Through the partnership agreement between San Francisco State University and Oxford International Education Group, the new International Year One University Pathway Program is set to support international students by providing them with a chance to take first-year academy credit classes at the university while improving their English language skills.
Upon completing the pathway program, international students will enroll in an undergraduate degree program at SFSU.
Key Takeaways:
- The International Year One University Pathway Program aims to support international students in taking first-year academic credit classes while improving their English skills.
- The pathway program will be delivered through the renewed collaboration between San Francisco State University and Oxford International Education Group.
- The program and admissions will be publicized with a launch campaign in the fall of 2021.
The International Year One University Pathway Program will be delivered through the renewed collaboration between the two institutions. The program and admissions will be launched in the fall.
Oxford International, an accredited private education provider that offers academic English courses at schools in the UK and North America, also offers routes to higher education through university pathway programs in partnership with universities like SFSU.
In fact, the new pathway program will expand its existing locations from the UK and Europe to the United States.
According to Oxford International’s chief executive officer Lil Bremermann-Richard, their new collaboration with SFSU marks the beginning of more months of work to bring opportunities closer to students and a global partner network.
Since SFSU is ideally situated in the heart of San Francisco, California, students have access to a wide range of opportunities in terms of academic education and their future career trajectories as global citizens.
More than 27,000 students are currently attending the university, including international students from hundreds of countries.
For Alex Hwu, dean of SF State’s College of Extended Learning, their collaboration with OIEG crafted a student-centred program that aims to provide greater access for international students to experience an SF State education and total campus diversity.
The two institutions are looking forward to extending their support to international students and the student community at SF State.
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