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2026
Carnegie Mellon announces $3 billion gift and plans for a new Miami campus
Carnegie Mellon University announced on September 30, 2026 a $3 billion gift from Ken Griffin, founder and chief executive of the investment firm Citadel. The gift…
KAIST sets out vision for new College of AI with four departments and 300 students
The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) held a vision declaration ceremony for its newly established College of AI on June 1, 2026 at its main…
University of New Haven gains US accreditor approval for Riyadh branch campus
The University of New Haven said on April 7, 2026, that the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE) had approved its plan to establish an international…
Cambridge to establish Rokos School of Government with £190 million commitment
The University of Cambridge announced on March 31, 2026, that it plans to establish the Rokos School of Government, backed by a commitment of £190 million from investor…
SUTD to build design AI training into all first-year courses from 2026
The Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) announced on January 6, 2026 that all first-year students will receive structured training in design AI from…
2025
Cisco and KAUST launch an AI institute on the Saudi university's campus
Cisco and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) announced the launch of the Cisco AI Institute at KAUST on October 29, 2025, at an event in Riyadh.…
Princeton to require SAT or ACT scores again from the 2027-28 admission cycle
Princeton University's Office of Admission announced on October 9, 2025 that it will once more require SAT or ACT scores from undergraduate applicants. The requirement…
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…
IE University partners with OpenAI to roll out ChatGPT Edu across campus
IE University, which has a campus in Madrid, Spain, announced on February 18, 2025, an initiative with OpenAI to deploy AI tools across its academic ecosystem. Under…
2024
AUC names business school for Onsi Sawiris after gift of more than $30 million
The American University in Cairo (AUC) announced on December 2, 2024, that its School of Business would be named the Onsi Sawiris School of Business following a gift…
Chulalongkorn University and Google Cloud unveil ChulaGENIE AI platform
Chulalongkorn University in Thailand unveiled ChulaGENIE, a generative AI platform built with Google Cloud, in an announcement made in Bangkok on November 28, 2024. The…
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…
Institute of Science Tokyo launches after merger of Tokyo Tech and TMDU
The Institute of Science Tokyo, known as Science Tokyo, was established on October 1, 2024 through the merger of Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) and Tokyo…
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia launches Malaysia's first AI faculty
Malaysia's first Faculty of Artificial Intelligence was launched at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) on May 10, 2024. Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim officiated at the…
Arizona State University announces collaboration with OpenAI on ChatGPT Enterprise
Arizona State University announced on January 18, 2024 that it had entered a collaboration with OpenAI, the company that develops ChatGPT, to bring ChatGPT Enterprise…
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…
Johns Hopkins to create data science and AI institute with 110 new faculty posts
Johns Hopkins University announced on August 3, 2023 that it would create a new institute for data science and artificial intelligence, led by its Whiting School of…
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…
University of the Philippines publishes principles for responsible AI
The University of the Philippines (UP) published its Principles for Responsible and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence on July 11, 2023, setting out how AI should be…
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…
2022
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…
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…
MIT reinstates SAT/ACT requirement for undergraduate applicants
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced on March 28, 2022 that it would again require undergraduate applicants to submit SAT or ACT scores in future…
2021
National Taiwan University opens Graduate School of Advanced Technology
National Taiwan University (NTU) held the opening ceremony for its Graduate School of Advanced Technology on December 24, 2021. The event was attended by Taiwan's…
Harvard launches Kempner Institute for intelligence research with $500 million gift
Harvard University on December 7, 2021 launched the Kempner Institute for the Study of Natural and Artificial Intelligence, a university-wide initiative that links…
TU Delft adds eight AI labs, bringing its cross-faculty total to 24
Delft University of Technology announced on November 17, 2021, that it would add eight new TU Delft AI Labs to the 16 already operating, bringing the total to 24.…
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…
2020
NUS launches College of Humanities and Sciences with a shared core curriculum
The National University of Singapore (NUS) announced on December 8, 2020 the creation of the College of Humanities and Sciences, a new undergraduate college that brings…
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…
Oxford names new graduate college after £80 million Reuben Foundation gift
The University of Oxford announced on June 11, 2020, that the Reuben Foundation had donated £80 million to its newest graduate college, which was renamed Reuben College…
UC Berkeley receives anonymous $252 million gift for new data science building
The University of California, Berkeley announced on February 29, 2020 that an anonymous donor had given $252 million toward construction of a new building, known as the…
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