Global education services provider Navitas is continuing its international expansion, signing a 10-year agreement to manage an international student transfer program with the University of New Hampshire.
Global education services provider Navitas is continuing its international expansion, signing a 10-year agreement to manage an international student transfer program with the University of New Hampshire.
It is the fifth college in the US that Navitas has reach an agreement with.
Under the arrangement students who successfully compete the program run by Navitas will be eligible to continue their studies in baccalaureate courses approved by the university.
The new program will begin in May 2011 and under the agreement Navitas will have access to the university's teaching and other facilities, as well as residential and administrative facilities at the campus.
"We are delighted to be partnering with such a highly regarded academic institution to offer an outstanding educational opportunity to international students in the USA," said Rod Jones, CEO of Navitas.
"The University of New Hampshire has built strong foundations from its rich history but has also committed to ensuring a successful future via increased diversification and internationalization.
"We look forward to working closely with the university to assist it achieve these goals."
"This exciting partnership with Navitas will not only make UNH a more global and diverse institution with the students it will bring to our campuses, but it will broaden our revenue stream even as it opens new doors to the world for our students and programs," said University of New Hampshire President Mark W. Huddleston.
See company statement below:
Global education services provider Navitas (ASX: NVT), is pleased to announce the execution of an educational affiliation agreement with the University of New Hampshire (UNH), the company's fifth college in the United States.
Under the 10-year agreement, Navitas will manage an international student university transfer program at UNH's main campus in Durham, New Hampshire. Students who successfully complete the program will be eligible to continue their studies in baccalaureate courses approved by the university.
Founded in 1866, the University of New Hampshire is a world-class public research university with the feel of a New England liberal arts college. A land, sea, and space-grant university, UNH is the state's flagship public institution, enrolling more than 12,200 undergraduate and 2,200 graduate students on campuses in Durham and Manchester, New Hampshire. The university is renowned for its business, engineering, life sciences, human services, humanities and social sciences programs as well as its research capability and its land, sea and space grant status.The university also recently affiliated with the UNH School of Law.
The new program will begin in May 2011 and under the agreement Navitas will have access to the university's teaching and other facilities, as well as residential and administrative facilities at the campus.
"We are delighted to be partnering with such a highly regarded academic institution to offer an outstanding educational opportunity to international students in the USA," said Rod Jones, CEO of Navitas. "The University of New Hampshire has built strong foundations from its rich history but has also committed to ensuring a successful future via increased diversification and internationalization. We look forward to working closely with the university to assist it achieve these goals."
"This exciting partnership with Navitas will not only make UNH a more global and diverse institution with the students it will bring to our campuses, but it will broaden our revenue stream even as it opens new doors to the world for our students and programs," said University of New Hampshire President Mark W. Huddleston.
Navitas currently operates four other colleges in the U.S., signing agreements with Western Kentucky University, University of Massachusetts Boston, University of Massachusetts Lowell and the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, in the last 12 months.
"This fifth university partnership will strengthen our position in the United States tertiary education sector and our reputation as a quality partner of choice." Jones added. "We expect that this new program will follow the familiar trend of strong enrollment growth and will further increase our global reach and diversification."
