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Overseas Partnerships

The University actively fosters partnerships with institutions in countries across the globe. We recognise that for many students study abroad is both a rewarding and an expensive option. This is why we have worked with universities and colleges overseas to develop unique programmes of study that allow students to complete all or part of their course in their home country. In this way you gain the benefit of achieving a qualification without going to the full expense

of doing all your studies abroad. Our partnership agreements are of three kinds:

• Franchise agreements - our courses are delivered at the student's home institution, leading to a Birmingham City University qualification. These courses are fully quality-assured and validated by the University.
• Progression agreements - These are joint ventures between the student's home institution and the University. The student obtains a qualification in his/her home country, such as an undergraduate Diploma. This qualification is recognised by the University and allows him/her to progress onto a Birmingham City University degree course in the UK, leading to a Birmingham City University degree qualification.
• Articulation agreements - The student will take the preliminary part of his/her course at the home institution, and the latter part, usually the last two years of a degree, at Birmingham City University in the UK. The preliminary studies at the student's home institution do not lead to a qualification in his/her home country, but are fully quality-assured and validated by the University.

A list of partner institutions is given below. For more information contact the institutions or our Faculties directly.

Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education
Franchise and articulation agreements with Birmingham Institute of Art and Design (BIAD)

Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
Agreement with Birmingham Institute of Art and Design (BIAD) (subject to validation)

Central China Normal University, Hubei, China
Articulation agreement with the Faculty of Law, Humanities, Development and Society (Built Environment)

Beijing Jiaotong University, China
Articulation agreement with Technology Innovation Centre (tic)

Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China
Articulation agreement with Technology Innovation Centre (tic)

Giulin University of Technology (GUT), China
Articulation agreement with

• Department of Accounting and Finance
• Department of Business and Marketing
• Department of Computing

Europe Economics College, Shanghai (EEC), China;
Articulation agreement with the Department of Business and Marketing.

UK Partnerships

The University works closely with a number of sixth-form and further education colleges in the Birmingham area. The University has franchise agreements with the colleges listed below for the provision of foundation-level courses in a number of subjects leading to Birmingham City University qualifications. Students who successfully complete these courses have the opportunity to progress onto appropriate degree courses at the University.

Matthew Boulton College

North Warwickshire and Hinckley College

South Birmingham College

Sutton Coldfield College of Further Education

Warwickshire College