China - Transnational (TNE) programme in civil engineering

Description

The Chinese university wishes to work with a UK university (within QS World University Ranking Top 300) to co-develop transnational education programme at postgraduate level (master’s degree) in:

• construction engineering
• uran management

The suggested model for the programme is a 2+0 master’s degree programme, meaning the students enrolled in the programme to study at the Chinese university for 2 years and obtain degrees from both universities.

Estimated number of students per year

60

Estimated tuition fee per student

60,000-10,000 Chinese yen (approximately £6,600 – £11,000)

Suggested time frame

1. Identify the UK partner and establish the collaboration formally by March 2024
2. Submission of request for programme approval by Chinese authority by September 2024
3. Student recruitment by September 2025

As the one and only architectural university in Beijing, the Chinese university was first established by the Qing Dynasty government in 1907. Jointly sponsored by the People’s Government of Beijing Municipality and the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of China, the Chinese university is home to over 90,000 outstanding alumni.

As a multi-campus university, the university now has two campuses in Beijing with over 1,100 faculty and staff and more than 11,000 enrolled students.

The university offers 35 undergraduate programs, 14 master’s degree programs and 2 doctoral degree programs. The university has 10 schools, 1 basic teaching institution, as well as a School of International Education, School of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education and a School of Continuing Education, with faculties in Architecture, Civil Engineering, Environment, Surveying and Mapping, Electrics, Mechanics, Management, Law, and Science.

Through the pursuit of high-quality development and research excellence, the university now boasts 8 ministerial and provincial-level laboratories, 11 teaching bases above the ministerial- and provincial-level, and the Beijing Advanced Innovation Centre for Future Urban Design, displaying its distinctive strengths in featured specialties.

This includes Architectural Heritage Protection, Urban Planning and Architectural Design, Urban Transport Infrastructure and Underground Engineering, Sponge City, Modern Urban Surveying and Mapping, Solid Waste Recycling Technology, Green Building and Energy-Saving Technology, Smart Construction and Smart City.

Under the leadership of the university administration, the university is dedicated to the mission of cultivating talents with morals and the positioning of a top-notch featured university, seeking to serve the capital’s drive to become a major world centre for science and innovation.

The university is also committed to building itself into a top-notch, inclusive and innovative university in China with world-wide recognition and great emphasis on architectural education.

Opportunity closing date

31 December 2023

Value of contract

£100k-1m