About INTO University Partnerships
INTO University Partnerships specialises in large-scale transformational partnerships that support and drive leading universities\' internationalisation goals. Within university-led partnerships, INTO expands opportunities for students to pursue higher education, investing in the resources, systems and processes to deliver a first-class student experience.
In seven years, INTO has developed partnerships with 18 universities around the world to help them expand access and transform the quality of the international student experience. The delivery of exceptional student outcomes is a core feature of the INTO model.
The company has over 1,400 staff working on INTO projects and generates annual revenues of ￡160m. The company estimates that more than 50,000 students will have enrolled at INTO centres by the end of the 2012-13 financial year. The investment value of its infrastructure projects currently exceeds ￡200m. Projections see the company more than doubling in size over the next 5 years.
The partnership model provides investment and access to resources beyond the scope and capacity of individual universities.
Students benefit from university-designed and delivered programmes, highly supportive learning environments and state-of-the-art learning and living spaces while enjoying full access to their host university’s campus facilities, resources and services. The company currently operates a student recruitment network with 31 offices in 17 countries.
For investors, INTO partnerships provide access to the fast growing international higher education market, in a highly diversified portfolio of leading higher education brands.
In 2011, INTO was named Higher Education Provider of the Year in the Education Investor awards. It also won the Education Investor Export Excellence award in 2011 and was highly commended in the same category in 2012.
INTO China’s short-term study abroad courses have been voted in the world’s top ten study abroad experiences by Abroad 101 and STA Travel.
In the June 2012 I-graduate survey, the international student polling organisation revealed that three of the top five most highly recommended higher education operations are INTO joint ventures.
UNITED KINGDOM
Since it established its first partnership with the University of East Anglia in 2006, INTO now works in partnership with ten UK universities. In addition to international student preparation courses, the partnerships offer a variety of undergraduate and postgraduate degree courses including medical degrees with Saint George’s University of London and postgraduate degrees in Diplomacy in collaboration with the London Academy of Diplomacy.
Tuition revenue from international students recruited and supported through the INTO network amount to an estimated ￡340m alone to UK institutions.
INTO has also developed award-winning international student centres at the University of East Anglia, University of Exeter and Newcastle University.
NORTH AMERICA
Establishing its first joint venture with Oregon State University in 2008, INTO now works with four major US public universities. The centres in the United States have set new benchmarks for internationalisation in North America. International student enrolments at Oregon State University have grown at seven times the US average and at the University of South Florida have grown at three times the national average. The joint ventures in the United States have developed a fully integrated freshman year for international students.
CHINA
China has recently announced its intention to become Asia’s largest destination for international students. By 2020, they expect to attract 500,000 international students. Major Chinese universities are turning to INTO to help them respond to this challenge. In 2011, INTO launched partnerships with three of China’s leading universities as they seek to extend their global footprint.
UK Partners: University of East Anglia, University of Exeter, Newcastle University, University of Manchester, Queen’s University Belfast, Glasgow Caledonian University, City University London Saint George’s, University of London, Manchester Metropolitan University and the University of Gloucestershire.
US Partners: Oregon State University, University of South Florida, Colorado State University and Marshall University.
China Partners: Nankai University, Beijing University of Foreign Studies and Dongbei University of Finance and Economics.
More information can be found at www.into-corporate.com.
