IIM-A Witnesses 10 % Jump in Foreign Students

Ahmedabad: This year, Indian Institute of Management - Ahmadabad (IIM-A) has witnessed a jump of 10% in the enrollment of foreign students. As per sources, while the institute had 68 foreign students in 2009-10, the number has grown to 75 students in the academic session 2010-11. It anticipated that with more tie-ups with international institutes in the pipeline, the country's top management school expects the number of foreign students only to grow.

Talking about the foreign students who come to the IIM-A through student exchange programme, faculty coordinator of the programme, professor AK Laha said, that they have a large number of institutes across the globe partnering with the IIM-A for the student exchange programme. He also added that of late, they have seen lots of interest towards the IIM-A from various institutes and students. This year, they have seen a 10% increase in the number of foreign students coming to study in IIM-A.

As per sources, the IIM-A has an association with around 50 different institutes in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, USA and Canada among other countries. While the institute has a double-degree programme agreement with ESSEC in France and Bocconi University in Italy, it is in the process of adding more to the list. Proffessor Laha added that they will soon be tying up with institutes from Brazil and France for the double-degree programme.

Furthermore, talking about the IIM-A’s relationship with the foreign institutes, professor Laha has said that in partnership with the institutes, they will be looking beyond the student exchange. They will also be having a doctoral exchange and faculty exchange to explore a deeper and closer functioning with the partnering institutes. Moreover, most of the foreign students visited the IIM-A between September and December in 2010. This academic year, more than 90 students from the IIM-A have left for studies in various international institutes.