South China Agricultural University seeks UK Partner to establish Articulation Programmes

South China Agricultural University (SCAU) in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, is seeking a UK university partner to establish joint 2+2 or 3+1 dual bachelor’s degree Articulation courses in any of the following subject areas:

• Environmental science
• Environment Engineering
• Geographic information system/science
• Urban planning
• Landscape Architecture
• Lawn and Golf Management
• Food quality and safety

About South China Agricultural University (SCAU) http://english.scau.edu.cn/scauen/index.asp

SCAU is a Project 211 university and is also one of the 7 universities receiving several hundred million RMB in funding from Guangdong provincial government to become a ‘High Level’ university by 2020.

The university is home to more than 42,000 students, including 38,000 undergraduate and 4,000 postgraduate students.

The university is actively involved in a number of international partnerships, for example the United Nation’s Development Programme and Food and Agriculture Organisation established the Asia Pacific Sericulture Training Centre and the China International Centre for Agricultural Training at SCAU.

The campus is considered by many to be the most beautiful in Guangzhou.

About Guangzhou

Guangzhou, also known as Canton, is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in South China. Located on the Pearl River, about 75 miles north of Hong Kong, Guangzhou serves as an important national transportation hub and trading port. Guangzhou is the third largest Chinese city, after Beijing and Shanghai, and the largest city in South Central China. In 2014 the city's administrative area was estimated to have a population of 13,080,500. From 2013 to 2015, Forbes ranked Guangzhou first among the top 100 best commercial cities on the Chinese mainland.