India is one of the University of Passau's most important partner countries in terms of the number of visiting academics and the number of exchange students.

The Faculty of Business and Economics has a long-standing friendship with the Department of Management Studies at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) in Chennai, which is characterised by numerous research collaborations and a lively exchange of academics, visiting lecturers and students. In particular, there has been a joint doctoral degree programme since 2014 and a joint master's degree programme since 2019.