Opportunity

The International Business School (IBS) of the Chongqing Technology and Business University (CTBU) is looking for UK partner universities to support their articulation programmes in the “4+1” model (four years in China for a Bachelor’s degree and one year in the UK for a Master’s degree). The articulation programmes cover the subject areas of 1) International Business and Trade, 2) Business Administration, 3) Accounting, 4) Finance, and 5) Human Resources Management. UK partner universities are expected to provide short-term language training for the undergraduate students in China to prepare them for their life and study in the UK.

Benefits

This is an opportunity for UK institutions to position themselves as a partner with a key provincial-level university in Southwest China, and to build their brand awareness in Southwest China, which may support future business opportunities for student exchanges and student recruitment.

Areas of responsibilities for the two collaborating parties

UK partners:

The UK partners will be expected to:

• provide short-term language teachers to support the English language teaching at IBS
• provide online support for English language learning outside of the teaching periods in China
• provide admissions information for the Master’s degrees at their university
• manage and deliver the Master’s degrees.

Chinese partner:

IBS will be responsible for:

• providing the teaching premises in China
• marketing the programme
• student recruitment.

About the International Business School of the Chongqing Technology and Business University

IBS is a well-established Sino-Foreign Cooperative Institution approved by the Chinese Ministry of Education back in 2006. Since its establishment, IBS has developed various partnerships and joint programmes with universities from the USA, France, Canada and the UK. There are six business majors with 2,100 undergraduate students, including 1,600 in Sino-foreign domestic programmes, and 500 in Sino-foreign double majors programmes, out of which more than 300 students have successfully entered the overseas stage of study. There are approximately 200 teachers with an international background at IBS, of whom about 35% are foreign teachers. IBS has carried out a lot of curriculum reform to help students strengthen their language competence and prepare for the overseas study destination. 

About Chongqing

Industry is the main driver of Chongqing’s economic growth, with automobile and laptop manufacturing as the most important sectors. In order to enhance its connectivity and influence under China’s One Belt, One Road Initiative and the Yangtze River Economic Belt Initiative, Chongqing is reinforcing its position as a shipping centre in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and as a national logistics hub. Efforts are also being focused on developing the city into a financial centre and a technology education centre.