Monday, February 2023 Durham University, UK, one of the world’s top 100 universities in the QS World University Rankings &one of the UK’s leading higher education institutions, and England’s third oldest university, is strengthening its ties with India. The university has long-standing ties with India that span research collaborations, institutional and faculty partnerships, and scholarship.

The Office is cultivating strategic partnerships, supporting Indian students wanting to study at Durham, developing student experience opportunities for Durham students in and with Indian partners, and connecting with Indian alumni of Durham. Durham’s many ground-breaking research projects have also received research grants from Indian partners.

Reflecting on the research successes with Indian partners, Professor Charlotte Clarke, Executive Dean of Social Sciences and Health at Durham University, said: “What has been achieved so far through researchers from Durham and across India working together has been truly remarkable. Building on the early success of our new Office, our presence and relationship with India will only grow from strength to strength. We have a thriving community of Indian students and graduates and we look forward to welcoming more Indian students to our globally outstanding University.”

The tie-ups include:

– As a research-intensive and world top 100 university, Durham has developed long-term partnerships with top Indian institutions including Amrita University and the Indian Institute of Technology to address some of the major challenges facing the world today through innovative and pioneering research.

– Durham’s partnership with Amrita University supports key foundation industries in India and the UK to decarbonise by using the latest thermal energy innovations. Durham University has also been a part of the UK-India collaboration with the Indian Institute of Technology into understanding how the water cycle in India is changing and the impact it could have.

– Research involving Durham’s Department of Anthropology, the Praxis Institute for Participatory Practices, New Delhi, HealisSekhsaria Institute for Public Health, Mumbai, and the Institute of Public Health, Bengaluru found that bidi rollers would be more inclined to consider other work if they were involved in shaping the alternative employment available.

– Durham’sDepartment of Anthropology has also conducted pioneering research on care relationships among diabetes patients and families in Delhi.

– Durham Law School enjoys close links with India, including recently the founding of a Centre for Indian Law and Policy – the first such academic research center focusing on India’s legal system to be established in the UK, and only the second outside of India.

– Close ties also exist between Durham University’s School of Education and Durham Centre for Academic Development and the Indian Institute for Science Education Research around excellence in pedagogy for Science educators.

– Moreover, Durham University is involved in promoting sustainable pilgrimage and protecting heritage within India by bringing together UK and Indian heritage managers and archaeologists to explore and compare the social and economic impacts of heritage sites within Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh.

Durham University has developed a distinctive leading approach to health in its Health@Durhamstrategy, which emphasises the importance of health being ‘Unbound from the clinic.The vision statement is:

“Our vision for health is for people to thrive in the places they live. We embrace physical, mental, social, and environmental well-being, and envision health as a synergy of beliefs, culture, family, community and environment. There are exciting opportunities in partnership between Durham and India to address the health of our people and planet.”

Durham hosts a growing number of students from India in its vibrant and historic campus every year and many notable scholars of Indian origin are based at the University.

Durham opened its first office in India, in Gurgaon, in 2020, and this, along with research collaborations between Durham and Indian partners.

Durham University offers a range of international scholarships including a £5,000 per year tuition fee discount for Indian students who are looking to start their undergraduate or taught postgraduate studies.

Durham is recognised as one of the world’s leading universities and twelve of Durham’s subjects are ranked in the World Top 50, making it a highly attractiveHigher Educationestablishment for Indian and international students.