Sino-British College

Sino-British College

Type	Public
Established	1 September 2006
Principal	Prof Laura Bishop
Academic staff	80
Students	1450
Location	Shanghai , China
Campus	Urban
Website	www.sbc.usst.edu.cn

The Sino-British College (SBC) is an international university college in Shanghai, China, jointly established in 2006 by the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology (USST), and nine British universities: The University of Bradford, The University of Huddersfield, The University of Leeds, Leeds Metropolitan University, Liverpool John Moores University, Manchester Metropolitan University, The University of Salford, The University of Sheffield, and Sheffield Hallam University.

Programmes

The 9 British universities are founding members of NCUK and NCUK foundation qualifications are taught and assessed at the college by SBC academic staff. British degrees from 3 NCUK universities are also delivered at the college, with students taught and assessed by SBC and the partner universities' academic staff. Eligible students may be enrolled on dual degrees programmes, being awarded bachelors degrees from both the British partner and USST on successful completion of a 4 year programme .

History

SBC occupies an historic campus in the former French concession at the heart of the city of Shanghai. Originally established as a German medical school in 1907, later including engineering , the site was transferred to the control of the Chinese and French governments by the Treaty of Versailles becoming an institute for business education .

Organisation

The college is organised into 3 schools, School of Business and Management, School of Engineering and Computing and School of Languages, Education and Cultures

Accreditation

SBC is an advanced signatory of the United Nations Global Compact's Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) .

External links

• www.sbc.usst.edu.cn