Short-term Study periods spent abroad not only enrich scholars-students lives in the academic and professional sphere, but it also help improve language, intercultural and self-awareness skills. And such experiences also help students gain relevant worldwide exposure, knowledge and strengthen key transversal expertise that is highly valued by employers. It also hold high value with recruiters and higher education institutions, as they are known to give preference to candidates with knowledge of worldwide standards and an international outlook.
As per recent report, Over 175 students from ‘O.P. Jindal Global University’ (JGU) will be leaving shortly for Short-Term Study Abroad Programmes (STSAP) across leading universities of the world such as Harvard, Oxford, Columbia and the University of California-Berkeley (UCB). The JGU’s students will be attending these coveted programmes as part of the various short study abroad opportunities offered to them at JGU and will receive academic credits and a certificate from the host university.
Significantly, The short-term programmes “have become extremely relevant for the universities who aspire to impart a world-class learning experience to its students. In other words, The international exposure not only broadens the students’ outlook but introduces them to multi-cultural and interdisciplinary learning environment”.
As per statement, 35 students will study ‘human rights and development’ at Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health; 25 students will be reading ‘International Law and Global Governance’ at Somerville College, Oxford; 27 students have enrolled to study ‘business and corporate laws’ at the Columbia University Law School; the students travelling to UCB will get an exposure on ‘Global Media and International Journalism’.
Also, Smaller groups of JGU students will be visiting Brunel university London to study Intellectual Property and Competition law and Monash University’s Prato Centre, Italy to study comparative law.
Although, “The University has further collaborated with other leading universities of the world such as Sciences Po (The Paris Institute of Political Science) France, Instituto Superior de Derecho Economia (ISDE), Madrid, and University of Granada, Spain, to offer a diverse set of programmes encompassing various disciplines,” the official statement asserted.
“This global confluence of experience equips the students with skills and knowledge with a view to educating and inspiring them in the fast evolving global world. It will also help them imbibe the required qualifications and expertise that will be relevant in the globalised work environment,” the statement stated.
Meanwhile, Talking about JGU’s sustained effort to provide students with increased study abroad opportunities, the founding Vice Chancellor of JGU, Professor C. Raj Kumar, asserted that “JGU is relentlessly working to expand and diversify the short term study abroad programmes offered to students. The remarkable feature of these programmes are that they don’t impose any disciplinary limitations for students as far as access is concerned.
For instance, any student from any school in any year of study can pursue almost all of these programme”. Thus, Highlighting the growth and expansion of these programmes in the last few years, Professor Kumar said: “From 3 programmes in 2016, JGU is now offering short term study abroad opportunities in more than 10 world-class universities.
Every year, new programmes are added and offered in collaboration with our partner universities and the JGU’s International Institute for Higher Education Research & Capacity Building (IIHEd) is leading this effort. Through these endeavours, we reaffirm our commitment to produce global citizens and constantly explore global opportunities for our students”. These programmes are coordinated by the International Institute for Higher Education Research & Capacity Building (IIHEd), an institute located within, JGU which is dedicated towards research and capacity building in higher education.
Describing the vision of the study abroad and exchange programmes at the university, JGU Founding Vice-Chancellor believes that, “These programmes not only introduce our students to multicultural and enriching environments but are aimed at equipping them with necessary qualifications and capabilities that set them apart in a globalized marketplace.”
Inputs are based on recent official statement made by the University in Media!
