Twinning allows two educational institutions to blend their unique resources and skills in offering education, leading to substantial benefit to participants of the programme by way of better exposure and cost benefits. This concept of twinning provides an opportunity to students to study abroad by completing a part of their foreign degree programme at RISER and then proceed to complete the remaining years of their studies at the affiliated foreign university. The twinning endeavour between Rajagiri International School for Education and Research (RISER) and other prestigious international educational institutions is a befitting response to the challenges of moulding entrepreneurs and technologists for the globalize world by offering curricular and training methods of international standards, delivering it in the most convenient and affordable manner to the aspirants.
Students enrolled in the twinning degree programme start their studies at RISER in the Kakkanad Campus, Kochi, India. Upon completion of the required courses and prerequisites, their credits are transferred to the affiliated foreign university, with the remaining courses being conducted there. On completion of the remaining requirements, the degree is awarded by the foreign university.
Advantages of Twinning
Globalization of economies of different countries has led to real competitiveness and only the fittest will survive. The youth of tomorrow should equip themselves with the knowledge of global markets, latest technologies and different business concepts so that they are employable anywhere in the world. Twinning degree programmes provide a student with the knowledge, attitude and experience to stay ahead in the global market by providing valuable international exposure along with a world-class academic foundation. This approach helps the student to acquire the kind of knowledge and exposure, employers the world over are looking for. Since this programme is conducted partly in our campus, students are able to get substantial cost benefits. This provides an opportunity for students with lower budgets to pursue their education in a foreign university and to attain a world-class degree from an internationally acclaimed institution at a fraction of the usual expenditure.
RISER was established with a vision to become a centre par excellence of learning, unique in experience, value-based in approach, and pioneering in efforts for enriching and fulfilling life. Keeping in mind this vision, twinning helps us in our efforts to help students to interact effectively with people of different nations and understand their systems, which is an essential part of the globalization process. The faculty is both international and internationally educated. Rajagiri has been attracting a large pool of students from all over the country, with plans to expand the student community beyond the national borders. It is our venture to provide all of our students with the best experience and exposure. Such programmes with different universities in different countries assist us in providing this experience for our students.
Twinning programmes offer a range of benefits to a student when compared to other programmes such as student exchange. In no other programme would a student get to equally experience the academic, social and cultural environments at different universities and cultures. Here two different universities play an equal role in monitoring and moulding the student, thus imparting to the student a feeling of belonging to both institutions. Twinning programmes enable the student to directly experience the environment at two different universities, gaining substantial exposure not only to the different academic environments, but also to the people and cultures of two different countries. As a result twinning programmes have gained in popularity over the years and have succeeded in attracting the best students in the country and abroad.
