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Sikkim Manipal University’s Directorate of Distance Education has announced an MoU with Edinburgh Napier University (ENU), a premier state-owned, government university in Edinburgh and one of UK’s largest Universities.

The collaboration aims to foster advancement in teaching, research, academic collaboration, cultural understanding and to create avenues for enhancing student experience. It will create a strong foundation to encourage exchange and sharing of academic, scientific and cultural experiences. ENU will be an academic partner with SMU-DDE by providing academic training and infrastructure to fulfil the educational needs of the students enrolled.

Professor George Stonehouse, Dean, ENU Business School, said, “With India being one of the world’s largest and most dynamic economies, we are even more delighted to work with one of its leading universities. This partnership will foster academic links between our nations and will provide for research collaborations that would contribute to and support the development of higher education in India “.

Professor NS Ramesh Murthy, Director, SMU-DDE, said, “This MoU provides a strong footstep for strengthening the academic and build a long-term beneficial relationship between the two universities. It will also promote knowledge sharing, reflecting the deep interest and commitment of SMU-DDE and ENU towards building a strong educational foundation for the distance education fraternity at large.”

Under the scope of engagement, ENU and SMU-DDE will collaborate in the management education space. SMU-DDE degree holders will be given the option to get an additional MBA degree from ENU by enrolling 60 out of 180 credits of the ENU MBA programme. Students will be given the option to pursue these additional credits by enrolling for a term on campus at ENU’s Craiglockhart campus in Edinburgh. SMU-DDE students will avail a waiver on 2 term credits, thus saving time and thereby saving two-third of the total fees required in pursuing a degree from ENU. The fees for the ENU programme will be as per the prevailing fee at ENU.

Students opting for a term at ENU’s Craiglockhart campus will also have the advantage of working part-time (20 hours per week with minimum wages of 20£ per hour).