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Australia's Deakin University will be the first foreign tertiary education institution in the world to establish a campus in India as the Albanese government ramps up prospects in the rapidly developing sector.

The $4m campus deal will be announced during the prime minister's trip to Ahmedabad in India on Wednesday alongside senior Indian ministers and higher education representatives from Deakin, the University of Melbourne and Universities Australia.

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