University of Liverpool Receives Letter of Approval (LoA) to establish its Campus in Bengaluru

• University of Liverpool (UK) received the Letter of Approval (LoA) from the Ministry of Education on 04 June 2026 to establish a branch campus in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
• LoA was handed over by Dr. Vineet Joshi, Secretary (Higher Education) to Prof. Richard Grose, Provost, University of Liverpool Bangalore, witnessed by Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, EAM Dr. S. Jaishankar and UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper.
• Operationalised under UGC (Setting up and Operation of Campuses of Foreign Higher Educational Institutions in India) Regulations, 2023 — a flagship NEP-2020 reform.
• Relevant for UPSC GS-II (Education / Internationalisation) and GS-III (Services exports, soft power).