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Dundee universities forging new links with India

Dundee has had a long association with India, primarily through the city’s history of jute trading. 2010 saw the city’s two universities forge new links with the country through cutting-edge expertise in design, computer gaming and civil engineering.

With help from Scottish Development International to initiate links, both the University of Dundee and the University of Abertay, Dundee have signed a range of agreements with the Maharashtra Academy of Engineering Education and Research (MIT Pune), one of India’s leading centres of education and research.

The agreements will see students from Pune coming to Dundee to study on some of the leading courses offered by Dundee and Abertay Dundee including:

  • Product Design
  • Design Ethnography
  • Civil Engineering
  • Animation Design
  • Computer Game Art

Discussions are also continuing to extend the collaboration into education, health, architecture and animation.

"This is a fantastic example of the way SDI successfully uses its industry expertise and extensive overseas networks to drive forward opportunities to boost the Scottish economy.

"India is one of the world's fastest expanding economies - it's the world's twelfth largest economy, fourth largest purchasing power after the US, China and Japan and is Scotland's second largest market for further and higher students. By engaging with such powerful economies, Scotland has the potential to experience huge economic benefits and to become even more globally competitive."

– David Smith, interim Chief Executive of Scottish Development International

"This is a wide-ranging collaboration that reflects our international reputation in Civil Engineering and Dundee's position as a centre for training and research in creative industries. It will continue to develop over the next few years, broadening both the subject coverage and the depth of collaboration."

– Professor Pete Downes, Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Dundee

"We share with MIT Pune a tradition of providing advanced, career-relevant higher education, and this important agreement establishes a new partnership between our institutions that will benefit both nations.

"MIT Pune’s students will gain from our expertise as one of the world’s leading centres of excellence for computer games and computer arts degree courses, and our own students will benefit from an enriched educational experience through studying alongside bright and talented students from India."

– Professor Bernard King CBE, Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Abertay Dundee

"I look at this as starting a new era of bilateral relations between Dundee and Pune, India. There has been a good history between our two countries in textile-related tread. With knowledge economy becoming the key in today’s world, such tie-ups will help both the partners in a great way, so I hope Dundee and Pune will have a great future together."

– Dr Sunil Karad, Executive Director, MIT Group of Institutes