The SSLA International Cell, along with Symbiosis Centre for International Education (SCIE), the centralised university office for internationalisation, works to promote international mobility, partnership and collaboration opportunities for students and faculty. These may be in the form of curated mobility programs or internationalisation at home (I@H) measures.
These are organised primarily around the following thrust areas:
The SSLA International Cell supports both students and faculty with mobility to SIU partner universities abroad. We provide a platform for students to gain access to international opportunities in the form of the SIU Global Immersion program (GIP) that may consist of semester exchange, semester abroad, summer/winter school opportunities.
Semester exchange offers the student an opportunity to travel and study at universities and institutions that are the International partners of SIU in their 2nd or 3rd years of study. During the Semester exchange program, the student enrolls and completes courses at a host institution and earns credits in return. The student then has a choice of transferring these credits to their SSLA BA/BSc program through a process of Course Mapping and Credit (Equivalency) Transfer (see 5.3.1 ‘Course and Credit Mapping’ for details).
Semester exchange programs are sometimes accompanied by tuition waivers, scholarships or subsidies subject to the agreement between SSLA/SIU and the partner university.
Students wishing to participate in mobility programs with universities outside of those offered by SIU or any of its constituents may identify host universities and apply to them for semester abroad programs independently. Please note that for semester abroad programs, students may be required to bear all financial expenses, including course fees (both at SSLA and host university) and travel/maintenance expenses. During the Semester Abroad program, the student enrolls and completes courses at a host institution and earns credits in return. The student then has a choice of transferring these credits to their SSLA BA/BSc program through a process of Course Mapping and Credit (Equivalency) Transfer (see 5.3.1 ‘Course and Credit Mapping’ for details).
This opportunity is limited to 2nd and 3rd Years of study. The SSLA International Cell aids students participating in semester abroad programs through documentation, course mapping and credit transfers.
These Summer/Winter school programs are typically for a duration of one to two months and in some cases may be accompanied by tuition waivers, scholarships and subsidies subject to the agreement between SSLA and the partner university. It is usual for summer/winter school programs to fall during the mid-semester breaks. During the Summer/Winter school programs, the student enrols and completes courses at the host institution. The student then has an option of transferring credits acquired during the Summer/Winter schools to their SSLA BA/BSc program through a process of Course Mapping and Credit (Equivalency) Transfer is applicable as per the policy guidelines (see 5.3.1 ‘Course and Credit Mapping’ for details).
The Symbiosis School for Liberal Arts (SSLA) offers its students a pathway to Master’s programme with Deakin University, Australia. A student pursuing an undergraduate BA (Liberal Arts) Honours degree at SSLA has an opportunity to ladder up into a full-time Master’s degree at Deakin University. An SSLA student opting for this pathway will complete 3.5 years (7 semesters) at SSLA and 2 years at Deakin University in the Master’s programmes. Upon completion of courses and successful mapping of the 1st semester at Deakin University along with their completed and evaluated Dissertation and Seminar paper, the student will secure a B.A. (Liberal Arts) Honours degree from SSLA, Symbiosis International (Deemed University). Evaluation and successful completion of the Master’s programme at Deakin University will secure the Master's degree from Deakin University.
For further information regarding the various Masters programmes on offer, their specific criteria of eligibility, application process, or any relevant queries that you might have, please write to SSLA International Cell stating ‘SSLA-Deakin P2M’ in the subject line of your email.
If you are a registered student in a university outside India, SSLA is happy to accommodate you on a Semester Exchange. We will be happy to assist you in the process of both academic and administrative matters. Please write to us via the contact details provided below and we can discuss how best to host you at our School; please use ‘Semester Exchange - Incoming’ in the subject line of your email. Final decisions regarding incoming student exchange will be made between your registered university and the Symbiosis Centre for International Education.
An additional focus is on furthering the mission of internationalisation through facilitating processes related to faculty mobility, both incoming and outgoing. In order to strengthen the academic rigour and global competency of students, it works to organise guest lectures and interactions with incoming international faculty at SSLA.
At Symbiosis School for Liberal Arts (SSLA) is designed to foster a vibrant culture of interdisciplinary inquiry, mentorship, and academic collaboration. Under this programme, distinguished scholars, researchers, and practitioners are invited to engage with the SSLA community for a defined period. The Scholar-in-Residence contributes through guest lectures, seminars, workshops, and close mentoring of students and faculty. The programme encourages critical dialogue across disciplines, supports innovative research initiatives, and strengthens SSLA’s commitment to liberal arts education grounded in methodological rigor, social relevance, and intellectual openness. By facilitating sustained interaction between resident scholars and the academic community, the programme enriches teaching–learning practices, promotes research excellence, and helps build national and international academic networks aligned with SSLA’s research and pedagogical vision.
The International Cell also initiates and facilitates processes linked with collaborations through joint research, co-taught engagements (such as the Global Learning Program or GLP; and the Collaborative Online International Learning Program or COIL), community-engaged learning opportunities, projects, conferences, etc., with international partner institutions.
We welcome collaborative teaching and research engagements. If you are a registered faculty at a University outside India and would like to collaborate with us on either of these modalities, we recommend that you visit our faculty page and get in touch with the faculty with whom you would be interested to collaborate. Once this is done, please let us know and we will work with you to effect the partnership
(Please keep all email ids below in CC as a good practice)
international@ssla.edu.in and in person by prior appointment within designated office hours
vasudev.menon@ssla.edu and in person by prior appointment within designated office hours
sharmishtha.kasmalkar@ssla.edu.in & nikhil.ranpise@ssla.edu.in and in person by prior appointment within designated office hours