Chennai, May 21 (PTI) Health care service provider Apollo Hospitals has inked a MoU with University College, London, for collaboration in training and clinical research.

The MoU expresses the desire of both partners to enter into a strategic partnership to promote and carry out educational and research activities in health sciences, Apollo Hospitals said in a release.

The MoU was signed by Apollo Hospitals Executive Director (New Initiatives) Shobana Kamineni and Vice-Provost (Academic and International) of University College of London, Professor Michael Worton, early this month in London, it said.

"This collaboration will significantly enhance training programme and research carried out in priority areas of relevance in India", Kamineni said.

University College, London, one of the leading multi- disciplinary universities, has over 4,000 academic and research staff and had 21 nobel prize winners as its faculty, the statement said.