Curtin University opens ¡®fully fledged¡¯ Sri Lanka campus

Curtin University is?claiming bragging rights for its international network after transforming a?decades-old teaching partnership in Sri?Lanka into a?¡°fully fledged campus¡±.

Curtin University Colombo will occupy purpose-built facilities at Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT), where 바카라사이트 Perth-based institution has produced more than 2,500 Sri?Lankan graduates since 바카라사이트 early 2000s.

Vice-chancellor Harlene Hayne said 바카라사이트 new home would enable Curtin to boost admissions and expand from 바카라사이트 current offerings in engineering, computing and business into new fields including artificial intelligence, health and 바카라사이트 humanities.

The new campus will also facilitate research and student transfers to Curtin¡¯s o바카라사이트r offshore campuses ¨C in Dubai, Mauritius, Sarawak and Singapore, as well as 바카라사이트 Australian campuses ¨C because all will feature common curricula and degrees.

Curtin says it has now matched Monash in Melbourne as 바카라사이트 university with 바카라사이트 most offshore campuses of any university in 바카라사이트 world.

It is also one of just two foreign institutions with campuses in Sri Lanka, a Tasmania-sized island with a population approaching Australia¡¯s. The o바카라사이트r is Perth neighbour Edith Cowan University.

Branch campuses are undergoing a resurgence despite doubts about 바카라사이트 economics of offshore operations. Australian universities have led 바카라사이트 charge, opening a flurry of offshore campuses after 바카라사이트 Indonesian and Indian governments relaxed rules on foreign universities operating on 바카라사이트ir soil.

The Australian government¡¯s proposal to cap overseas student numbers onshore has also renewed interest in transnational education.

Curtin said that 700 students were currently enrolled on its courses in Sri?Lanka and that applications to study at 바카라사이트 new Colombo campus had opened.

SLIIT vice-chancellor Lalith Gamage, who is 바카라사이트 new campus¡¯ landlord as well as its partner, said he was ¡°proud¡± that 바카라사이트 union had produced an official campus.

¡°The partnership has successfully brought international best practices into Sri?Lankan higher education while providing local students with access to high-quality international education,¡± he?said.

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