The Amrita Center for International Programs (ACIP) serves as the hub for international academic relations at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham. Responsible for overseeing and managing all international educational and research endeavours of the institution, ACIP’s primary aim is to enhance the quality of education and research. By facilitating collaboration among students, educators, and scholars worldwide, ACIP cultivates a dynamic interchange of knowledge and ideas that enriches both learning and research experiences.
The centre offers a wide range of full-time and part-time opportunities for international students that includes Student exchange programs, Dual degree programs, Study abroad programs, Internships, Summer school programs, collaborative PhD programs, Joint PhD programs, full time degree programs and the Live-in-Labs program®, that focuses on experiential learning in rural India.
These opportunities are designed to help both Amrita and international students to gain a global perspective, develop their academic and professional skills, and network with people from around the world. So far, the institution has hosted students from prominent international institutions such as ETH (Switzerland), TEM (France), Ryerson University, (Canada), MIT (USA), University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (USA), Harvard University (USA), Columbia University (USA), EPFL (Switzerland), among others.
To further advance its reach and impact, Amrita has signed Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with several prestigious universities in Europe, Australia, East Asia, South America, and North America including the University of California campuses at Berkeley, Davis, and San Diego, Columbia University, the State University of New York at Buffalo, KTH – the Royal Institute of Technology, VU Amsterdam, Oxford University, TU Munich, Deakin University, Australian National University, University of Tokyo, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, and many more.
