Skill University is a type of Higher-Education degree-awarding Institute in India which offer courses that are skill-based, job-oriented and of applied nature. Such universities offers courses that have higher job potential and employability in the market. The Skills Universities award degrees that will conform to the National Skills Qualification Framework.
Seacom Skills University (SSU) is India's first skill university established in the state of West Bengal in 2014.
The idea of Skills Universities in India was first proposed in the National Skills Universities Bill, 2015 by the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Government of India. The proposal stated that skills universities will offer courses like B.Voc (Bachelor of Vocation), B.Skills (Bachelor of Skills), M.Voc (Master of Vocation), M.Skills (Masters of Skills) among others.
Public Skill Universities Shri Vishwakarma Skill University (SVSU), Haryana (formally Haryana Vishwakarma Skill University, Haryana) Ratan Tata University (formerly Maharashtra State Skills University), Maharashtra Assam Skill University (ASU), Assam Delhi Skill and Entrepreneurship University (DSEU), Delhi Kaushalya - the Skill University, Gujarat Scope Global Skills University, Bhopal
Bhartiya Skill Development University (BSDU), Rajasthan Lamrin Tech Skill University, Punjab Seacom Skills University, West Bengal Medhavi Skills University (MSU), Sikkim Sikkim Skill University, Sikkim Symbiosis Skills and Professional University, Maharashtra TeamLease Skills University, Gujarat Centurion University of Technology and Management, Odisha Centurion University of Technology and Management, Andhra Pradesh
See also
List of Universities in India National Skill Development Corporation
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