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Delivery models

Branch campus

You hold the premises and the licence. Two regulators are in play at once: the host authority that licenses the campus, and your home regulator, whose obligations follow you offshore.

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34
Arrangements on the register
United Arab Emirates — 23 · Malaysia — 11

All jurisdictions

Where this arrangement is on the register — and who approves it there

  1. United Arab Emirates

    Institutional licensure and programme accreditation (CAA, federal); Higher Education Permit (KHDA, Dubai); Higher Education Authorization (ADEK, Abu Dhabi)

    CAA · KHDA · ADEK

    23

  2. Malaysia

    Establishment approval and registration under the Private Higher Educational Institutions Act 1996, with MQA accreditation and listing on the Malaysian Qualifications Register

    MQA · JPT / MOHE

    11

Who is already delivering

Institutions already running this arrangement

  1. MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY DUBAI

    Middlesex University · United Kingdom · Dubai · United Arab Emirates

    UAE CAA — Commission for Academic Accreditation

  2. University of Nottingham Malaysia (UNM)

    University of Nottingham · United Kingdom · Malaysia

    Malaysian Qualifications Register (MQR)

  3. Monash University Malaysia

    Monash University · Australia · Malaysia

    Malaysian Qualifications Register (MQR)

  4. UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM DUBAI

    University of Birmingham · United Kingdom · Dubai · United Arab Emirates

    UAE CAA — Commission for Academic Accreditation

  5. Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus

    Swinburne University of Technology · Australia · Malaysia

    Malaysian Qualifications Register (MQR)

  6. HERIOT-WATT UNIVERSITY, DUBAI

    Heriot-Watt University · United Kingdom · Dubai · United Arab Emirates

    UAE CAA — Commission for Academic Accreditation

  7. Curtin University, Malaysia

    Curtin University · Australia · Malaysia

    Malaysian Qualifications Register (MQR)

  8. SORBONNE UNIVERSITY, ABU DHABI (FORMERLY: PARIS SORBONNE UNIVERSITY, ABU DHABI)

    Sorbonne University · France · Abu Dhabi · United Arab Emirates

    UAE CAA — Commission for Academic Accreditation

  9. University of Wollongong Malaysia

    University of Wollongong · Australia · Malaysia

    Malaysian Qualifications Register (MQR)

  10. UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG IN DUBAI

    University of Wollongong · Australia · Dubai · United Arab Emirates

    UAE CAA — Commission for Academic Accreditation

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