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Institution Profile

featuring study areas, an auditorium, a makerspace, rooftop ence in high school. “The university does not have a fixed
terrace, the digital library collection, and dining spaces. The formula for admission but seeks students who exhibit
library and digital collection features over 1 million print strong records of achievement, with SAT and ACT scores
volumes and ebooks, 100,000 journals/ejournals and 125 being optional,” says a Kettering spokesperson. There is no
databases. admission application fee and the university follows a roll-
Sports facilities are provided by the Connie and Jim ing admissions policy for terms beginning July or October.
John Recreation Center, a 70,000 sq. ft indoor complex For graduate admission, students are required to submit
featuring a swimming pool, indoor tracks and field facili- a Statement of Purpose, undergraduate exam transcripts,
ties, gymnasiums, squash and racquetball courts. Outdoor two letters of recommendation and a composite GRE score
fields and the historic Atwood Stadium support team sports of at least 300 (verbal and quantitative reasoning) together
and community events. with an analytical writing score of 3.0.
Kettering students also benefit from a vibrant campus For further information, email admissions@kettering.
life with more than 40 clubs and student organisations, edu; website: www.kettering.edu.
including engineering design teams, robotics, performing Accommodation. The on-campus Frances Willson Thomp-
arts, and cultural groups, organising events through the son Hall provides housing for all first-year students. Spread
year. over four floors, it offers single bedrooms, common lounges,
Admission. The minimum eligibility criteria for admission study areas, community kitchens, and internet/AC access.
are completion of class XII/Plus Two and English language Third and fourth-year students enrolled in co-op pro-
proficiency (minimum TOEFL score of 79; IELTS 6.0). Ap- grammes usually reside in private rented accommodation.
plicant students also need to prove that they have studied Degree programmes. Kettering offers nine undergraduate
two years of algebra, one year of geometry, one semester of degree programmes, 16 minors, and 17 Master’s degree
trigonometry and two years of physics/chemistry lab sci- programmes (see p.37).

Sunbeam International School, Varuna

Affiliated with the UK-based
Cambridge International, SIV
is the first international school
of the sacred city of Varanasi,
widely acclaimed as the
world’s oldest urban habitat

HE LATEST high-potential
venture of the Varanasi-
based Sunbeam Group of
TEducational Institutions
(SGEI), a fast-track private school
chain of Uttar Pradesh (pop. 245
million), is Sunbeam International
Varuna (SIV, estb.2022). Affili-
ated with the UK-based Cambridge
International, SIV is the first
international school of the sacred
city of Varanasi, widely acclaimed SIV campus: Varanasi's first international exams board affiliated school
as the world’s oldest urban habitat. tionally benchmarked education from the highly respected Cambridge
Sited within the group’s four-acre to its 250 students mentored by 35 International, UK exam board. Our
Sunbeam School & Hostel, Varuna well-qualified teachers. specially trained faculty and 1:7
campus, this class I-IX co-ed inter- “The prime objective of SIV is to teacher-student ratio ensures every
national day-cum-boarding school provide students of Uttar Pradesh child receives individual attention
has quickly acquired an excellent the option of an international cur- and mentoring to excel academi-
reputation for dispensing interna- riculum, pedagogies and certification cally and emotionally in workplaces.

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