University of Nottingham Ningbo China and Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University: Globalization of higher education in China

Abstract

This essay studies the University of Nottingham Ningbo China and Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University-the two Chinese campuses established respectively by the University of Nottingham and the University of Liverpool. They represent successful models of globalization of higher education in China; however their rationale, strategies, curricula, partnership, and orientation are very different. Through a comparative analysis, the paper reveals their unique development and offers a template for studies of globalization of higher education in China and elsewhere through branch campuses. © 2012 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.