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Today’s edition18 Oct 2026

Global campus

Liverpool formally opens Bengaluru campus with close to 300 students

The University of Liverpool opened its campus at Alembic City, Whitefield, on 15 October, teaching five subjects. Fees, investment and staff numbers are not disclosed.

Representative image. Photograph: Anish De, Unsplash

In brief

  • The University of Liverpool officially opened its Bengaluru campus on 15 October 2026, its first international campus in more than 20 years.
  • Close to 300 students make up the first cohort, studying computer science, game design, business management, accounting and finance, and biomedical sciences.
  • The university signed agreements with the National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bell Integration and Sai Life Sciences, and announced a seed fund with IISc.

Campus tracker

Foreign universities teaching in India and the Gulf, and the ones cleared to come. Every campus is sourced to the regulator or the university.

Map of India and the Gulf showing 44 international branch campuses: 32 open, 4 approved and 8 with a letter of intent.AFG College with the University of Aberdeen, Doha: Open, 2017MIE-SPPU Institute of Higher Education, Doha: Open, Sep 2021Amity University Dubai: Open, 2011Bath Spa University Academic Centre, Ras Al Khaimah: Open, 2014BITS Pilani, Dubai Campus: Open, 2000De Montfort University Dubai: Open, 10 Dec 2021Heriot-Watt University Dubai: Open, 2005IIM Ahmedabad, Dubai: Open, Sep 2025IIT Delhi, Abu Dhabi: Open, Jan 2024IMT Dubai: Open, 2006London Business School Dubai: Open, 2007Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Dubai: Open, 2000Middlesex University Dubai: Open, 2005Strathclyde Business School UAE Centre, Dubai: Open, 1995Symbiosis International University, Dubai: Open, Sep 2024University of Birmingham Dubai: Open, Sep 2018University of Bradford Regional Hub, Dubai: OpenUniversity of Greater Manchester Academic Centre, Ras Al Khaimah: Open, 2008University of Manchester Middle East Centre, Dubai: Open, 2006University of Stirling, Ras Al Khaimah: Open, 2018University of West London, Ras Al Khaimah: Open, 2017Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Dubai: Letter of intent, May 2025University of Liverpool, Bengaluru: Open, 15 Oct 2026UNSW Sydney, Bengaluru: Open, Aug 2026Birkbeck, University of London, Bengaluru: Approved, 1 Sep 2026La Trobe University, Bengaluru: Letter of intent, Jul 2025Lancaster University, Bengaluru: Letter of intent, 9 Oct 2025Deakin University, GIFT City: Open, 8 Jul 2024Queen’s University Belfast, GIFT City: Open, 2026University of Wollongong, GIFT City: Open, Nov 2024Coventry University, GIFT City: Letter of intent, Apr 2025University of Surrey, GIFT City: Letter of intent, 9 Oct 2025Illinois Institute of Technology, Mumbai: Open, 7 Sep 2026University of Bristol, Mumbai: Open, 10 Sep 2026University of Western Australia, Mumbai: Open, 18 Sep 2026University of York, Mumbai: Open, Sep 2026University of Aberdeen, Mumbai: Approved, 28 Jul 2026Istituto Europeo di Design, Mumbai: Letter of intent, 14 Jun 2025University of Colorado Denver, Hyderabad: Letter of intent, Oct 2026University of Southampton, Gurugram: Open, 2025Victoria University, Gurugram: Open, Aug 2026Western Sydney University, Greater Noida: Letter of intent, 31 Jul 2025University of Strathclyde, Riyadh: Approved, 21 Oct 2025University of Western Australia, Chennai: Approved, 5 Oct 2026
  • Open
  • Approved
  • Letter of intent
  • UAE 20
  • Mumbai 6
  • Bengaluru 5
  • GIFT City 5
  • Delhi NCR 3
  • Doha 2
  • Hyderabad 1
  • Riyadh 1
  • Chennai 1
Each dot is one campus. Nearby cities are grouped: Delhi NCR (Gurugram and Greater Noida) and the UAE (Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Ras Al Khaimah).
Open
32
Approved
4
Letter of intent
8

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Values as stated in each announcement or filing. Dates are when TED published the story.

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Visa ledger

UK sponsored study visas granted to main applicants, by nationality, in the year to June.

NationalityTrend, 2022 to 2026Year to June 2026On the year
India82,523Down 15.7%
Kuwait4,887Up 5.6%
Saudi Arabia4,649Down 7.7%
Oman974Down 1.2%
Qatar888Down 13.3%
Bahrain407Down 6.9%
UAE230Down 39.9%
All nationalities365,868Down 11.5%

Source: Home Office, Immigration system statistics, year ending June 2026, published 27 August 2026. Figures for the latest year are provisional.

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League tables

The top ten in each of the three rankings our readers are asked about, exactly as each publisher released them. We add no ranking of our own.

World University Rankings 2027

Times Higher Education, published 30 September 2026

  1. 1University of OxfordUnited Kingdom
  2. 2Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States
  3. =3Princeton UniversityUnited States
  4. =3Stanford UniversityUnited States
  5. 5University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom
  6. 6Harvard UniversityUnited States
  7. 7California Institute of TechnologyUnited States
  8. 8Imperial College LondonUnited Kingdom
  9. =9University of California, BerkeleyUnited States
  10. =9Yale UniversityUnited States

Highest in India: Indian Institute of Science, =254

Highest in the Gulf: Hamad Bin Khalifa University, =126

How it is ranked

Scores universities on 17 performance indicators in five pillars: teaching (the learning environment) 29.5%, research environment 29%, research quality 30%, international outlook 7.5% and industry 4%; the 2027 edition ranks 2,297 institutions from 118 countries and territories.

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QS World University Rankings 2027 (23rd annual edition)

QS, published 18 June 2026

  1. 1Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)United States
  2. =2Imperial College LondonUnited Kingdom
  3. =2Stanford UniversityUnited States
  4. 4University of OxfordUnited Kingdom
  5. 5Harvard UniversityUnited States
  6. 6University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom
  7. 7California Institute of Technology (Caltech)United States
  8. =8ETH ZurichSwitzerland
  9. =8UCLUnited Kingdom
  10. 10National University of Singapore (NUS)Singapore

Highest in India: Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD), 118

Highest in the Gulf: KFUPM, 63

How it is ranked

Scores universities on nine weighted indicators: academic reputation 30%, citations per faculty 20%, employer reputation 15%, faculty student ratio 10%, and international faculty ratio, international student ratio, international research network, employment outcomes and sustainability at 5% each; the 2027 edition ranks more than 1,500 universities across 106 higher education systems.

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India Rankings 2025: Overall

NIRF, published 4 September 2025

  1. 1Indian Institute of Technology MadrasChennai, Tamil Nadu
  2. 2Indian Institute of ScienceBengaluru, Karnataka
  3. 3Indian Institute of Technology BombayMumbai, Maharashtra
  4. 4Indian Institute of Technology DelhiNew Delhi, Delhi
  5. 5Indian Institute of Technology KanpurKanpur, Uttar Pradesh
  6. 6Indian Institute of Technology KharagpurKharagpur, West Bengal
  7. 7Indian Institute of Technology RoorkeeRoorkee, Uttarakhand
  8. 8All India Institute of Medical Sciences, DelhiNew Delhi, Delhi
  9. 9Jawaharlal Nehru UniversityNew Delhi, Delhi
  10. 10Banaras Hindu UniversityVaranasi, Uttar Pradesh

Ranks institutions in India only.

How it is ranked

Scores eligible institutions out of 100 on five parameters weighted Teaching, Learning and Resources 0.30, Research and Professional Practice 0.30, Graduation Outcomes 0.20, Outreach and Inclusivity 0.10 and Perception 0.10; the Overall category is open to institutions with at least 1,000 students (intake or enrolment) across UG and PG programmes.

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