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Embry-Riddle's Global Reach Expands with Joint-Degree Pact with Two Chinese Universities
Daytona Beach, FL, November 10, 2011
Signing at Univ. of Shanghai for Science & Technology.
Agreements between Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and two Chinese universities will aid one of the world’s fastest-growing aviation industries and attract more Chinese students to Embry-Riddle.
The agreements, signed in China in October by Richard Heist, executive vice president and chief academic officer at Embry-Riddle’s Daytona Beach, Fla., campus, will create collaborative degree programs with the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology (USST) and Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics-Jincheng College (NUAA-JC).
“With the dramatic growth in China’s aviation sector, the need is increasing for specialized engineers and business managers,” Heist said. “Embry-Riddle, as the world leader in aviation and aerospace education, seeks to have a significant presence in this emerging market. These strategically focused, collaborative academic programs will benefit both universities and Embry-Riddle.”
Chinese students in the programs will study for three years in China and the fourth and fifth year at Embry-Riddle. They will receive a bachelor of science degree from their home university during or after their fourth year and a master’s in science from Embry-Riddle at the end of their fifth year of study.
The agreement involves three Embry-Riddle degree programs, Computer, Software, and Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Business, which are offered at the Daytona Beach campus.
“We will be involved in the entire process of this program, from the selection of students to their graduation from Embry-Riddle,” Heist said. “We want to be sure students are academically prepared, proficient in English, and successful at Embry-Riddle.”
At Embry-Riddle, Robert Oxley, associate vice president for academics at the Daytona Beach campus, will oversee the two collaborative programs and Yi Zhao, professor and coordinator of the graduate program in aerospace engineering, will serve as contact person with the two Chinese universities.
The partnerships with USST and NUAA-JC follow a similar agreement signed by Embry-Riddle in September with the Civil Aviation University of China for a collaborative bachelor of science/master of science degree program.
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, the world's largest, fully accredited university specializing in aviation and aerospace, is a nonprofit, independent institution offering more than 40 baccalaureate, master's and Ph.D. degree programs in its colleges of Arts and Sciences, Aviation, Business and Engineering. Embry-Riddle educates students at residential campuses in Daytona Beach, Fla., and Prescott, Ariz., and through the Worldwide Campus with more than 150 locations in the United States, Europe, Asia, Canada and the Middle East. The university is a major research center, seeking solutions to real-world problems in partnership with the aerospace industry, other universities and government agencies. For more information, visit http://www.embryriddle.edu, follow us on Twitter (@EmbryRiddle) and facebook.com/EmbryRiddleUniversity, and find expert videos at YouTube.com/EmbryRiddleUniv.
