Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham's new off-campus centre at Amaravati to offer 8 courses
UGC has approved 8 courses to be started at Amrita University for the academic year 2022-23 at the Amaravati campus.
Abhiraj P | May 26, 2022 | 12:27 PM IST
NEW DELHI : The Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, a deemed to be university, based in Coimbatore is set to launch an off-campus centre at Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh. The University Grants Commission (UGC) has approved eight programmes to be started for the academic year 2022-23 at the Amaravati campus.
Amrita University will offer the following programmes for the academic year 2022-23:
- MSc Physics
- MSc Chemistry
- MSc Mathematics
- MSc Data Science
- MSc Computer Science
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MSc courses in physics, chemistry and maths will be offered as five-year integrated courses as well as two-year master's courses, making the number of courses from these departments six. While MSc courses in data science and computer science will only be offered as five-year integrated courses. All courses except MSc Computer Science are allowed an intake of up to 60. However, MSc Computer Science is allowed to have up to 120 student-strength.
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"The new course(s) at the Amaravati Campus shall be started by the deemed to be University only in accordance with the provisions of the prevailing UGC Regulations," said a notification from UGC.
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