Cardiff Metropolitan University has opened its first office in India, in conjunction with its business partner Planet EDU. This marks further commitment to the success of the partnership which was launched by the Welsh First Minister Carwyn Jones in April 2012.

Cardiff Met is ranked top in the UK for international student satisfaction. Based in Gurgaon, New Delhi, the Cardiff Met Office will lead the development of the University’s internationalisation activities in India and South Asia.

Left to right: Lloyd Powell, Prof Mohamed Loutfi, CEO of Planet EDU Sanjay Malaviya, Prof Antony Chapman, Prof David Brooksbank, Owain Llwyd.

The Cardiff Met office will play an important role in supporting the University’s activities in India and will offer enhanced support for students, forging wider and deeper relationships with in-country partners, and provide further opportunities for educational partnerships in India.

Offering a wide variety of courses, and boasting an international reputation for quality education and career-focused degrees, Cardiff Met has a long history of welcoming international students to the university, with over 1100 international students from circa 100 countries studying on campus in 2012.

Cardiff Met Vice-Chancellor Professor Chapman said “We are delighted to be opening the Cardiff Met office, in conjunction with our partners Planet EDU, in Gurgaon, New Delhi. The Cardiff Met office reflects the rapid growth in the University’s work in India, and we are delighted to now have a continuous presence in the country.

“The University has a longstanding tradition of welcoming Indian students, and our Indian graduates succeed in their chosen career paths. Our India Office will support Cardiff Met continuing to be a destination of choice for Indian students.”

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Cardiff Metropolitan University’s partnership with highly-respected Indian educational services company, Planet EDU, was officially launched this week in Delhi, in the presence of the First Minister of Wales, The Right Honourable Carwyn Jones AM, during his three day trade mission to India.

Planet EDU specialises in offering international qualifications, English language testing, teacher training and secure examination management, all using technology enhanced learning solutions.

Vice Chancellor of Cardiff Met, Professor Antony Chapman,  Director of the British Council in India, Rob Lynes, First  Minister of Wales, The Right Honourable Carwyn Jones  AM and CEO of Planet EDU, Sanjay Malaviya.

The partnership between Cardiff Met and Planet EDU will offer undergraduate and postgraduate business and management programmes across India through the Flexible and Distributed Learning (FDL) mode – an advanced system of education that brings together learners and teachers to facilitate learning - using a blend of traditional methods and new technologies to provide an enhanced learning experience.

Programme materials will be developed collaboratively by staff at Planet EDU and academic staff from the university, with support available to students from staff in India and in Cardiff. 
 
The benefits of studying under the FDL model include its flexibility, cost-effectiveness and the accessibility of resources. As degrees are the same as those offered via on-campus study, learners will have the advantage of being able to transfer to on-campus study, should they wish to complete their studies at Cardiff Met.

All programmes will be subject to the university’s quality assurance processes with degrees awarded by Cardiff Metropolitan University.

Planet EDU joins the list of established Cardiff Metropolitan University transnational partnerships with organisations including the Arab Academy for Science and Technology, Egypt, the LSC Group of Colleges, ICBT in Sri Lanka and the East Asia Institute of Management in Singapore.

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