'Four-year undergrad programmes need of the hour'

The university's campus, spread over 25 acres, is located at Rajiv Gandhi Education City, on the outskirts of Delhi in Kundli, Haryana, on the Delhi-Chandigarh national highway. It has been set up as an independent non-profit private university under the Haryana Private Universities Act.

The four-year degree course will cost over Rs.20 lakh ($33,300). This will be among the costliest undergraduate programmes in the liberal arts in India.

“Yes, it will be among the costliest. To maintain the standard we have to keep the fee at a reasonable level,” said Vineet Gupta, a founding member of the university.

Gupta, who is also managing director of Jamboree Education, said scholarships would be liberally provided to ensure that the deserving candidates are not left out.

“We will be providing scholarships liberally. More than half the students will be on scholarships ranging from 25 percent to 100 percent,” he said.

The admission process is already underway and the first batch will start from Aug 1, with 350 students.