SYMBIOSIS International Educational Centre (SIEC) is opening its first campus outside Pune, in Delhi, next year. The deemed university status for Symbiosis puts it at par with Jawaharlal Nehru University and Jamia Millia Islamia that allows it to frame its own syllabus, confer its degree and open campuses anywhere, subject to local government permission, within and outside India. Following this, Symbiosis plans to open campuses not only in India but also in Oman, Mauritius and Thailand by the year 2005. The main thrust area of education in these countries will focus on Undergraduate, Post-graduate courses along with Management Development Programmes.

“For the Delhi Campus, the university has identified a 4-acre plot in Dwaraka that will start with its Law College, for which students will be enrolled on the basis of a national-level common entrance test,” said Dr S. B. Majumdar, Founder President and Director, Symbiosis. Dr Majumdar was the Head of the Botany Department of Fergusson College. He started Symbiosis at his residence promoting the welfare, education and hospitality for both Indian and foreign students.

At present, Symbiosis has 23 institutions and 112 courses. It has student strength of 30, 000, with a large number of them from North India and the third world countries. Apart from this, Symbiosis also offers a Centre for Distance Learning, where around 45, 000 NRI’s, and Indian students as well as working professionals have enrolled.