IIT Madras opens offshore campus in Zanzibar, Tanzania

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The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-Madras) inaugurated its first-ever international campus in Zanzibar.
This historic event was attended by Dr. Hussein Ali Mwinyi, President of Zanzibar, along with Tanzanian and Indian officials and academics.
The Zanzibar campus is part of the Indian government’s efforts to showcase India’s education system on the global stage.
It is located in the Bweleo district, near Zanzibar Town, and will offer programs in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence at the Bachelor’s and Master’s levels.
The inaugural batch includes students from Zanzibar, mainland Tanzania, Nepal, and India, with a noteworthy 40% representation of women.
The campus will also engage in academic collaborations, including study abroad programs, internships, and exchanges with the Chennai-based IIT-Madras campus.
It marks a significant step toward internationalizing India’s educational reach.

Some facts about Zanzibar:

Zanzibar is an archipelago in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Tanzania, and is a semi-autonomous province of Tanzania.

Some facts about Tanzania:

Tanzania is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region.
It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands and the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to the south; Zambia to the southwest; and Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west.
The capital of Tanzania is Dodoma
Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest mountain, is in northeastern Tanzania.
Three of Africa’s Great Lakes are partly within Tanzania. To the north and west lie Lake Victoria, Africa’s largest lake, and Lake Tanganyika, the continent’s deepest lake, known for its unique species of fish. To the south lies Lake Malawi.