{
  "id": 12120865,
  "title": "UWA Chennai campus gets final UGC approval, classes to begin by October-end",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/uwa-chennai-campus-gets-final-ugc-approval-classes-to-begin-by",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-05T09:43:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Indian Express",
    "slug": "the-indian-express",
    "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/education/university-western-australia-uwa-chennai-campus-gets-final-ugc-approval-classes-begin-october-end-ugc-foreign-universities-india-nep-10907457/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The University of Western Australia (UWA) has received final approval from the University Grants Commission (UGC) to operate its international branch campus in Chennai. The campus, located on the seventh floor of One National Park in Velachery, Chennai, will begin orientation on October 5 and classes on October 19. UWA Chennai will offer undergraduate programmes in business management, computer science, data science and advanced computer science with artificial intelligence, as well as postgraduate courses in Master of Information Technology and Master of Business Administration (MBA).",
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}