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2025
SuperCharger Ventures names 19 startups to fifth edtech accelerator cohort
Malta-based SuperCharger Ventures announced on September 29, 2025, the fifth cohort of its education technology accelerator, made up of 19 startups from 11 countries.…
University of Southampton opens Delhi campus in Gurugram under India's UGC rules
The University of Southampton announced the formal opening of its Delhi campus in Gurugram, Haryana, on July 16, 2025. India's education minister took part in the…
VinUniversity sets out second-phase plan to recruit 500 scholars worldwide
VinUniversity announced the second phase of its development strategy in Hanoi on June 9, 2025, including a program named VinUni 500 to recruit 500 scholars from around…
Seesaw acquires Jordan's Little Thinking Minds to add Arabic literacy tools
US learning platform Seesaw has acquired Little Thinking Minds, a Jordan-based developer of Arabic literacy products for schools, in a deal reported on April 15, 2025.…
Singapore's Manifest Global acquires BridgeU from Kaplan
Manifest Global, a Singapore-headquartered education group whose brands include the student guidance platform Cialfo, announced on April 7, 2025, that it had acquired…
2024
Imperial College London opens San Francisco hub, Imperial Global USA
Imperial College London announced on October 30, 2024, the launch of Imperial Global USA, a hub in San Francisco that it said makes it the first UK university with a…
Zen Educate raises $37 million Series B to expand school staffing platform
Zen Educate, a London-based online marketplace that matches schools with teaching staff, has raised $37 million in a Series B funding round. The financing was reported…
2023
ETH Zurich plans Heilbronn teaching and research center with foundation backing
ETH Zurich and the Dieter Schwarz Foundation signed a letter of intent on December 8, 2023, to create a teaching and research center for responsible digital…
IIT Delhi to establish its first international campus in Abu Dhabi
The Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge (ADEK), India's Ministry of Education and the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi signed a memorandum of…
IIT Madras to open first overseas IIT campus in Zanzibar after India-Tanzania accord
India's Ministry of Education, the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) and Zanzibar's Ministry of Education and Vocational Training signed a memorandum…
Leverage Edu raises $40 million Series C led by testing organization ETS
Leverage Edu, an Indian platform that helps students apply to universities abroad, raised $40 million in a Series C round, Inc42 reported on July 3, 2023. The round was…
2022
GoStudent acquires German tutoring chain Studienkreis from IK Partners
GoStudent, the Vienna-based online tutoring company, announced on December 2, 2022 that it was acquiring Studienkreis, a German provider of center-based tutoring, from…
Una Europa alliance enrolls first students in joint European Studies bachelor's
The Una Europa university alliance said on October 3, 2022, that more than 270 students from 35 countries were starting its Joint Bachelor of Arts in European Studies…
HKUST (Guangzhou) opens in Nansha with 15 postgraduate programs
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), known as HKUST(GZ), opened on September 1, 2022 in the Nansha district of Guangzhou. The opening…
Ruangguru acquires study-abroad startup Schoters and coding school Kalananti
Indonesian education technology company Ruangguru announced on July 4, 2022, that it had acquired two local startups: Schoters, which prepares students for study…
American University of Beirut signs agreement to open a campus in Pafos, Cyprus
The American University of Beirut (AUB) signed an agreement with the Municipality of Pafos on April 8, 2022, to open a campus in the Cypriot city. The university said…
2021
Jordan's Abwaab raises $20 million Series A led by BECO Capital
Abwaab, an education technology company based in Jordan, raised $20 million in a Series A funding round reported on November 15, 2021. The round was led by BECO…
Monash University, Indonesia begins teaching its first master's cohort
Monash University, Indonesia began teaching its first students on October 4, 2021, becoming the first foreign university to operate in Indonesia, the Australian…
Heriot-Watt University Dubai opens new campus at Dubai Knowledge Park
Heriot-Watt University Dubai, the United Arab Emirates branch of the UK-based university, has opened a new campus at Dubai Knowledge Park, according to reports…
Amazon Web Services opens AWS EdStart edtech accelerator to Vietnam
Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced the launch of AWS EdStart in Vietnam on March 31, 2021, opening its virtual accelerator for education technology startups to…
2020
MBZUAI admits 101 graduate students to its first cohort ahead of 2021 start
The Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) in Abu Dhabi said on September 9, 2020, that it had admitted 101 graduate students to its inaugural…
Noon Academy raises $13 million in pre-Series B round led by STV
Noon Academy, a Saudi Arabian online learning platform, announced on June 21, 2020 that it had raised $13 million in a pre-Series B funding round. The round was led by…
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