Our Overseas Partners
Our partners are all chosen for their reputation for excellence in their area of the world. We engage in a range of activities with them including joint offshore delivery of our programmes, staff and student exchanges, joint research and development, consultancy and training and so on.
More detailed information on our current overseas partners is shown below.
City University of Hong Kong aspires to be internationally recognised as a leading University in the Asia Pacific region. The University offers professionally orientated programmes to provide students with quality higher education of an international standing.
The Business School has been working with SCOPE (the School of Continuing and Professional Education) at City University of Hong Kong since 1997, providing learning opportunities for students in Hong Kong to articulate from their associate degree and diploma programmes onto a number of our honours degree and degree programmes.
The School of Continuing and Professional Education (SCOPE) is one of the eight main academic branches of City University of Hong Kong. Since its inception in 1991 as an extension arm of the University, SCOPE has helped fulfil City University’s role as a centre for lifelong education.
The mission of SCOPE is to provide quality continuing education for professional practice, retraining and self development which anticipates and responds to community needs and effects of social and technological changes. The continuing and professional education programme is one of the most important channels where the University can offer access to its human, physical and technological resources for the advancement of society. The School is committed to freedom of enquiry, the pursuit of excellence in teaching and interaction with the community. SCOPE offers programmes in four domains: International Education, Continuing and Professional Development, Community Education, and Life Enrichment.
The Business School currently delivers several top up degrees in collaboration with SCOPE at City University of Hong Kong:
BA Hons Accounting – This collaboration has been running since 1997 and was the first overseas degree programme to be accredited by the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (HKICPA). The demand for this very successful programme has greatly increased over the years.
BA Hospitality & Service Management - This programme has been running from September 2006 and offers students the opportunity to further develop and upgrade their training in order to meet the ever increasing demands of the very competitive hospitality and service industry. The programme is challenging and early feedback from students is very positive.
BA/BA (Hons) Accounting and Finance - This programme has been running since September 2009 and is designed to equip students with a qualification for a roles in a wide range of careers.
BA/BA (Hons) Marketing Management - This programme has been running since September 2010 and is designed to equip students with a qualification for excellent career prospects in area of marketing (its predecessor Marketing Management with Business Studies course ran since 2004).
BA Tourism and Airline Management - This programme has been running since 2008 and is designed to equip students with a qualification in this fast moving industry.
The University of Hong Kong was founded in 1911 and developed from the College of Medicine which was established in 1887. As a pre-eminent international university in Asia, the University of Hong Kong seeks to sustain and enhance its excellence as an institution of higher learning through outstanding teaching and world-class research so as to produce well-rounded graduates with lifelong abilities to provide leadership within the societies they serve.
HKU SPACE is committed to providing high quality continuing education programmes and lifelong learning opportunities to the community and has been in partnership with the Business School since 2000 to support this objective. HKU SPACE was formally established in October 1992 as the direct successor to its predecessor, the Department of Extra-Mural Studies (EMS) of the University of Hong Kong, itself formed in 1956/7.
As an extension arm of the University in providing lifelong learning opportunities for the community, HKU SPACE seeks to become a world class centre of excellence through the provision of professional and continuing education to students in Hong Kong and Mainland China.
The Business School currently offers the following programmes of study in collaboration with HKU SPACE:
MSc Marketing - The programme is recognised by the Chartered Institute of Marketing and offers very relevant and up-to-date theoretical and practical knowledge to students following careers in this area. This programme has been running since 2000.
MSc Marketing with Festival & Event Management - MSc Marketing with Festival and Event Management has been running since October 2008 and offers students the opportunity to specialise in the area of Festival and Event Management.
MSc Managerial Leadership – With its first intake in October 2005, this programme has evolved from the very successful MSc Administrative and Information Management part-time programme offered with HKU SPACE. The latter has run for five years and students have found the qualification very helpful in the development of their professional careers.
MSc Business Management - MSc Business Management has been running since June 2010 and has an integrative curriculum which encourages students to apply new theoretical concepts in the context of their own work experience.
BA/BA (Hons) Financial Services – This collaboration has been running since July 2002. This is an extremely successful programme with student numbers growing year by year and completion rates that are impressively high.
The Institute of Advanced Management is run by one of the most forward looking private educators in India. The college seeks to provide a world class education and training in Hospitality Management through the use of state of the art training, close relationships with industry and business, and other institutions in India and overseas.
The Business School currently offers the following programme in collaboration with the IAM in Kolkata and Goa:
BA Hospitality Management – The programme offers an opportunity for students located in Kolkata and Goa to continue their full-time studies in order to gain a degree, which will help provide them with a competitive edge in the increasingly demanding hospitality market.
International Institute of Hotel Management (IIHM)
The Business School currently offers the following programme in collaboration with the IIHM in Kolkata and Dehli:
BA Hospitality Management – The programme offers an opportunity for students located in Kolkata and Dehli to continue their full-time studies in order to gain a degree, which will help provide them with a competitive edge in the increasingly demanding hospitality market.
Singapore Human Resource Institute Academy
The Singapore Human Resource Institute Academy was established in 1965 as a not for profit organisation providing training and academic programmes to cater for the learning needs of the workforce in Singapore, initially in Human Resources through the School of Human Capital Management, and then through the establishment of the School of Financial Services and Risk Management in 2002 to meet the needs of the financial services sector in Singapore. SHRI Academy places a high priority on the relevance, standard and quality of its programmes and, since 2005, has achieved Case Trust status which was launched by the Consumers’ Association of Singapore to endorse private educational organisations that provide good student welfare and standards of education.
SHRI aims to be a leading Educational Services Provider in business and people management skills, knowledge and practices. With a range of courses at diploma, undergraduate and post graduate level, the SHRI philosophy and approach towards learning & teaching is to combine classroom teaching with close professional industry links and a programme of SHRI networking events which students are strongly encouraged to attend.
Edinburgh Napier University currently offers the following programmes in partnership with SHRI Academy:
MSC International Human Resource Management - a programme for students who wish to develop their knowledge of HRM in an international and cross cultural context.
BA/BA (Hons) Human Resource Management with Financial Management – this innovative programme provides students with knowledge and skills in two key areas of business, providing them with a competitive edge for a successful career in human resource management.
BA/BA (Hons) Financial Services – this programme provides students with a comprehensive understanding of relevant issues related to the financial services sector and updates their knowledge of the current and changing financial environment in which their organisation operates.
For more information, please feel free to contact SHRI Academy at +65 6438 0012 or via email at shriacademy@shri.org.sg
Asia Global Graduate School, Singapore
Asia Global Graduate School (Registration No. 200814956K) is a private education institution with particularly experienced management, dedicated to global education in Singapore and the region. Its aim is to be a leading educational institution, focusing on quality of teaching, learning and service, making it a preferred educational organisation for professionals, managers, engineers, executives and students from Singapore and the region.
With courses at Doctoral, postgraduate and undergraduate level in its portfolio, Asia Global Graduate School is committed to providing a professional and caring learning environment for all its programme participants. It also creates a thriving executive network for their career advancement and organisational development.
The Business School currently offers the following programmes in collaboration with Asia Global Graduate School in Singapore:
BA (Hons) Business Management - this innovative programme equips students with the skills and knowledge required for a wide range of managerial positions in the industry of their choice.
BA (Hons) Marketing Management - this programme provides students with industry-relevant skills and knowledge needed for a successful career in marketing or sales.
MSc Business Management - this broad based programme equips both recent and experienced graduates for a wide range of managerial and leadership positions across industry and the professions.
MSc Marketing - this challenging programme enables students with varied and often substantial levels of experience to combine academic rigour with practical application in high-level marketing careers.