UGC makes registration on new Study In India portal necessary for all overseas college students

The University Grant Commission (UGC) has mandated that every one overseas nationals finding out in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and universities within the nation need to register themselves in a brand new Study In India (SII) portal. In a public discover, UGC has mentioned, henceforth, examine visas shall be linked to the SII portal. 

Until now, overseas nationals wishing to check in India’s larger schooling establishments would apply to the respective larger schooling establishments or universities, and the respective establishments would assist in acquiring visas for the chosen and eligible college students. There isn’t any centralised knowledge of overseas college students within the nation, making it robust to trace them, particularly amidst a number of complaints by the police of them overstaying and in some instances indulging in crimes.

To plug this hole, UGC on the instructions of the Ministry of Education, Government of India, has now mandated that every one overseas college students and even these HEIs onboarding overseas college students need to mandatorily register on the SII portal from the 12 months 2025-26 itself. 

UGC has additional instructed HEIs onboarding overseas college students to nominate a “Compliance Officer within the establishment for guaranteeing compliance of all tips below SII programme and portal and in addition facilitating easy admission/visa means of the overseas college students in addition to their protected and correct keep within the campus”. 

Ok.G. Chandrashekhara, Executive Director, Karnataka State Higher Education Council, mentioned that the inflow of overseas college students into the state was solely anticipated to go up with extra overseas universities anticipated to arrange their campuses in Bengaluru. “We have already got Imperial College of London in Bengaluru, and Liverpool University has signed an settlement to ascertain a campus within the metropolis. Now we’ve additionally invited Wolverhampton University to ascertain its campus in Bengaluru. Therefore, the variety of college students coming to Karnataka for larger schooling will solely enhance additional. All instructional establishments registered on the SII portal ought to show the data of the scholars. This will help make acceptable lodging, safety, and monitoring for overseas nationals,” he mentioned.