Anna University expands its wings to Dubai

Chennai: Anna University got approval to open up its campus in Dubai from its academic council on 4th February.

Vice-Chancellor of the university, P. Mannar Jawahar said that from the upcoming academic year four new undergraduate courses in the field of civil engineering, automobile, electrical and chemical would start in the new campus in Dubai.

Faculties from Anna University will set up the new facilities in Dubai and provide classes to the students of the university.

To culminate the initiative, the university also joined hands with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) to offer its first ever joint Ph.D degree. In the beginning, ten students from India as well as America will get admission for joint degree programme to do research in five areas of nanotechnology, biotechnology, transportation, construction engineering, information technology and telecommunications.

"Students joining the Ph.D programme will have to spend two years of research at UNL and two years at Anna University," said David Allen, Dean of the College of Engineering, UNL.

He further added that the top priority would be to work on crystal growth research as the faculties from both the institutes had built good relationship.

Indian students will be provided additional assistantship to meet their expenses.