Educational institutions launch integrated courses to cater to student need

The education sector has been seeing a lot of integrated courses to cater to growing student need for such courses. According to reports, Chennai based B-school Great Lakes Institute of Management will be setting up a new university, which will offer integrated programs in engineering and management.

As per reports, GLIM Chennai will come up in a 30-acre area in Sri City in Andhra Pradesh and is expected to start operating from the 2017 academic year. The first batch will start with an intake of 180 students and a full-time faculty capacity of 40 professors.  The estimated cost of the entire project is around Rs 100 crore, over 50% of which will be funded from internal accruals. The institute might enter into partnerships to support the project.

It was mentioned that the varsity will offer an integrated degree. The final degree will be along the lines of the ones awarded by institutes such as the premier Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani (BITS Pilani). The VIT University, based in Vellore, has started a double major course in engineering from the 2012-13 session. The first batch may graduate by 2015 or 2016, since it is a flexible system.

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