Osmania University Partners with University of Missouri to Offer Dual Degree Courses
- Osmania University will offer dual degree courses in partnership with the University of Missouri from June this year.
- The new programmes will help students get international exposure.
Soon, students who join M.S Computer Science, M.S Chemistry, MBA and M.A Communication at Osmania University will have a chance to study at the University of Missouri, US. For this purpose, OU has collaborated with the US-based varsity. The partnership will also enable OU to offer dual degree courses from June 2018.
A video conference was held between the officials of the University of Missouri and Vice-Chancellor of OU, Professor Ramachandram earlier this week to firm up the subjects that will be the part of dual degree courses.
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Dual Degree Courses to be Launched Jointly by OU and University of Missouri: -
- Five-year Integrated M.S Chemistry course (three years will be in OU and two years at the University of Missouri).
- Five-year Integrated M.S Computer Science-B.Tech (four years in OU and one year at the University of Missouri)
- Two-year M.A Communication (One year at OU and one year at the University of Missouri)
- Two-year MBA course (One year at OU and one year at the University of Missouri)
Over 40 students (10 students from each course) will be selected to study at the University of Missouri. The selection of students will be purely based on the merit, and these students will be offered tuition fees at subsidised cost at the University of Missouri. At present, the university is working with modalities for dual degree courses.
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The new dual degree courses will help students to have an international exposure. Vice Chancellor of OU expressed his happiness that the alumni association of the varsity has extended its support for dual degree courses. The state government’s overseas scholarship scheme will be applicable to the selected students to study at the University of Missouri. Deepak Vyas foundation will also fund the students partially, and the foundation is also keen on setting up an endowment fund.
The University of Missouri, St. Louis is planning to bring its courses in optometry, criminology and criminal justice to OU.