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Garima Poddar

A celebrity in India, Garima wanted to study for her master’s at a university with “the best culinary courses in the world”.

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New international partnership opens up opportunities for students in India 

University College Birmingham has committed to the upskilling and development of students in India through a new partnership with one of the country’s largest states.

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UCB Culinary Olympiad winner returns inspired from second India trip

Multi award-winning Culinary Arts Management student Jack Gameson has visited the state of Maharashtra in India to give fellow undergraduates a taste of life at UCB. Even better, he returned having learned just as much as those he set out…

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Rahul Gautam

Managing within a luxury hotel group in India, Rahul discovered how his master’s degree could be applied to his day-to-day work.

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Omkar Gaikwad

Omkar has been passionate about food since he was little, helping his mum make traditional Indian cuisine from the age of six.

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Sagar Sanjiv Mahale

Sagar had already gained a lot of technical experience when he decided to explore the management side of the industry.

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Abhyuday Khare

After his first degree, Abhyuday spent four years working in his home country, but a return to uni was always on the horizon.

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Afroz Ahmed

Completing a culinary college course in his home city of Mumbai, Afroz was keen to expand on his skills overseas.

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Priyanshu Sharma

Priyanshu had been interested in travelling and food since he was young.

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Luke flies flag for England at Young Chef Olympiad in India

A University College Birmingham student is battling it out with star young chefs from around the globe at a prestigious worldwide competition this week.

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Student Jack reaches final of International Culinary Olympiad in India

Culinary Arts Management student Jack Gameson has won ‘Best Vegetarian Creation’ at one of the most prestigious culinary competitions in the world.

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Consul General to India visits University College Birmingham

In an event hosted by Vice-Chancellor and Principal Professor Michael Harkin, Dr Venkatachalam Murugan was welcomed to the University, with a tour of the campus facilities including the state-of-the-art Health Suite and Cyber Labs.

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Student volunteers help Team India stars feel at home during Commonwealth Games

Indian students at University College Birmingham were treated to a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to get up close with their country's stars competing at this year's Commonwealth Games.

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Success for UCB's Jack Gameson at the Young Chef Olympiad

UCB is delighted to announce student Jack Gameson has been successful at the prestigious Young Chef Olympiad in India.

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UCB shares international expertise at The Hospitality Convention

UCB had a presence in the first Hospitality Convention to be organised in India for students studying undergraduate hospitality, events and tourism courses in the country.

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UCB Enters Partnership Agreement with Prestigious Indian Institution

On Monday 27 February UCB signed a partnership agreement with the Kohinoor International Management Institute (KIMI) at the Kohinoor Continental Hotel, in Mumbai, India.

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Enriched global learning experiences underway with new partnership

A new partnership between the Symbiosis School of Culinary Arts (SSCA) in India and University College Birmingham will strengthen academic experiences for students with a special new programme.

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Collaborations with Indian universities to drive international skills development

University College Birmingham has forged new international collaborations with a range of academic institutions and organisations in India as part of a continuing drive to boost skills development in the country.

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Indian celebrity chef praises "world-beating" UCB

An acclaimed celebrity chef from India made a whistle-stop tour of UCB’s food education and training facilities – and declared them world class.

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Ajinkya Gurav

After gaining an MSc in air transport management and an LLM in aviation law, Ajinkya decided to expand on his skills.

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Bhavi Sunil Mehta

Bhavi was the events coordinator for the 2023 Special Olympics World Games, using skills she learned on her degree.

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Jemin Sorathiya

Jemin first studied for a physics degree, but his childhood love of aviation led him to forge a career in the field.

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Manavi Tribhuvan

Manavi describes herself as “a people person,” so she had few doubts that her future career would lie in hospitality.

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Rinki Sandhu

High-flying Rinki has established her own brand of healthy meals for children aged 4-12, but it was her experience at UCB that gave her the confidence to drive for meaningful change in youth nutrition.

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Ranjeet Kumar

For head chef Ranjeet, when choosing where to study culinary arts, one option stood out above all others.

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Supercook Sanjeev Kapoor praises UCB chef training

Indian supercook Sanjeev Kapoor made a special visit to University College Birmingham – and hailed it a place where culinary dreams come true.

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Tajinder's tourism dream inspired by a Wonder of the World

UCB graduate Tajinder Chaudhry has launched an international tourism business after being inspired by one of the Seven Wonders of the World.

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ATM Students return from their travels

This time of year sees many of our current Adventure Tourism Management students migrate back to Birmingham from travel and adventures all over the UK, Europe and Worldwide.

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Exciting new judges lined up for UCB Young Chef of the Year - entries now open!

Acclaimed street food star Lee Desanges - who achieved fame for cooking over charcoal under the bonnet of a 1964 Mini Cooper through his Baked in Brick business - is one of the exciting, new judges for University College Birmingham’s…

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Alumni Lee heads street food "take-over" at McIntyre House

Alumni Lee Desanges returned to UCB with some leading chefs to give a masterclass in street food – from a truck parked at McIntyre House.

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The UCB experience for Indian students | UCBloggers | University College Birmingham

If you are like me, who has travelled (or plans to travel) to the UK to study a master’s either in culinary arts or hospitality and tourism at University College Birmingham, let me tell you that you are at the…

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Nurses' Day Spotlight – Mandeep Lally

For Nurses' Day this year, we’re highlighting one of our incredible nursing apprenticeships lecturers, Mandeep Lally, who features as one of the incredible women in the book 75 Years, 75 Women, 75 Words.

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Intrepid students spend summer before graduation volunteering in Africa

Two former UCB students have returned from an African adventure that involved them volunteering at an orphanage and teaching at a school.

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UCB set for key role in boosting West Midlands tourism as new regional strategy announced

University College Birmingham will play a key part in boosting tourism in the West Midlands following the unveiling of a new strategy to grow the region’s visitor economy.

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Toque d'Or title winners visit three Michelin-starred restaurant on prize trip to Spain

University College Birmingham's triumphant Toque d'Or team had the chance to dine at the chef’s table at one of the world's few three Michelin-starred restaurants during a prize trip to Spain.

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UCB trio bag Grand Finals spot in Nestlé Professional Toque d'Or

A team of University College Birmingham students have wowed judges to secure a place in the final of a prestigious national competition.

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Students serve up the world on a plate

Culinary arts students served up a slice of their culture at the launch of a world food book in Birmingham.  The undergraduate and postgraduate chefs impressed visitors with a dazzling array of authentic ethnic dishes, from yentil dhal to yam…

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Self-made entrepreneur to be made Honorary Professor

Surinder Arora, Founder and Chairman of the Arora Group, will be made an Honorary Professor and Fellow of University College Birmingham at the institution’s graduation ceremony this week.

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Star student chef Luke scoops bronze at International Young Chef Olympiad

A University College Birmingham student beat off competition from dozens of top young chefs around the world to claim a bronze medal at the International Young Chef Olympiad.

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College of Food and The Atrium receive highest praise to retain gold accreditations

One of the UK’s top quality assurance organisations has described University College Birmingham as “one of the best, if not the best, catering colleges in the UK” in its assessment for two of the highest awards for colleges.

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Student chef receives medal from celebrity chef after dazzling at global competition 

Culinary Arts Management student Oliver Grieve has come away from a global competition basking in medal glory.

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‘Once in a lifetime’: How our university embraced city's Commonwealth Games

From providing services and support for athletes to volunteering at venues and even performing in ceremonies, University College Birmingham's community thoroughly immersed itself in the unique opportunities of this year's Commonwealth Games.

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College of Food stars scoop fifth Nestlé Toque d'Or title for UCB

A team of students from University College Birmingham have seen off competition from around the UK to clinch...

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Tourism alumni share their career journeys during special ten year reunion at Summer Row

A group of former classmates from University College Birmingham have revealed how their studies helped pave the way towards a huge variety of careers over the past decade.

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New partnership to support with record international applications

University College Birmingham has partnered with a specialist firm to help ensure a smooth and speedy application process for new international students amid record levels of interest from overseas.

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UCB students dish up experience of their prize trip to Japan

With over 10,000 UK restaurants now offering Asian food, it's no wonder Zest Quest Asia – the brainchild of top Indian chef Cyrus Todiwala OBE – is dubbed "the student chef's competition for the 21st century".

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Leads on global convention centre expansions steer postgraduate research  

Postgraduates working towards a career in global meetings and tourism, hospitality, events and aviation had the chance to hear from two international events executives with glittering backgrounds to set the scene for their master's research.

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Students in spotlight as university pioneers innovative new conference

The Business School this week hosted the first conference curated by and for students in the University's history.

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Digital squad of students support Team Scotland to tell Commonwealth Games story

Students from University College Birmingham are working as the official behind-the-scenes digital squad to tell Team Scotland’s 2022 Commonwealth Games story.

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National Apprenticeship Week is back with a bang for 2026

NAW to date and looking ahead.

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Meet the India Team

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Jigisha Dharman

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Our economic impact

At University College Birmingham, we are supporting our region to grow and develop to ensure it meets its skills priorities. Independent analysis has identified that we have a total economic impact of £358 million across the UK.

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International Study at University College Birmingham

Voted in the top 25 for international study (Whatuni Student Choice Awards 2024), University College Birmingham, a renowned specialist university, offers a wide range of courses for international students.

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Meet the International team

Find out more about the International team

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India

Detailed country-specific information regarding entry requirements, English requirements and applications at University College Birmingham.

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Senior Lecturer

Ankur Ahuja

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Senior Lecturer

Vinay N Reddy

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Associate professor and Deputy Dean

Sean Preston

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Student testimonials

Find out why people from all over the world have chosen to study at University College Birmingham. Videos are available in both English and your home language.

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Zahira Mohammed

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Department of Business and Enterprise

The Department of Business and Enterprise offers a wide range of courses for anyone interested in the areas of business and management, finance and accounting or marketing, with access to facilities such as our Financial Trading Suite and our Enterprise…