Application deadline: 30 November 2026
About
RV University and Arizona State University offer the bachelor’s 1+3 degree pathway: start in India and graduate in the US.
The pathway
From your first class, you take ASU courses. RV University faculty teach the ASU curriculum on the Bengaluru campus.
Where you start, where you finish
Start in India.Graduate in the US.
RV University opened in Bengaluru in 2021 and is backed by the 87-year legacy of RV Educational Institutions. It is a new-age, tech-driven global university that offers a high-quality liberal education with an interdisciplinary curriculum.
It offers more than 30 undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD programs in nine academic disciplines: liberal arts and science; design and innovation; film, media and creative arts; business; economics and public policy; computer science; engineering; law; executive education; allied healthcare studies; and continuing education and professional studies.
RV University has more than 230 national and international collaborations, and in less than five years it has grown to nine schools.
RV University is now building a 42-acre residential campus in Mysuru, with five foundational schools: management; engineering; pure and applied sciences; psychology and behavioural sciences; and pharmacy.
Outlook ranked RV University #2 among India’s emerging state private universities, alongside the country’s most promising new private universities.
Source: Outlook, 2024 ranking of emerging state private universities in IndiaSource: RV University, November 2026
You spend your foundation year on RV University’s Bengaluru campus.
RV University was established in 2021, governed by the Rashtreeya Sikshana Samithi Trust, which was founded in 1940 by Sri M.C. Sivananda Sarma. Your foundation year is taught in the School of Computer Science and Engineering.
The Bengaluru campus has more than 5,700 square metres of classrooms and laboratories, with metro access at the entrance.
Four floors, with JSTOR, EBSCO and IEEE databases, open 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on working days.
Football, cricket and hockey fields, courts for basketball, volleyball and tennis, an indoor sports complex, a gym, and yoga and wellness studios.
In Year 1, you have access to library, sports, clubs, hostel, health and wellness services on the RV University Bengaluru campus. Each residence block has a common vegetarian mess. The campus health centre is open 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. every day of the week, with an ambulance stationed there.
Sources: rvu.edu.in/history; rvu.edu.in/rvu-at-a-glance; rvu.edu.in/life-at-rvu; rvu.edu.in/library; rvu.edu.in/leadership
Computer Science, BS is taught at the Tempe campus and Robotics and Autonomous Systems, BSE at the Polytechnic campus. You complete your degree with the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering.
Sources: asu.edu/about/facts-and-figures; admission.asu.edu/apply/international
The ASU Charter
ASU is a comprehensive public research university, measured not by whom it excludes, but rather by whom it includes and how they succeed; advancing research and discovery of public value; and assuming fundamental responsibility for the economic, social, cultural and overall health of the communities it serves.
Source: asu.edu/about/charter-mission
Arizona State University by the numbers
ASU has developed a new model for the American research university, creating an institution committed to excellence, access and impact.
Sources: asu.edu/about/facts-and-figures; asu.edu/about/faculty-excellence; asu.edu/about
ASU is highly ranked where it matters most
These rankings are Arizona State University’s. Source: asu.edu/about/rankings
Innovation at Arizona State University shapes what you learn.
ASU is highly ranked where it matters most
These rankings are Arizona State University’s. Source: asu.edu/about/rankings
These rankings cover the first year, reputation, international students and life in Tempe at Arizona State University. Each one appears as published at asu.edu/about/rankings.
ASU is highly ranked where it matters most
These rankings are Arizona State University’s. Source: asu.edu/about/rankings
Join a worldwide network
When you graduate, you join a community of Arizona State University alumni that reaches across India, the U.S. and around the world.
Students from India are the largest group of international students at Arizona State University.
Sources: asu.edu/about; yourfuture.asu.edu/india; global.asu.edu
The ASU–Cintana Alliance
32 universities, 27 countries
RV University is one of them. If you do not transfer to Arizona State University as planned, you may continue studying towards your degree at another university in the alliance and apply to Arizona State University again later.
Current members of the alliance are located in 27 countries
Source: cintana.com/cintana-alliance
