Galgotias students launch 34 iOS apps on Apple App Store

Galgotias University students have launched 34 iOS applications on Apple's App Store through the university's iOS Student Developer Program, supported by Apple and Infosys.

The apps span areas including artificial intelligence, healthcare, education and social impact, as well as accessibility, wellbeing, productivity, lifestyle and utility.

The programme is designed to give students practical experience in Swift programming, UI and UX design, product development, testing and deployment, with support from faculty mentors and industry-guided learning.

Students are encouraged to move beyond classroom teaching and build digital products for wider use. Several more apps are in development, testing and preparation for launch.

Programme focus

The iOS Student Developer Program is part of Galgotias University's broader push into app development, artificial intelligence, entrepreneurship, robotics, data science and digital product innovation. The institution has invested in laboratories and other learning facilities to support that effort.

Mentors work with students throughout the development process, from shaping initial ideas to preparing products for release. This includes helping them understand user needs and improve execution as projects move from prototype to published app.

The 34 live apps indicate the programme has moved beyond classroom exercises into commercial distribution channels, although the university did not provide download figures or revenue data. Their publication on the App Store also means the projects reached the level of review and completion required for public release.

Galgotias linked the App Store milestone to a wider pattern of student performance in Apple's development ecosystem, saying 18 of its students won the Apple Swift Student Challenge 2026. It described that as the highest total from any private university in India.

The winning entries covered subjects including accessibility, healthcare, education, augmented reality and artificial intelligence. The result adds to the institution's effort to position itself as a source of software talent with experience in building consumer-facing applications.

Leadership view

Dr Dhruv Galgotia outlined the university's rationale for the programme in a statement on the milestone.

"Technology education must lead to actionable solutions that are oriented towards solving real world problems. We are proud that our students are building products that can be used by people beyond the campus. This milestone reflects the imagination, discipline, and ambition of our students, supported by mentors and an ecosystem that encourages experimentation and execution," said Dr Dhruv Galgotia, chief executive officer of Galgotias University.

The milestone reflects a model increasingly adopted by higher education institutions in India, where software training is tied more closely to product building and public deployment. Rather than limiting student work to internal projects, the approach emphasises delivering applications through established consumer platforms.

That gives students experience in design, coding, testing and release processes that more closely resemble those used in the software industry. It also exposes them to user-centred development earlier in their education.

For Galgotias University, the number of apps already published provides a measurable result as competition intensifies among universities seeking to demonstrate outcomes in technology education. The combination of app launches and success in Apple's student challenge offers a clearer benchmark than broader claims about innovation culture alone.

Several more student-built products remain in the pipeline, suggesting the total of 34 apps may rise as the programme continues to produce new releases.