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Amrita varsity ties up with Dutch university
Bengaluru, March 29
Leading higher education
provider Amrita University has entered into an agrement with Vrije
University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands to extend its collaboration
to more departments and programmes.
"We are extending our
collaboration with the European university after a five-year rewarding
association with it through student exchange programme, online lectures,
conferences, and adjunct faculty," Amrita University vice-chancellor
Venkat Rangan said in a statement here on Sunday.
The new
agreement envisages expanding the collaboration to health sciences,
involving advanced specialty services, precision robotic surgery,
radiotherapy, oncology, translational medical research, nano medical
sciences, biotechnology and public health.
The Coimbatore-based
university, which has campuses here and at Kochi in Kerala, appointed
two adjunct faculty from the Dutch varsity for conducting online
courses, guide masters and post-doctoral students.