Offshore Programs of Australian Universities

Transcription

1 Offshore Programs of Australian Universities April 2014

2 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Further inquiries should be made to the Chief Executive Officer: GPO Box 1142 CANBERRA ACT 2601 Ph: Fax: [email protected] Web: ABN:

3 Contents Introduction: Australian University Offshore Programs... 2 Offshore Campuses... 3 Offshore Programs of Australian Universities, April

4 Introduction: Australian University Offshore Programs The information contained in this summary was supplied by Universities Australia member universities in response to a survey undertaken in late 2012 and early 2014, in conjunction with the survey on formal links/exchange programs, International Links of Australian Universities. The data has been collected since 1996, in response to requests for information on twinning and other offshore programs. Definition of an Offshore Program for the purpose of this survey: The program is conducted in accordance with a formal agreement between the Australian university and an overseas higher education institution or organisation (this may include an offshore campus of the Australian university); The program offered is taught partly or wholly offshore - Distance education programs are included only when there is a formal agreement with an overseas higher education institution/organisation to participate in some way in their delivery; The completed program results in a recognised higher education qualification; and The Australian university has developed the program and has a responsibility for overseeing the academic standards. The Australian universities were asked to provide the following information about their offshore programs: Name of the overseas higher education institution or organisation with which each university has a partnership of offers the offshore program; Whether the program is offered at an offshore campus of the Australian university; The country in which the program is offered; Title of award offered (e.g. degree, diploma etc.); Whether the award is a joint degree (the award is granted in the name of the offshore institution in addition to the name of the Australian university); Whether the program is undergraduate (UG), postgraduate coursework (PGCW) or postgraduate research (PGR); Duration overseas on campus (in equivalent full-time years, using decimals for part years); Duration by distance education (in equivalent full-time years, using decimals for part years); Duration in Australia (in equivalent full-time years, using decimals for part years); Year of first intake (this may be a future year for a program which is planned but has not yet commenced); and The total number of students enrolled in the program in Offshore Programs of Australian Universities, April

5 Bond Deakin Melbourne UNSW UWS CQU UQ UC Macquarie UTS Adelaide ANU QUT UWA CSU Flinders SCU Sydney Tasmania Griffith JCU Newcastle ECU VU La Trobe Murdoch UoW UniSA Federation Monash Swinburne USQ Curtin RMIT Offshore Campuses There are 821 programs offered by Australian universities offshore, delivered almost exclusively offshore for duration of between six months to five years. Ten universities provide offshore programs by distance education and fourteen deliver some complement of the offshore course in Australia. Most universities provide undergraduate courses are part of their offshore program, while five universities are exclusively dedicated to offshore delivery of postgraduate coursework (Figure 1). The vast majority are delivered in partnership with an international institution, however, there are currently 31 offshore Australian university campuses (listed in Table 1) Joint Degree PGResearch 60 PGCW 40 Undergraduate 20 0 Figure 1 Number of Offshore Programs by Institution and Type Offshore Programs of Australian Universities, April

6 Table 2 Offshore Campuses 2014 International Campus Australian Institution Country 1. Ngee Ann-Adelaide Education Centre The University of Adelaide Singapore 2. International Study Centre, Dubai Murdoch University UAE 3. Curtin in Singapore 4. Curtin in Sarawak 5. HK Management Association (HKMA) 6. Shanghai University 7. Singapore Institute of Aerospace Engineers 8. SEG International Penang 9. SEG International Sarawak 10. SEG International Kuala Lumpur 11. SEG International Subang Jaya 12. SEG International Kota Damansara Curtin University University of Technology, Sydney University of Southern Queensland Singapore Hong Kong 13. AGSM University of New South Wales Hong Kong 14. Swinburne University of Technology, Sarawak Campus Swinburne University of Technology 15. RMIT International University RMIT University Vietnam 16. University of Newcastle, Singapore University of Newcastle Singapore 17. Monash University South Africa 18. Monash University Monash University South Africa 19. JCU Singapore James Cook University Singapore 20. Australian College of Kuwait Central Queensland University Singapore 21. INTI Laureate 22. UOW Dubai Campus 23. Royal Institute of Management 24. EAST China University of Science and Technology 25. Hangzhou Normal University 26. Harbin Normal University 27. Ningbo University 28. Lingnan Institute of Further Education 29. School of Continuing Education Hong Kong Baptist University 30. M2 Academy (previously called: Asia Global Graduate School) 31. International Education Institute (IEI), VNU HCMC University of Wollongong University of Canberra UAE Bhutan China Hong Kong Singapore Vietnam Offshore Programs of Australian Universities, April

7 As demonstrated in Figure 2 there are four countries where the majority of offshore programs are delivered: (24 per cent), Singapore (20 per cent), China (11 per cent) and Hong Kong (11 per cent). Other 34% 24% Hong Kong 11% China 11% Singapore 20% Figure 2 Top Five Source Countries for Offshore Programs Offshore Programs of Australian Universities, April