BackEmaar Education, a subsidiary of real estate company Emaar Dubai, has announced its intention to open the Raffles International University in Jaipur, India.
Vice-President of Marketing and Admissions for Emaar Education, Celia Her, told Emirates Business that the new institution would “provide higher education in business studies, information technology, science, art, hospitality and other subjects.”
Reports suggest that recruitment of staff and academics is progressing swiftly and that the new Raffles International University may be opening its doors as early as April 2010.
The new school will increase Emaar Education’s influence in Jaipur, as the company already operates the Raffles International School with over 1,000 pupils. Emaar acquired the Singapore-based Raffles in 2006, which has campuses in India, Singapore, Vietnam, Hong Kong, China and Dubai.
Emaar are also the company behind the $1.5bn Burj Khalifa in Dubai, recognised as the tallest building in the world.
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Is this university instead of the one that Emaar said they were going to create in the Mena district in 2007? I have been trying to contact an old friend, professor Richard Berry who I believe was going to be part of the management team of the that university.