Coimbatore based Karunya University (Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences), a deemed university, will sign a MoU with University of Lethbridge, Canada, on Thursday.

The MoU envisages development of mutually beneficial academic programmes and courses, exchange of academic staff for teaching and research, reciprocal assistance for visiting academic staff and students.

The two universities propose to launch a four-year Bachelor of Management (B.Mgt) course and students admitted to the course would study for two years in India and the rest years in Canada.