Jindal Global Law School (JGLS), O.P. Jindal Global Institution of Eminence Deemed to be University (JGU), has expanded its international partnership by signing 10 new Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with top universities in 6 countries.  

According to the university’s press release the new international collaborations have been entered into with leading universities from Canada, Italy, Peru, Taiwan, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. These partnerships have become part of the total 40 collaborations entered into only during the pandemic. 

The release further states that JGLS has established international collaborations with over 250 law schools/universities in the world since its founding in 2009. During the COVID-19 pandemic, JGLS has developed many new international opportunities for students to benefit from in the post-pandemic world. 

New partner institutions are as follows:

1. Faculty of Law, University of Calgary, Canada

2. Università degli Studi Suor Orsola Benincasa, Italy

3. School of Law, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Peru

4. College of Law, National Chengchi University, Taiwan

5. School of Law, National Yang-Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan

6. The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

7. The University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

8. American University Washington College of Law, American University, United States of America

9. Drexel University, United States of America

10. Seattle University School of Law, Seattle University, United States of America

Professor (Dr.) C. Raj Kumar, Founding Vice-Chancellor, JGU and Founding Dean of Jindal Global Law School, observed that “It is the ambition of the University to fulfil the promise of global education it has made to the students of our nation. Whenever JGU reached out to partner institutions in the world, their affirmative response and commitment to jointly implement the ideas proposed is truly refreshing. This acceptance is a testimony of our hard work and fulfilment of our dream to create a world-class institution in India—a cause for which our nation today stands.”

More than 100 students from JGLS and partner institutions combined benefitted from the various online programmes and had the opportunity to build a community through the virtual platform. All these collaborations have resulted in deeper relationships between the institutions in form of joint research, advanced degree programmes and joint grant applications. As restrictions on travel ease around the world, JGLS is optimistic to raise overall numbers for student mobility.  

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