner institutions. We are happy to pool in our best resources to offer a number of scholarships and fee waivers for postgraduate study and research to non-EU students worth over 9 million Euros”.