Still dreaming about studying abroad? Well, here's a an all new option that'll take you up instead of Down Under. Ranked as one of the best new universities by Sunday Times, UK's Oxford Brookes University has opened shop in Chandigarh with an aim to deliver personalised
service to students and institutions interested in studying abroad. Our purpose is to help students apply for visa, filling the visa forms and guide them about the courses and opportunities available in UK, all at free of cost, informs Gaurav Sharma, Marketing Manager, India, Oxford Brookes University. Indian students are the finest of all and really perform well, he shares. Presently, the University has 139 Indian students and has eight different schools including School of Business, arts and humanities, architecture, hospitality, health, law and technology. Recently, The Brookes alumnus also visited a development project in Gurgaon, aimed at upgrading the slums in partnership with the local population. The university, in collaboration with Calcutta University, is also working to create a more efficient model of rice and have been organising conferences with other institutions like IIT Delhi and Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors on urban sustainability in India. "Despite the attacks on Indians abroad there is a heavy rush of students who want to study overseas. In the UK, there is a healthy environment for the students to study and work," says John Raftery, the Pro Vice Chancellor of Oxford Brookes University, who recently delivered a lecture in an international conference on human rights in Panjab University. We have a very flexible system of education in UK and we also provide students the opportunity to work so that they become financially more comfortable, shares John. The university is also known to have good placements and provides international exposure with companies like Microsoft, Panasonic, Marriott International, Ford of Britain and many more. The Brookes academics have also undertaken lectures in India on the sustainability and climate change and are now pleased to extend this programme to include the vitally important filed of human rights.
