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OTHER POPULAR DESTINATIONS
Applications to Canada, Australia, Hong Kong
and Singapore offer an increasingly attractive
alternative to the typical US or European
destinations. Applications are often very
straightforward, only requiring one online
application supported by a transcript from
Wellington College. However, pupils should
research their options thoroughly to ensure that
they meet the relevant requirements.
HONG KONG AND
SINGAPORE
Both Hong Kong and Singapore are home
to very well-known universities that can
increasingly compete with the best higher
education institutions from around the world.
These include: Hong Kong University, Hong
Kong University of Science and Technology, the
Chinese University of Hong Kong, the National
University of Singapore, Singapore Management
University and the National Technical University.
Singapore is also now the home of Yale-NUS,
Asia’s first liberal arts college based on the US
model.
However, applications to Hong Kong and
Singapore do follow different processes.
Applications to Hong Kong are similar to those
for UK universities, requiring an academically
focused personal statement. Applications
to Singapore, on the other hand, reflect the
American approach and pupils will need to write
college essays and include SAT scores if they are
not a Singapore passport holder.
CANADA AND
AUSTRALIA
Canada has three world-class universities:
British Columbia (UBC) based in Vancouver,
Toronto (UT) and McGill, based in Montreal.
All Canadian universities are public universities,
similar to the UK model, and, therefore, high
standards are guaranteed. The Ontario state
system allows a group application to UT and
other universities in that state and is therefore
an efficient way to apply to several well-known
Canadian universities at once.
The best-known Australian universities belong
to the Group of Eight and they include: Sydney,
New South Wales, Melbourne, Monash and
the Australian National University (ANU) in
Canberra. These are the only applications
that can be made at the end of year 13. Most
applicants will wait until they receive their
IB results in July and then apply in August or
September for the following February semester.
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CHINA
In addition to highly ranked Chinese universities
such as Peking and Tsinghua, there is a growing
trend for UK and US universities to set up
campuses in China. NYU Shanghai is now
established in Century Avenue and its intake
is 50% international. NYU now has three
campuses (New York, Dubai and Shanghai)
and pupils rank campuses on their application
in order of preference. Pupils are expected
to spend at least one semester in a partner
campus.
Duke University has opened an undergraduate
campus in Kunshan and aims to offer a wide
range of degree options. Nottingham University
has a campus in Ningbo, Liverpool has a joint
campus with Jiao Tong University in Suzhou and
Sino British College in Puxi has links with a range
of northern UK universities, including Sheffield
and Leeds. All of these links offer pupils the
opportunity to study partly in China and partly
in the UK.