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An Offshore Campus is a franchised operation that a tertiary or higher education institution creates in order to expand its operations beyond the borders of where it is mainly based, often with the bidding of the host country's government. The theory behind this idea is the provision of a tertiary institution's programs to potential students, through direct contact with the tertiary institution's own faculty and with its own facilities, rather than surrendering the responsibility to private offshore course providers who may offer courses approved by rival institutions.
Setting up an Offshore Campus also allows potential students to study for an institution's program at a much lesser cost than studying in the country where the institution is located. Many American, Australian, British and Canadian tertiary institutions have used this model to expand their operations overseas, particularly in Asia and the Middle East. Additionally, the majority of programs offered are Business-Related.
History
Notable Examples
Australian Institutions with Offshore Campuses
Curtin University of Technology
Monash University
University of Wollongong
- University of Wollongong Dubai
British Institutions with Offshore Campuses
University of Nottingham
Queen Margaret University
Canadian Institutions with Offshore Campuses
University of New Brunswick
French Institutions with Offshore Campuses
Paris-Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi
- Paris-Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi
Malaysian Institutions with Offshore Campuses
Limkokwing University of Creative Technology
- Limkokwing University, London
Swiss Institutions with Offshore Campuses
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
- Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Ras al-Khaimah
US American Institutions with Offshore Campuses
Harvard Medical School
- Harvard Medical School Dubai Center (HMSDC)
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