UNSW to Launch Bengaluru Campus by August 2026

• UNSW will open its Bengaluru campus at Manyata Tech Park in August, boosting education collaboration.
• Campus will offer undergraduate programmes and an MBA in cyber security, overseen by UNSW Australia.
• Located among major tech firms, the campus promises industry exposure and aligns with India–Australia education cooperation.

The University of New South Wales, which is one of Australia’s most prestigious universities, is all set to open its Bengaluru campus at Manyata Tech Park in August this year, which is definitely a big milestone in giving a push to international collaborations in education at the university level.

The agreement to open a university campus in Bengaluru was cemented at a programme held at Vidhana Soudha on Monday, during which a memorandum of understanding (MOU) agreement between UNSW vice-chancellor Attila Brungs and S Selvakan, principal secretary of industries, was inked.

"The first phase will have an undergraduate programme in commerce, media, computer science, data science, and an MBA with a focus on cyber security. This offering will address the escalating demand for technology-enabled learning in India," states an Educomp spokesperson.

Needless to say, this new initiative drew some criticism too. MB Patil, the industries minister, assured that the academic council of UNSW Australia would directly monitor the Bengaluru campus in such a way that the curriculum, academic competency, and the assessment pattern would remain the same as those in UNSW Australia.

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He also focused on the fact that several major corporations like Wipro, Intel, Infosys, and Hewlett-Packard are operating from Manyata Tech Park, which would give students an exposure to learning in the industry.

Notably, Patil also shared news of a new campus to be launched by UNSW at the upcoming Knowledge, Wellbeing, and Innovation City, known as KWIN City, in the near future. In particular, he stated that there is currently a co-operation programme on education and research between India and Australia, which is ongoing from 2025 to 2030.

In the meanwhile, the city remains a magnet for foreign universities as well: the University of Liverpool and the University of Lancaster have declared their intentions to open campuses in the city, while Imperial College London is already operating a research wing in Bengaluru, and the University of Wolver Hampton announced it would set up a research unit at Dr Manmohan Singh Bengaluru City University.