U21Global, the Singapore-based online graduate school, plans to expand its reach in India by launching a series of management degree courses specific to the country.

It also plans to extend its tie-ups with the corporate sector by offering customised courses.

It is planning to launch two new post graduate degree courses in healthcare management and public policy in the next few months.

According to Michael Goldberg, chief academic officer, U21Global, the MBA in public and private sector will be launched in April 2007 in association with University of Birmingham.

The course targets graduates and government employees.

The course involves 18 subjects and is spread over a maximum period of five years. It includes two weeks of training in Birmingham University and the rest will be online.

The course fee will be in the range of £13,500. The programme is open for both the government and private sector employees.

U21Global is also planning to launch a masters degree programme in healthcare management. "We are currently in talks with a couple of universities with whom we have an existing tie up for rolling out a joint programme.

We are also in talks with commonwealth forum for local government," said Goldberg.

Currently, U21Global has tie ups with Aditya Birla Group, Citibank, TCS, Wipro, Satyam, IOCL, HPCL, Hewitt, Tata Motors, Hero Honda in India and IBM, HSBC in Singapore, Jolly Bee in the Philippines.