Australia’s Victoria University (VU) has received the Victoria University UGC Approval — a Letter of Approval from the University Grants Commission under India’s Ministry of Education — allowing it to establish and operate its campus in Gurugram, Delhi-NCR. The approval marks VU’s official entry into India’s higher education landscape under the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.
Victoria University UGC Approval: How It Came About
The Victoria University UGC Approval was granted on 10 July 2026, during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Australia for the Third Australia–India Annual Summit in Melbourne. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese joined PM Modi in welcoming the issuance of the Letter of Approval, which was formally presented by India’s High Commissioner to Australia, Nagesh Singh, to VU Chancellor Steve Bracks and Vice-Chancellor Professor Adam Shoemaker. With this, Victoria University becomes the first university from the Australian state of Victoria to establish a campus in Delhi-NCR.
What the Delhi-NCR Campus Will Offer
Following the Victoria University UGC Approval, the Gurugram campus will offer undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in high-demand disciplines, including Business, Data Science, Information Technology, Cyber Security, MBA (Global), and Master of Applied Information Technology. Students enrolled at the campus will graduate with a recognised Australian qualification.
A defining feature of the campus will be VU’s award-winning VU Block Model, under which students study one subject at a time in intensive four-week blocks through smaller classes and continuous assessment — an approach being introduced in India for the first time through this campus.
Admissions and Scholarship Details
With the Victoria University UGC Approval now in place, the Delhi-NCR campus is scheduled to welcome its first student cohort in August 2026. Ahead of the opening, VU had already launched the VU Block Model India Scholarship, offering eligible students a fee waiver of up to ₹3 lakh in their first year across undergraduate and postgraduate courses. The scholarship is merit-based, with eligibility assessed during the admission process.
