Manipal University Jaipur (MUJ) is a private university located in the city of Jaipur in Rajasthan, India. MUJ was established in 2011 as a self-financed state private university. The current president and chancellor of the university is Ramdas Pai.[1]
Manipal University Jaipur (Rajasthan) has been established by an Act (No. 21 of 2011) of State Legislature of Rajasthan as a State Private University as specified by the UGC under section 22 of the UGC Act 1956.
International collaborations
Network n + i
Manipal University Jaipur has signed an MOU with n + i, a network of 70 French Institutions. It enables students to gain experience at any of these institutions in France. Interested students may learn about institutions, programmes offered by them, scholarships available and the application procedure. Students may also focus on funding opportunities from Indian institutions to support the project work.[2]
ACCA
The university has academic collaboration with Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), UK. In this program, the student will have the option of obtaining an ACCA qualification along with graduate degree of B.Com (Hons.) Accounting.
CIMA
Collaboration with the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) in the United Kingdom is intended to connect the B.Com and BBA students with the world's largest professional body of management accountants. It enables students to use the Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA) designation and be part of a global network.
CIMA offers five levels of courses. Students must complete all levels to become a member of the international professional body; students have the option to exit the course on completion of each level. CIMA awards certificates according to the students' successful completion of the prescribed papers at each level.
IAESTE
The International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience (IAESTE),[3] founded in 1948 at Imperial College London is an independent, non-profit and non-political organization for operational and consultative relationship with agencies of the United Nations. With headquarters in Austria, it has a presence in over 85 countries. Annually, IASETE exchanges more than 6,000 students, playing a role in the development of students. The international organization focuses on exchanging students for technical work experience abroad. Students gain relevant technical training lasting from 4 weeks to 18 months.
IAESTE LC MUJ[4] is the local association body of IAESTE India run by a student governing body.[5]
TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TED Talks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection.
TEDx Manipal University Jaipur is one of the biggest TEDx conferences in Rajasthan. Organised by the students, the event takes place on a licence granted by TED, a non-profit organisation. Speakers at the university include Shekhar Ravjiani, Saroj Khan, Athar Aamir Khan, Dolly Singh, Manvendra Singh Gohil, Ravi Jhankal, Asif Basra, Gaurav Taneja and Abhinav Mahajan.[6]
Startups
In MUJ the Startup Culture by ECell MUJ has been most profound and have made the grounds for most promising startups in Manipal University Jaipur like Piltover Technologies, Mext and Actello. These are the startups which have been mostly on the face of Rajasthan and India have won many competitions.[citation needed]
Scholarships
Manipal awards scholarships to all the deserving female candidates that have accomplished female students who have high percentage in their grade 12th.[7]
