Zhuhai, Guangdong -- (SBWIRE) -- 09/23/2016 -- Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University United International College (UIC) will be holding an International Postgraduate Information Fair on 28 October 2016. UIC has been organizing the International Postgraduate Education Information Fair since 2010.UIC Graduate Survey statistics show that the percentage of UIC graduates pursuing postgraduate studies in Hong Kong and other overseas countries has been rising steadily in the past few years, reaching 52% and 59% in 2014 and 2015 respectively.

The aim of the fair is to provide support for UIC students who are interested in pursuing further studies overseas. Registration and booth setup for participating universities will start at 8:30 am on 28 October 2016.

Universities from overseas are invited and encouraged to participate in this event as a way to promote their courses and attract talented students from UIC.

The 6th International Postgraduate Information Fair was held in 2015 at UIC. A total of 30 higher education institutions from 9 countries and regions participated in the Fair. The Fair attracted approximately 1,400 visitors including students, parents and adult learners from Zhuhai and nearby cities.

This year, universities from Hong Kong, Europe including the United Kingdom, North America, Australia and Singapore will be present at the Fair. Participating universities will hold seminars as well as video recording services.UIC, established in 2005, is an international College. It aims to make higher education more international, and takes the lead in implementing liberal arts education in China. Presently, UIC has four Divisions:Business and Management, Humanities and Social Sciences, Science and Technology, and Culture and Creativity. The language of instruction is English.Students are awarded a Bachelor degree from Hong Kong Baptist University and a Graduation Certificate from UIC. Around 5000 undergraduates are currently enrolled at UIC.

Details of the fair, the exhibitors and online registration can be found at http://uic.edu.hk/en/pginfo. Should you have any enquiries, please feel free to contact UICby emailing postgradfair@uic.edu.hk.

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Address: 28 Jinfeng Road, Tangjiawan, Zhuhai, Guangdong, China, 519085
Email: SJDBurgess@uic.edu.hk
Phone: 0086 756 3620000
Website: http://uic.edu.hk/en

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Zhuhai, Guangdong -- (SBWIRE) -- 05/12/2016 -- United International College (UIC) has joined up with the China Foreign Affairs University (CFAU) International Partnership Programme (IPP) to organize a programme that can provide direct access for high school graduates from Hong Kong, Macau and Mainland China to enter the University of Alberta bachelor degrees programmes. This jointly organized programme is being referred to as CFAU IPP-UIC and the duration of the programme is one year.

The students that enroll in the programme will study two semesters in Zhuhai and Beijing to improve their English and complete courses including international examination training, Study Skills and Whole Person Education as well as studying university courses worth 12 to 18 credits. The students will enter the University of Alberta directly without application after successfully competition of the study in China, or one of the four top universities in Canada, to complete the remaining credits bachelor's degree programme. The universities in Canada adopt the credits system.

Since 2006, IPP has a ten year proven track record, which has had more than 1,000 students, with a success rate of more than 95%, enrolled in renowned universities like the University of Alberta, Queen's University, McGill University, the University of British Columbia and the University of Toronto. Starting in 2016, with the authorization of CFAU IPP, UIC and CFAU IPP have jointly organized the CFAU IPP-UIC programme to place high school graduates from Hong Kong, Macau and the Pearl River Delta area in the University of Alberta and the top four universities in Canada to study bachelor's degrees.

The advantages of the CFAU IPP-UIC offers, such as China Foreign Affairs University's focus on diplomacy and humanity, the benefits of UIC's English as a teaching medium and Whole Person Education, will result in students developing their overall learning ability and personal attributes before going abroad to enter the University of Alberta, or the other four universities in Canada. Using high quality international education methods, students not only enhance their study skills and broaden their horizons, but become more mature in addition to being prepared to live and study abroad. In short, they receive a solid foundation to pursue their bachelor's degrees over the next three years.

The characteristics of the CFAU IPP-UIC are that the courses are taught by academic staff of UIC and China Foreign Affairs University with the goals of improving students' English proficiency, critical thinking skills, self-management as well as to enhance their understanding of traditional Chinese thoughts and wisdom. Experienced teachers from overseas universities are armed with their teaching approaches to acquaint students with the learning environment abroad.

After completing one-year of study, students will get aCFAU IPP-UIC course completion certificate and 12 to 18 transferable course credits. They will then start their year two undergraduate programme studies in Canada. Once the required credits are completed, they will be granted a bachelor's degree.

This programme is aimed at high school graduates from Hong Kong, Macau and mainland China, as well as people who have received an equivalent education.

Enrollment is during early January and early August and will include a written English proficiency test as well as an interview and English speaking test. It is required that at least one parent accompanies the applicant.

The examination fee for this programme is 600HKD and is paid when signing up, and is non-refundable. The tuition fee in China is 155,000RMB, which includes accommodation fee, application fee for overseas university but excluding textbooks, application for IELTS, meals, visa application fee as well as additional living expenses.

United International College was co-founded in 2005 by Beijing Normal University and Hong Kong Baptist University. UIC's aim is to build a new model for liberal education in China and to nurture talented future graduates with international perspectives. Graduates will be awarded bachelor's degrees by HKBU and Graduation Certificates by UIC.

The International Partnership Programme is a collaborative programme established by China Foreign Affairs University and renowned Canadian and American universities. Since its launch in 2006, the programme has successfully placed more than 1,000 students in high ranked universities in Canada and USA.

About CFAU
China Foreign Affairs University, CFAU, is a small-scale, but high-level university training first class foreign affairs talents. It is called the "Cradle of Chinese Diplomats". With half a century of continuous effort employing rich diplomatic resources and rigorous teaching, CFAU has become a world-renowned university.

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Address: 28 Jinfeng Road, Tangjiawan, Zhuhai, Guangdong, China519085
Contact Number: (86-756) 3620000
Contact Person: Samuel Burgess (Digital Marketing Director at UIC)
Email: SJDBurgess@uic.edu.hk
Url: http://www.uic.edu.hk/

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Zhuhai, Guangdong -- (SBWIRE) -- 12/22/2015 -- Hong Kong Baptist University United International College (UIC) has now established a forth division to its academic programs.

The Senate of Hong Kong Baptist University has duly approved the establishment of the "Division of Culture and Creativity (DCC)" at its 1st meeting. In addition to the transfer of three existing programmes (i.e. "BA (Hons) in Cinema and Television"; "BBA (Hons) in Culture, Creativity and Management"; and "Minor in Music") to the new Division, DCC is in preparation for the provision of "BCom (Hons) in Media Arts and Design" for the 2016 to 2017 academic year. Music and arts are indispensable elements for a coherent liberal arts curriculum that aims to cultivate a knowledgeable, informed and literate person. The establishment of DCC enables students to pursue artistic expressions and creative explorations in a structured setting through its comprehensive, transformative and multidisciplinary approach to the studies of culture, media, design and creative industries.

UIC is now searching globally for the Dean of the Division of Culture and Creativity (DCC). Meanwhile, Prof. Chih-Yung Aaron CHIU has been appointed as the Interim Dean of DCC with immediate effect until its newly-appointed Dean assumes office.

Prof. Chiu is a Professor of Cinema and Television and the Programme Director-designate of Media Arts and Design at UIC. He received his PhD from the School of Interdisciplinary Arts at Ohio University in USA, with a double major in visual arts (painting, sculpture and architecture) and film studies (film aesthetics, theory and criticism) as well as a minor in aesthetics (phenomenology). Prof. Chiu is the inspector of Digital Art Foundation Taipei and the Director-general of Taiwan Art and Technology Association. Currently, he is also the curatorial board member of the 10th Digital Art Festival Taipei and the curator of 2015-16 Taiwan Digital Art Festival - Trend. In the past few years, Prof. Chiu has participated in many curatorial works including the 7th, 8th and 9th Digital Art Festivals, the 4th Digital Performing Art Festival, and also many international exhibitions worldwide including Hong Kong, Boston and Madrid.

Prof. Chiu is also a prolific writer. His articles titled "On the Embodied Aesthetics of Digital Arts" (2007) and "Inter/face: A Reconsideration of Myth of Transparency" (2008) have been nominated by Digital Art Awards Taipei. His most recent publication titled "Significant Discourse and Local Practice: New Media Art in Taiwan's Context" (2012) has become one of the most important texts in New Media Art in Taiwan's academia.

About UIC
Co-founded by Beijing Normal University and Hong Kong Baptist University in 2005, United International College is the first full-scale cooperation in higher education between Mainland China and Hong Kong in addition to being the first approved liberal arts college in Mainland China. The Ministry of Education with full backing from local authorities endorsed UIC's charter and urged its mission to build a new model for liberal education within Mainland China as well as nurturing talented future graduates with international perspectives.

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Address: 28 Jinfeng Road, Tangjiawan, Zhuhai, Guangdong, China, 519085
Email: enquiry@uic.edu.hk
Phone: 0086 756 3620000
Website: http://uic.edu.hk/en

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Zhuhai, Guangdong -- (SBWIRE) -- 11/04/2015 -- Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University United International College (UIC) has been expanding its collaborations overseas this past year to establish more Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and exchange agreements.

This year UIC has welcomed different agreements and mutual understandings with Swansea University and the University of Westminster from the UK and Eureka College from the USA.In addition, an agreement for UIC students to participate in a summer programme has been established with Cornell University.

A big part of these agreements include the opportunity to provide study abroad programmes for students as well as possible research collaboration between the universities.

UIC's International Development Office (IDO) supports and facilitates UIC's international mission to creatively and dynamically integrate international and national experiences of education in China. The IDO aims to provide every UIC student with valuable opportunities to study in different cultures and to welcome international students to come and study at UIC from all over the world and to provide them with the relevant services

Swansea University, the University of Westminster and Eureka College will join the list of UIC's other collaborative partners including South Korean universities the University of Seoul and Kyung Hee University. In Europe, UIC is partnered with Lille Catholic University and Science Poin France as well as Pforzheim University in Germany plus Middlesex University and the University of Kent in the United Kingdom. Across the Pacific, UIC has established a solid partnership with Canada's Saint Mary's University and the University of Alberta. From the USA there is a vast list of universities such as Augsburg College, Bethany Lutheran College, College of St. Scholastica, Concordia College, Gustavus Adolphus College, Hamline University, Towson University, Westfield State College, Worcester State University, St. Catherine University, Concordia University and Georgia Southern University. Finally, UIC heads down under to Australia for the collaborative partnership with Queensland University of Technology.

About United International College
Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University United International College was founded in 2005 and is located in Guangdong province, which is in the southern region of China. It uses English as the medium to conduct classes and is the first full-scale cooperation in higher education between the Mainland and Hong Kong as well as one of the first English language liberal arts universities in Mainland China. It has a total of about 5000 students from across Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan as well as other countries.

Contact Information:
United International College
28 Jinfeng Road
Tangjiawan
Zhuhai
Guangdong
China
519085
Email: is@uic.edu.hk
Phone: 0086 756 3620058
Website: http://uic.edu.hk/en/ido

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Zhuhai, Guangdong -- (SBWIRE) -- 11/02/2015 -- Hong Kong Baptist University United International College's Centre for Advanced Professional Studies (CAPS) formally changed its department name to Academy of Continuing Education (ACE).

The role of ACE at UIC is to leverage the strong caliber of UIC academic teachers and UIC's networks to supports professionals and students to sharpen their skills to advance their careers and studies. Also ACE wants to advocate the notion of "Lifelong Learning" and support the growth of UIC as a whole.

The main reason for the name change is that the former name of Centre for Advanced Professional Studies (CAPS) in both the Chinese and English language caused some confusion towards our target audience ;therefore, it was agreed to use a more standardized name to illustrate their main roles.

To celebrate the change,ACE held an official Grand Opening ceremony and provided wine and cheese. An open invitation was sent to staff, and to welcome them to the ceremony where ACE can explain the changes while also providing a chance to share and discuss ideas openly for the department. Michael Ching, the Director of ACE, opened up the ceremony by welcoming everyone, followed by the announcement for the winner and runner-ups for the ACE logo design. Zhang Ling, a Public Relations and Advertising student, scooped up the first prize, which was the latest Apple Watch for her winning design; other prizes included Beats speakers.

When asked about how they decided to select the new logo, Mr. Chinq said "Initially, we wanted to tap UIC students' talent to design the logo and did forgo to use the external designer". They then decided to use a selection process that would be three-folded. The first part was to select the best of 15 among all entries; then an online poll where observers could vote narrowed it down to the top five.Finally, the winning design was selected by a panel that was made up of the Associate Dean of DHSS, the Director of MPRO as well as the Director of ACE.

The responses from students were overwhelming and received a total of 67 artworks, and the online voting totally caught ACE by surprise with frantic activities by the participants to support their own friends or their favorites.

The key mission of ACE is to serve as an arm of UIC to provide quality education and training for individuals or institutions in the community to attain personal educational aspirations or professional goals. Through these means ACE brings in additional tuition fees to support the growth of UIC. Last year ACE increased the amount of courses they offered from 11 to 27, and this year they will aim to reach 45, which is a 67% increase. ACE has plans to expand into other educational offerings by introducing courses/programmes such as Indoor Air Quality, Food Hygiene and Safety, CIMA, CMA, CFA, CFP, CHICPA, FRM, French TEF, Spanish DELE, German Goethe-Zertifikat, Korean and Japanese languages and cultural classes, School Teacher Qualification Certificate, 3D Printing, Art and Design, etc.

Four types of trainings have been developed by ACE, which are Institutional and Governmental Bespoke Training, International Professional Certificatation, Preparation for Overseas Examinations and Summer Courses.

About UIC
Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University United International College, or UIC for short, is the first renowned liberal arts college in China and is also the first full-scale cooperation in higher education between the Mainland and Hong Kong. Founded in 2005, this university was built in the beautiful city of Zhuhai in the Guangdong region of China. United International College has grown into an international institution with innovative educational approaches and its charter has been approved by the Ministry of Education with full support from local authorities. It has a mix of Mainland Chinese, Hong Kongese as well as International students studying a range of courses from the twenty plus undergraduate programmes that are currently being offered by the three divisions.

Contact Information
Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University
Address: 28 Jinfeng Road, Tangjiawan, Zhuhai, Guangdong, China 519085
Contact Person: Michael Ching
Contact number: +86-756-3620095
Email: uiccaps@uic.edu.hk
Url: http://uic.edu.hk/en/caps/index.php

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Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University United International College, or UIC is hosting a summer program intended to introduce foreigners to Chinese culture.

Zhuhai, Guangdong -- (SBWIRE) -- 10/21/2015 -- The program put together by UIC's Academy of Continuing Education (ACE) department has been designed to give everyone a real taste of China. Not only will participants be taught Mandarin, but they will also experience true Chinese culture and history. They will, amongst other things, learn the basics of Tai Chi, create their own shadow puppets, get acquainted with the Chinese zither (guqin) and visit several museums.

The summer program is open to any student, school, university or organization wanting to learn more about China. The target number of participants in each group will be up to a maximum of 30. It will take place during the summer period in China, i.e. during July and August.

The purpose of this program is to introduce participants to Mainland China, by experiencing traditional arts and sports while learning about the history, religion as well as the economic development. China is now a dominant player in the world and is becoming more influential. This program provides an opportunity for people to learn and gain a better understanding of China while having fun at the same time.

About UIC
Opened in 2005 Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University United International College is the first full-scale cooperation in higher education between the Mainland and Hong Kong as well as one of the first English language liberal arts universities in Mainland China. Created with the mission to create an innovative international education model for China that can contribute to the welfare of the nation and the world as well as nurture talented future graduates with international perspectives.

Media Contact:
28 Jinfeng Road, Tangjiawan, Zhuhai, Guangdong, China, 519085
Contact Person: Michael Ching
Contact number: +86-756-3620095
Email: uiccaps@uic.edu.hk
Url: http://uic.edu.hk/en

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Zhuhai, Guangdong -- (SBWIRE) -- 10/12/2015 -- United International College (UIC) is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year. Since its inauguration in 2005 the college has gradually developed the option for foreign students to take part in one of their 20 programmes. Prospective candidates can either be degree-seeking students or visiting students half-way through a degree, looking to study abroad for six months or even a year.

Co-founded by Beijing Normal University and Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU), UIC is the first full-scale cooperation in higher education between Mainland China and Hong Kong.

As of 2015, there are twenty undergraduate programmes being offered by three divisions: the Division of Business and Management, the Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, and the Division of Science and Technology. Classrooms are state-of-the-art and e-learning is an integral part of UIC's Outcomes-Based Teaching and Learning approach.

There are currently around 5000 students, including those from Hong Kong, Macau and overseas. English is used as the medium of instruction and the teaching staff are from more than 20 countries and regions.

Degree-seeking students will be awarded a Bachelor's Degree (Honours) by HKBU and a Graduation Certificate by UIC upon completion of the programme.

Alongside their major field of study, students take part in General Education and Whole Person Education classes. These classes promote a balanced mind, ensuring internationally-recognized quality and excellence in education, equipping graduates with seven attributes: citizenship, knowledge, learning, skills, creativity, communication, and teamwork.

Visiting students will be placed with a Chinese roommate to enhance immersion into the local student life. They also have the opportunity to partake in Chinese language classes and can learn about the culture, the history and the development of China's politics.

Moreover, UIC is located in Zhuhai and therefore boasts a vibrant student life with many clubs, including archery, rock climbing, yoga and traditional dragon and lion dance.

The cost to study a degree course is RMB¥ 80,000 per annum (Around $12,000 based on September 2015 exchange rate). Accommodation fee is roughly RMB¥ 5,000 per annum, while the insurance fee will cost RMB¥ 600 per annum. Monthly estimated expenses will approximately cost RMB¥ 1,200 per month.

UIC normally expects degree-seeking applicants to have obtained 12-year pre-university years of schooling. Admission will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Visiting students who are not seeking a full 4 year degree must have completed at least one year of university study as well as having a minimum GPA of 2.5 (4-point scale) or equivalent. Students whose native language is not English must have a minimum TOEFL score of 55(paper-based)/ 213(computer-based)/80 or above or have received an IELTS score of 6.0 or above.

If you wish to register and become a student, you can contact UIC's International Development Office (IDO) to find out further information as well as the application form to become a full-time degree-seeking student. UIC can help with all questions and queries as well as providing support for obtaining a visa.

The deadline to apply for four year degree-seeking students for the 2016 autumn semester is May 2016, while visiting students need to apply before October 2015.

About United International College
United International College's charter has been approved by the Ministry of Education plus it has full support from local authorities. UIC has grown into an international institution with innovative educational approaches.

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Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University
Address: 28 Jinfeng Road, Tangjiawan, Zhuhai, Guangdong, China 519085
E-mail: is@uic.edu.hk
Telephone: +86-756-3620058
Website: http://uic.edu.hk/en/ido

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