Loyalist College is dedicated to providing global learning opportunities for our students to study in Canada and abroad. We believe that the relationships that develop between international and domestic students create opportunities for cross-cultural exchanges that enrich the experience for all students and contribute significantly to Loyalist’s growth, activities and commitment to globalization.
Loyalist has established curriculum share partnerships with a variety of international institutions for students to gain a global learning experience while earning academic credits. Students who successfully complete Loyalist programs in collaboration with our international partners receive the same credential provided to students at our Canadian campuses.
Please find below an overview of the Loyalist programs offered at international institutions:
| Loyalist College Program | International Institution |
|---|---|
| Business – Accounting | |
| Construction Engineering Technician | |
| Construction Engineering Technician | |
Learn more about Loyalist’s curriculum share partnership institutions in China below:
Chongqing Three Gorges Medical College
On the shore of the Yangtze Three Gorges, located in Wanzhou district of Chongqing, Chongqing Three Gorges Medical College (CTGMC) is a unique full-time medical public college. With titles of success such a “Chongqing Demonstrated Higher Vocational College” and “Chongqing High-quality Higher Vocational College Construction Project”, there are almost 12,000 full-time students and over 900 employees, including 127 associate professors and 266 teachers with masters or doctorate degrees.
CTGMC provides 29 majors in 10 categories such as Clinical Medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Medical Technology, Public Health, Rehabilitation, Health Management, Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, and Food & Drug Management. It has established teaching and research institutes including Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Science Museum of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Life Science Museum and Three Gorges Cultural Center of Traditional Chinese Medicine and successfully established partnerships with educational institutions in countries such as United States, Britain and Canada.
Guangdong Construction Polytechnic
Founded in 1979, Guangdong Construction Polytechnic (GCP) is a public college under the administration of the Department of Education of Guangdong province. It is honoured as “the cradle of modern Luban” (Luban, the craftsman of Chinese architecture). GCP is a technical college with two campuses located in the city of Guangzhou and Qingyuan respectively, known for its beautiful and graceful campuses, well-equipped facilities, sufficient teaching instruments and equipment, and a rich collection of books and various teaching resources in the library.
Qingyuan campus lies in the Provincial Vocational Teaching Bases on the east HuanCheng Road of Qingcheng District in Qingyuan, covering an area of 800 mu. With the concept of “cultural campus, green campus, intelligent campus,” Qingyuan campus is considered as a building textbook of the same kind. More than 150,000 highly-qualified and skilled technicians have been cultivated in the last 40 years since the founding of the college.
GCP is oriented in architecture-related specialties, including electromechanical engineering, municipal administration, environmental protection, art design, electronic information, finance and economics, etc. Graduates are popular with the employers for their excellent technical skills. With strong entrepreneurship, wealth creation ability, many graduates started their own enterprises in Guangdong. The graduate employment rate is above 98 percent each year.
Hebei Institute of International Business and Economics
Hebei Institute of International Business and Economics (HIIBE) is located at the junction of the world-famous Beidaihe and Nandaihe, with Daihe in the north and the Bohai Sea in the south. The college covers an area of 660 acres with more than 500 teaching and administrative staff and over 11,000 students.
With more than 30 honours over past years, the College is one of the top 50 international vocational colleges in the country for two consecutive years, ranking first among linguistic vocational colleges in the country and second in grammar.
Eight departments, including language, eastern language, tourism, pre-school education, elementary education, and media focus on four major professional groups: culture education, finance and foreign trade, tourism and recreation, and digital media. The college has more than 130 industry experts, professional and technical personnel, highly skilled part-time teachers, and has 15 long-term foreign experts to teach at the school. HIIBE has 131 off-campus training bases in Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei and other surrounding areas
Hebei Institute of International Business and Economics has established Confucius Institutes in the United States and Bolivia with a total more than 20,000 students. The college cooperates with more than 50 universities in the United States, Russia, Japan, Korea, Germany, France, Spain, and Egypt. It has provided training to over 20,000 college counsellors, calligraphy teachers, mental health teams and other professionals.
Located in the eastern Yunnan province in the city of Qujing, Qujing Medical College (QMC), founded in 1958, was known as Qujing Health School and adopted its present name in February 2006 with the approval of the Ministry of Education. In eight secondary teaching institutions (Schools of Clinical Medicine, Nursing, Marxism, Departments of Medical Technology, Pharmacy, Health & Wellness Management, Public Basic Courses and Basic Medicine) and three research institutes (Human Morphology and Function Research, Microorganism Research and Medical Higher Vocational Research), QMC has 55 quality engineering programs at the provincial level or above.
QMC currently has 20 specialties, including nursing, optometry technology, clinical medicine and midwifery as key specialties for 8,000 full-time and 8,000 continuing education students. Over 360 faculty members with master’s and doctorate degrees have obtained national patents, conducted over 90 various scientific research projects, and received provincial awards for teaching, science and technology and social science research. Affiliated with higher education research institutes and teaching hospitals, QMC also includes the provincial 190 Occupational Skills Appraisal Institute and the Continuing Education Centre for Qujing health sector personnel and 103 off-campus practice bases. QMC places great importance on foreign exchange and cooperation with colleges in Canada, England, Japan and Australia.
Rizhao Polytechnic (RZPT), approved by the Chinese Ministry of Education in 1998, became the first higher vocational college in Shandong Province. Currently, it has more than 1,100 teaching staff and more than 17,000 students on campus. It has 10 teaching departments, including Aquaculture Technology, Architectural Engineering, Mechanical & Electrical Engineering, General Aviation, Hyundai Auto，Electronic Information Technology，Accounting, Business, Humanity & Tourism, Innovation Design, and 51 majors covering 13 specialties. It is one of the top 30 high-level vocational colleges with Chinese characteristics, national model higher vocational college, national quality college, national model colleges in graduate employment, one of the first national pilots for modern apprenticeship, national model school for deepening innovation and entrepreneurship education reform. It is one of the top 50 colleges in terms of teaching resources, service contributions, international influence and global competitiveness among Chinese higher vocational colleges. For three consecutive years, Rizhao Polytechnic has been identified as model institution for school-enterprise cooperation in running schools in Shandong Province with two Awards of Excellence by the World Federation of Colleges and Polytechnics successively.
Adhering to the international development strategy, Rizhao Polytechnic has carried out cooperation and exchanges with 119 governmental organizations, universities and colleges, educational institutions and enterprises from 27 countries and regions. It has carried out joint programs, talent training and teacher training with universities or colleges in Germany, South Korea, Canada and other countries; established overseas branch schools in Pakistan, Cambodia and Indonesia; and enrolls international students from Ghana, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Cambodia and other “Belt and Road” countries. It also organizes international Chinese summer camp and other cultural exchange activities for students.
Shanxi Forestry Vocational Technical College
Shanxi Forestry Vocational Technical College (SFVTC) is the only forestry higher vocational college in Shanxi Province, which was formerly known as Shanxi Forestry School, founded in 1952. In the past seventy years, under the unremitting efforts of several generations of schoolfellows, SFVTC has gradually formed distinctive characteristics and advantages in running schools.
SFVTC covers an area of 175 acres and a building area of 93,661 square meters. The library has a collection of 255,300 books and 260,000 e-books. The college has 317 employees, including 184 full-time teachers, 51 associate professors (including five professors), and 127 master’s degree holders (including five doctors). In addition, there are 5,000 students at the school.
SFVTC now has forestry technology, environmental engineering technology, forestry information technology and management, forest ecological tourism, garden technology, garden engineering technology, construction engineering supervision (garden engineering supervision direction), scenic area development and management, horticultural technology, horticultural technology (flower direction), green food production and inspection, horticultural technology (urban gardening direction), economic forest cultivation and utilization, computer information management, computer network technology, logistics network application technology, accounting, marketing, investment and financial management, environmental art design, packaging planning and design, and furniture art design – 29 majors in total. The admission of the college is open to eight provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions across the country. The employment rate of graduates is similar to comparable institutions in the province.
Wuhan Institute of Shipbuilding Technology
Wuhan Institute of Shipbuilding and Technology (WIST) was founded in 1950. In 1998, it became the first full-time higher vocational school set up by the Ministry of Education. The college is located in the downtown area of Wuhan, known as the “Nine Provinces Thoroughfare”, with Yuehu Lake in the south and Hanshui River in the north. The college, built around the lake, has a unique modern style and is an ideal place for students to pursue further studies.
WIST has a strong faculty, with a team of high quality and well-structured dual-qualified teachers. Among them, 559 are full-time teachers and 239 are associate senior or above. The college has the School of Mechanical Engineering, School of Transportation Engineering, School of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, School of Economics and Management, School of Civil Engineering and Design, School of Computer Information Technology, School of Business and Trade, and the School of Non-commissioned Officers, etc.
There are two secondary colleges with 50 higher vocational majors. WIST has 20 comprehensive training bases on campus and 108 training rooms with advanced facilities and complete functions, including ship construction and engine room simulation, CNC machining, electromechanical production lines, computer network technology, air conditioning, hotel management, etc. Wuhan Institute of Shipbuilding and Technology enrols students from all over the country, and currently has more than 15,000 full-time students.
Yancheng Polytechnic College (YCPC) is a full-time public higher education institution approved by the Jiangsu Provincial People’s Government, filed by the Ministry of Education, and directly managed by the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Education. The college is located in Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province, on the east coast of China, and on the north flank of the Yangtze River Delta. With a land area of 17,000 square kilometres and a population of 8.26 million, Yancheng is endowed with the largest beach and wetland in China’s coastal area. The migratory bird sanctuaries along the Coast of Yellow Sea-Bohai Gulf of China are inscribed on the World Heritage List. There are two national nature reserves of milu deer and red-crowned cranes, and therefore, Yancheng is known as the Oriental Wetland City and the Fairyland of Milu Deer and Red-crowned Cranes.
There are more than 10 schools under the college’s direct supervision, comprising of the School of Textiles and Garment, School of Intelligent Manufacturing, School of Economics and Trade Management, School of Art and Design, School of Automotive and Transportation, School of Architectural Engineering, School of Pharmacy and Health, School of Information and Security, School of International Education, and the School of Further Education. We offer more than 50 majors in nine categories, including textile, garment, mechatronics, automobile, architecture, trade, accounting, pharmacy and design.
With more than 500 full-time teachers, over 300 part-time teachers from enterprises, over 10,000 students and more than 300 international students, the college is awarded honours like High-level Vocational College with China Characteristics of Jiangsu Province, Top 50 Higher Vocational Colleges in China with International Influences, Top 50 Higher Vocational Colleges in Asia-Pacific Region with International Influences and Advanced Group of Education for International Students in Jiangsu Province.
Yichun Vocational Technical College
Yichun Vocational Technical College was established in June 2003 with the approval of the Jiangxi provincial government. Located in Yichun City, a historical city known as the City of the Moon in western Jiangxi province, it is a public full-time regular senior college. Yichun Vocational Technical College is an exemplary vocational college with four schools (Nursing, Teacher Education, Lithium Battery New Energy, and Medicine), five departments (Information Engineering, Accounting, Economics and Management, Foreign Languages, and Arts) and three teaching sections (Basic Curriculum, Basic Medicine, and Ideological and Political Curriculum).
With joint efforts of over 800 teachers, offering 33 specialties to more than 16,000 students, the Yichun Vocational Technical College continues to win provincial and national competitions and has established relationships with educational institutions in the United States, Canada, Australia, South Korea, Malaysia, Denmark, Mexico, Japan and Taiwan.
Zhejiang College of Construction
Zhejiang College of Construction (ZCC), originating from Zhejiang Construction Industry School founded in 1958, is the only full-time public construction college in Zhejiang province. Officially established in January 2002, it was given a first-class rating by the Ministry of Education of the P.R. China in December 2006. In 2012, it was authorized as a higher vocational college and named one of the “Top 50” National Colleges of Graduate Employment by the Ministry of Education in 2015.
Located beside the beautiful Qiantang River, ZCC has five departments (Construction Engineering, Economic Management, Urban Construction Engineering, Architecture and Arts, and Humanities and Information) with 25 specialties in major fields of the construction industry; it has over 8,000 full-time students and more than 400 teachers. With over 300 off-campus training bases with established industry, the college places importance on foreign exchange and cooperation. With local and international educational institutions and industry leaders, Zhejiang College of Construction continues to be recognized for its achievements.