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| Studying at an overseas destination proves to be very advantageous to the students but it carries a few disadvantages as well. One major disadvantage of the same is that not everyone is financially stable enough to cover the tuition fee and living expenses to be incurred for the entire period of study. This is where CWI comes in. CWI assists colleges in having collaborations with foreign universities at their home country. The students can get an opportunity of pursuing a foreign qualification in their own home country. The students get to study the same courses and curriculum with similar infrastructure, quality, exposure, placement opportunities and achieve an International Degree at a much cheaper fee structure that students can afford and colleges apart from quality education reap financial benefits of the same. |
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Over 130 foreign higher education service providers have already planted their flags on Indian soil via collaboration agreements with domestic institutions. They have entered into one or more of seven types of collaboration agreements with indigenous education services providers:-
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| A. Twinning: |
| Students undertake a part of their course in India at a much cheaper cost and the remaining half in the campus abroad where they can experience world class infrastructure, academics and gain International exposure. The wide range of available twinning programs includes fields of study such as business and commercial studies, engineering, computer studies, law, science, the arts, medicine, pharmacy, and many others. The foreign universities include institutions in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Canada, or the United States. |
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| B. Franchisee: |
| A foreign institution grants permission to an institution in India to execute their programs with their name, curriculum and evaluation methods |
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| C. Study and Examination Centers: |
| Foreign education partner ties up with the Indian-partner to deliver its courses and also conduct examinations for the same |
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| D. Multiple collaborations: |
| An Indian institution ties up with many degree providers abroad. |
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| E. Link programs: |
| Partial credits are given for courses conducted in India and the balance for the courses undertaken abroad. Difference with the twinning lies in the fact that two separate degrees are provided |
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| F. Collaborative programs: |
| Are also sometimes known as Dual Degree programs or Joint Degree programs in India. In these programs, Indian institutions will continue to offer their regular degree programs as per the Indian curricula and give Indian degrees after successful completion. |
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| G. Offshore campuses: |
| The overseas education provider opens a fully owned campus in India |
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| H. Credit Transfer Programs: |
| Credit transfer programs allow for the conferment of a degree by the accumulation of credits. Under this arrangement, students can accumulate credits locally that are then transferable to one of the foreign-linked universities for the completion of the degree program. Basically, a student intending to study overseas collects sufficient credits through a local private college and then applies for entry to a foreign university. |
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| I. Accredited Programs: |
| Under the validation and accreditation arrangement, a local institution conducts a program on behalf of a foreign institution, consortium, or professional body. The curricula, syllabi, and examinations are set by the foreign institution, and the local institution assumes responsibility for teaching the programs and conducting the examinations without further inputs from the foreign institutions. Such programs can be found from the pre university level all the way up to the postgraduate level. |
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| CWI assists colleges in collaborating with universities in the UK, U.S., Australia etc in order to provide high quality globally recognised education to Indian students at a much cheaper cost. |
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