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Transnational education (TNE) partnerships
We are excited to be working on a range of transnational education (TNE) partnerships with universities around the world.
Most of these partnerships involve formal credit transfer agreements, which allow students who meet certain academic standards to have their study credits recognised and transferred into specific programmes at the University of Auckland.
You’ll have access to world-class education, awarded educators and a global learning experience, all starting in your home country. Transnational education is a new way to study that allows you to stay connected to your home country while learning with the University of Auckland.
You’ll have access to world-class education, awarded educators and a global learning experience, all starting in your home country. Transnational education is a new way to study that allows you to stay connected to your home country while learning with the University of Auckland.
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What is transnational education?
Transnational education, or TNE, is a flexible way to earn two qualifications in less time, with all the benefits of an international education. It allows you to complete part of your studies with one of our partner universities near you, and part of your studies with the University of Auckland – while earning a qualification from both.
How does TNE benefit you?
Earn dual qualifications
By completing study through the pathway designed for our TNE students, you can earn two internationally recognised qualifications from two top institutions.
Complete your studies sooner
Credit agreements between institutions allow you to complete two qualifications in around half the time you would normally expect if you were studying them separately.
Study with the flexibility you need
There are options to study in your home country and then transfer to Auckland.
Stay connected to home
You can start learning with a top global university without leaving your home country straight away.
Start building your global network
Connect with students and staff from around the world, either online or on campus if you finish your degree with us in Auckland.
Save on international student costs
By completing study through the pathway designed for our TNE students, you can earn two internationally recognised qualifications from two top institutions.
How does transnational education work?
In a TNE programme, you begin your studies at your home university and then transfer to the University of Auckland to finish your degree.
Our special credit agreements with leading universities and institutions across the world mean the courses you complete at either institution are recognised by both.
This means you can easily build on what you’ve done when you move between institutions, fast-tracking your studies and earning two qualifications – one from your home institution and one from the University of Auckland.
Our special credit agreements with leading universities and institutions across the world mean the courses you complete at either institution are recognised by both.
This means you can easily build on what you’ve done when you move between institutions, fast-tracking your studies and earning two qualifications – one from your home institution and one from the University of Auckland.
Our TNE programmes
Dual bachelors degrees
Graduate with bachelors degrees from both your home university and the University of Auckland.
Dual masters degrees
Graduate with masters degrees from both your home university and the University of Auckland.
Postgraduate articulation (bachelors to masters)
Graduate with a bachelors degree from your home university and a masters degree from the University of Auckland.
Dual PhDs
Graduate with doctoral degrees from both your home university and the University of Auckland.
Our partner institutions across the world
We offer TNE programmes in collaboration with the following top universities and education institutions in these locations:
Beijing Dance Academy
Beijing Institute of Technology
Beijing Normal University
Beijing Sport University
China University of Geosciences Beijing
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
Hohai University
Hunan University
Jinan University
Northeastern University
Northeast Forestry University
Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute
Shanghai Normal University
Shanghai Ocean University
South China Normal University
Southwest University
Wuhan University
Wuhan University of Technology
Xiamen University
Zhuhai College of Science and Technology
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
IIT Kharagpur
Manipal Academy of Higher Education
O. P. Jindal Global Institution of Eminence
UPES
INTEC Education College
Kolej Yayasan Saad International College
SEGi College (Subang Jaya)
Taylor's University
Singapore Polytechnic
University of Taipei
Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HCMUT)
Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HUTECH)
University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City
Van Lang University
TNE student success stories
Zhanjie Gan
Zhanjie began his undergraduate studies in China at the Zhuhai College of Science and Technology, and after two years transferred to the University of Auckland under our TNE Dual Bachelors programme.
Eva Li (Yutong)
Eva joined the University of Auckland through the postgraduate articulation programme with Aulin College, the Joint College established by the University of Auckland and Northeast Forestry University (NEFU) of China. Having completed three years of undergraduate study at NEFU, she is currently pursuing a Master of Science in Biological Sciences at the University of Auckland.
Zhen Zhang
Zhen transferred to the University of Auckland after completing three years of undergraduate study at the Northeast Forestry University in China under a Transnational Education (TNE) programme. Pursuing a major in Chemistry, Zhen finds the programme very engaging.
Zhibo Xing
Through a transnational partnership, Zhibo is completing a dual PhD programme with the University of Auckland and Beijing Institute of Technology in his home of China.
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