Leeds Metropolitan University, UK starts its first campus ‘Leeds Met India’ in Bhopal, India

Sept. 25, 2009 - PRLog -- Bhopal : Leeds Metropolitan University, UK today announced the start of its first purpose built campus – Leeds Met India in India at Bhopal. This is the first South Asian campus of Leeds Metropolitan University, UK.

Leeds Met India, Bhopal is joint partnership between Leeds Metropolitan University, UK and JSWS, non-proprietary, non-profit charitable welfare organization from Bhopal dedicated to providing world-class standards of education in India and abroad. Leeds Met India offers exciting opportunities to study universally recognized Leeds Met, U.K degree at this exclusive purpose built campus. The campus offers undergraduate courses in the field of Business Management, International Hospitality Management.  It also plans to offer Postgraduate courses by 2010 including MBA and M.Sc in various disciplines.

During her visit to India campus, Prof. Elspeth Jones, International Dean, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK, said, “This exclusive state-of-the-art campus will provide high quality learning and leisure facilities. Students will enjoy savings of around 70 percent on the cost of studying in the U.K, for availing the same degree. As part of the course, students will have opportunity to spend one semester at Leeds Met, UK and will be eligible to sit for the UK placements. For International Hospitality Business Management course, students will be studying two years at India campus after which they will be sent to UK for paid placement for one year where they will have an opportunity to earn up to 10,000 to 12,000 pounds and then study at our Leeds Met, UK for one year. In this way students will gain exposure across two continents, which will enhance their professional development and career prospects”.

Speaking on the opening of its India campus, Prof. Phil Clement, Academic Director, Leeds Met India, Bhopal said, “Our courses delivered at Leeds Met India, Bhopal will replicate the U.K study experience. Students will study under a model followed in UK. Each course will have 24 modules to be completed in three years. Like abroad, there will be no specific textbooks, which will put an end to rote learning. Students will get access to all online resources of our UK campus. There will be no written exam, as our degrees will be based on their scores they get in their project work, presentations case studies and research dissertation. There will be faculty lectures every day, which students can attend as per choice. Post lectures, faculties will also hold daily seminars to discuss and formulate ideas on concepts learnt.

Speaking on this occasion, Mr. Hari Mohan Gupta, President, JSWS “Leeds Met India is a 36 acre residential campus with facilities like state-of-the-art library, Wi-Fi access hostel, recreation and fitness centre.  All the teaching areas are centrally air conditioned .The Library will remain open 14 hours a day to support flexible study and is equipped with latest technology, books, e-books, and other Internet based resources. The Wi-Fi enabled library has 150 computers with specialist software and access to printing and scanning facilities. The fitness centre at the campus includes half Olympic size swimming pool, squash and state-of-the-art gym facilities”.

Students completing undergraduate degree at Bhopal campus will be eligible to receive direct admission to the University’s postgraduate courses at Leeds Met, UK or Bhopal campus.  The students will be awarded an internationally recognized degree from Leeds Metropolitan University, UK.  The university has a long tradition of preparing students for employment success and has an excellent employment record.  They will have competitive advantage and enhance their employability. The courses will enable students to develop relevant practical skills, which they can use at work place.  They are taught transferable skills such as communication, team working, time management and IT skills that can be applied directly in the work place.

Being located in the heart of India, Bhopal enjoys excellent connectivity by air, rail and road and this serves as one of the main reasons for setting this exclusive high-tech, purpose-built campus at Bhopal.  It is also known to be the cleanest and greenest city in India.  With over 15 lakes and five mountains, Bhopal offers a pleasant climate for studying and living.  Bhopal is safe, peaceful and blessed with quietude, enjoying an uninterrupted power supply, which creates a perfect ambience for knowledge.  The city is becoming an ideal place to study as it has recently been designated as the education hub of central India, currently having the student strength above 75,000 seeking higher education.  AIIMS, NIFT, The Indian Institute of Architecture and The National Institute of Science are relocating to Bhopal, creating some of the best resources available for students in the country.
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About Leeds Met India

Leeds Met India, Bhopal is an exciting collaborative venture between Leeds Metropolitan University, UK and JSWS Bhopal for the exclusive delivery of Leeds Met UK courses and awards in a contemporary, state of the art purpose built 36 acres campus at Bhopal, India. The origins of Leeds Metropolitan University date back more than 100 years and today it is one of the largest and most popular universities of the UK, having the best placement record. It is for the first time ever, that a university of such stature-recognized world over is coming to India in one of its kind conglomerate. Academic standards in India will replicate the UK study experience as the world renowned Leeds Met UK faculty will visit and teach 30% of the course content to students at Leeds Met India. Students will have an access to the university's vast online e- learning resources. They will also get an opportunity to study one semester at Leeds Met UK to enhance their career prospects and interpersonal skills. They would get an exposure spanning across two continents. All students will be awarded an internationally recognized degree from Leeds Metropolitan University UK

About JSWS

JSWS is being promoted by eminent residents of Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) since the year 1997.  It is registered with the Registrar of Societies (Madhya Pradesh) as a non-proprietary, non-profit Charitable Welfare Organization with the main objective of developing and propagating education, by the way of establishing progressive schools, colleges, universities or other educational institution in India and abroad that are open to all without any distinction of race, caste or creed and other social welfare objective of the society.  JSWS runs Delhi Public School and DPS Shiksha Kendra in Bhopal and Indore.  JSWS, under its DPS Shiksha Kendra programme, provides quality education to under privileged children of slums and orphanages, free of cost in Bhopal and Indore.  The Income Tax Department, Government of India has granted exemption to the society, under which any contribution towards corpus fund will be exempted from the tax under the section 80G of the Income Tax Act.  The public, in general, has generously donated substantial amounts to achieve the noble cause of the society.

For Media Enquiries:
Abhishek Mohan Gupta
Leeds Met India, Bhopal, India
Tel. 0755-2696969
Email: abhishek.gupta@jsws.org.in   

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