MIT WPU launches new online vertical to bring industry-relevant education for students
WPU RISE will kick-start its first program - Programme in Data Science in June 2021 in collaboration with a top consulting firm in India.
MIT World Peace University (MIT-WPU) has announced that it has launched its new online vertical -- World Peace University RISE (WPU RISE). The new venture aims to bring industry-relevant education in the areas of Science, Technology, and Management to students across the globe. MIT-WPU has collaborated with KPMG as its first partner to accelerate the launch of MIT-WPU RISE.
With the mission of bridging gaps within the education sector, Rahul V Karad, the Visionary Educationist, and the Managing Trustee and Executive President, MAEER’s MIT Group of Institutions and Executive President, MIT-WPU, Pune, spoke about the venture. “WPU RISE was launched with the intent to expand MIT-WPU’s reach and make quality education accessible to the youth of India and around the world. Our core belief is that education is the first step to trigger any form of change — small or monumental. Stemming from this belief is our strong focus on making holistic education commonplace for students globally through WPU RISE.”
WPU RISE will kick-start its first program - Programme in Data Science in June 2021 in collaboration with a top consulting firm in India. The course includes over 350 hours of live and self-paced lectures, capstone projects, internship options and mentoring by industry experts. Through this programme, WPU RISE aims to provide career enhancement and further skill-up gradation that bring together research from academia and the requirements from the industry and corporate world.
Each module in the programme is carefully curated and delivered jointly by faculty and Data Science consultants with years of experience in the field. The course will employ a hybrid mode of delivery i.e. online lectures and self-paced content. The programme has been designed with a robust delivery model, which consists of online content, weekend live sessions, practical projects, and career support during and post the programme to make learners industry-ready.
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