Traditional and Non-Traditional Locations

Many Commonwealth countries have been developing their education programs during the last 30 years. Countries like US, UK and Australia have set up branch university campuses in these countries to take advantage of the lower cost and English usage in these countries.

Other then setting up branch campuses in commonwealth countries, many good universities also collaborate with private universities in these commonwealth countries. These universities accept good students who study in Malaysia and Singapore for the first 2 or 3 years. Thus, they only study for 1-2 years in the main campus.

Each year many professors from good universities in US, UK and Australia visit their collaborated universities in Malaysia and Singapore to confirm their accredition of the standards of these universities.

It is really easy for students of these universities to go to the main campuses from US, UK and Australia and continue their studies there. Today, many universities from US also give scholarships to students who are willing to study in non-traditional locations.

I have a student who studied in a college in Penang, Malaysia for 2 years and another 3 years in US. Today, he holds a good degree from a US university and was able to cut his education cost by half. He is also in great  demand from financial institutions all over the world because of his degree and experiences.

During the last 20 years, many good education institutions have sprung up in these non-traditional locations due to the globalization of industries.

You need to help your students take advantage of this opportunity and use their resources wisely.