First IIT Campus outside India set up in Zanzibar, Tanzania

First IIT Campus outside India set up in Zanzibar, Tanzania

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Category : Science and Tech Published on: July 08 2023

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  • The first IIT campus to be set up outside India will be in Zanzibar, Tanzania. 
  • A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed for setting up of a campus of IIT Madras in Zanzibar, which is a Tanzanian archipelago off the coast of East Africa.
  • The campus, named IIT Madras at Zanzibar, is set to commence operations in October 2023 and will initially admit 50 undergraduate students and 20 master's students. 
  • The IIT is about to set up three campuses outside India, including Zanzibar, Abu Dhabi and Kuala Lumpur.
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