A student walks through the campus of the University of Nottingham in Ningbo, China. Photography: Qilai Shen/EPAManagement courses with Chinese studies on the campus of the University of Nottingham in China has been a revelation for Adrian Fu, 21.
He spent the second year of his studies in Ningbo near Shanghai and really enjoyed the opportunity to see things from a Chinese point of view: "I have studied the Chinese business law, has seen a movement fast economy first hand and discovered that the Chinese are not as quiet and reserved as you think." Like most of the students who came out with me now, I would go back to live and work in China."
Opened in 2004, the campus of teaches approximately 4,500 students - mainly Chinese - and replicates the degree syllabus, teaching standards and control of quality of the Nottingham campus.
Branch campus overseas are part of the growing internationalisation of higher education. In addition to a growing international demand for degrees validated by universities in the United Kingdom, UK students benefit from the experience of learning abroad, being exposed to a different culture, outside of their area of comfort and mixing with international students.
The rationale for each branch campus is different. But does do is provide education of niche either master's degree in Arabic and archaeology of University College London (UCL) Islamic to Qatar, MBA from the London Business School taught in Dubai or further degrees of accounting and business offered by the campus of the University of Central Lancashire in Cyprus. Study abroad is often perceived as a career Enhancer and experience to meet and work with foreign students can lay the foundations for future business networks.
British universities most overseas campuses offer students a year abroad as an opportunity to specialize in a geographical area or region. The advantage is that as part of the same institution, students are able to perfectly combine the modules studied overseas with those studied in the United Kingdom.
The report by 2012 of the Observatory on borderless higher education lists 200 graduates international branch campus. Among them, 25 British universities have foreign branches, making the United Kingdom the third place behind the France and the United States. Another 10 British universities are opening branch overseas campus over the next two years.
Branch UK Campus often fill a major role in the countries where they are based. Campus branch of third round of the UCL in Education City, Qatar provides a suite of degrees of cultural heritage that may correspond to some international universities. Established two years on the back of huge financial support from the Foundation of Qatar, UCL at the Qatar operates as a Department of UCL and as a partner to Hamad bin Khalifa University of Qatar (HBKU).
Master programs specialized in Islamic and Arabic, archaeology, conservation and Museum and Gallery practice to attract an international student population. «UK students acquire a degree of quality in a subject specific topic that they can't get anywhere else in the world,» said Prof Thilo Rehren, Director of the UCL in the Qatar.
The University of Nottingham has launched its campus of Malaysia in 2000. "In Malaysia, there are many research opportunities and funding sources that are not available in the United Kingdom," said Yu Hai - Sui Prof pro Vice-Chancellor (international). For example, the foreign campus conducts research on crops could only be made in the laboratory in the United Kingdom, but in Malaysia 'you can work on the ground,"said Yu. Last year 120 students left campus of Nottingham Malaysia of Semenyih studied a range of degrees between international trade and economics, psychology and international relations.
One of the newest and most enthusiastic came to the overseas movement branch campus is the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan). Based in Preston, UCLan is designed to open a campus in Sri Lanka in 2014 with other campuses in Thailand and Bangladesh also planned.
"We see a clear trend in transnational education," says Lee Chatfield, Cyprus UCLan Rector, first company of the University. EUR 53 million (?44 8 m) - State of the campus of art, which opened its doors to students from Cyprus in October 2012, aims to attract students UK eager to spend a year abroad with accommodation and a flight back to Britain included in tuition fees of ?9,000. Chatfield said that despite the banking crisis earlier in the year, Cyprus is strategically positioned with the serving Eastern European and Middle East, in addition to a booming market.
Freshman accounting diploma Henry Boocock returned from a meeting of tasting in Cyprus earlier this year. "Cypriot students really made us feel welcome and climate is a break from the rain and snow from England," said Bonakdar. «Spend a part of the academic year abroad is an experience of life - and it lets you think of opportunities of career in Europe. ''
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