BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY TIES WITH HORIZON CAMPUS TO OFFER POSTGRADUATE AND TOP-UP DEGREES IN SRI LANKA

Birmingham City University, a recognised, award winning University in the UK has recently partnered with Horizon Campus to deliver on Postgraduate as well as Undergraduate Top- up programmes in the fields of Law, quantity Surveying, Business Administration and cyber Security. Programmes are due commence in the latter of September 2020.

WHO IS BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY?

Birmingham City University (BCU) was Initially established as the Birmingham College of Art with roots dating back to 1843 and was designated as a polytechnic in 1971 and gained university status in 1992. The university has three main campuses serving four faculties, and offers courses in art and design, business, the built environment, computing, education, engineering, English, healthcare, law, the performing arts, social sciences, and technology. A £125 million extension to its campus in the city centre of Birmingham, part of the Eastside development of a new technology and learning quarter, is opening in two stages, with the first phase having opened in 2013. It is the second largest of five universities in the city, the other four being Aston University, University of Birmingham, University College Birmingham, and Newman University. Roughly half of the university’s full-time students are from the West Midlands, and a large percentage of these are from ethnic minorities. The university runs access and foundation programmes through an international network of associated universities and further education colleges, and has the highest intake of foreign students in the Birmingham area.

WHY CHOOSE BCU?

One may ask why choose BCU? The University boasts a well recognised tutorial staff with recognition around the world for their excellent industry connections and research impact. Leading educationist such as Prof.David Wilson, an Emminent criminologist, who law students would immediately recognise, sits as a faculty staff of the School of Law. Likewise other leading academics in the chosen fields are recruited by the University to deliver on the respective programmes of study.

Furthermore, The University also boasts of leading Professional accreditations across the courses of study. Accreditations act as endorsements, making you more desirable to employers; they can also give you exemptions in your further study.

Professional bodies accrediting our courses include:

ACCA ( Association of Char t e red Cer t i f i e d Accountants)

BPS (British Psychological

Society)

CIPD ( Chartered Institute of Pe r s o n n e l and Development)

HCPC ( Health and Care Professions Council)

CIMA (Chartered Institute of Management Accountants)

CIM (Chartered Institute of Marketing)

RIBA ( Royal Institute of British Architects) Furthermore, according to latest research undertaken it clearly notes that 94.3% of undergraduate students are in employment or further study within six months of graduating from the Birmingham City University.

PROGRAMMES AND DELIVERY

It is with such credentials that Horizon Campus has partnered with BCU to deliver the following programmes of study to the local market. LL.M in International Human Rights

Bsc Cyber Security (Hons) (Top-up) BA Business administration(Hons) (Top-Up)

Bsc Quantity Surveying(Hons) (Top-Up) ll programmes on offer will be for 1 year duration with the LLM. In International Human Rights being the highest ranked British LL.M programme to be delivered in Sri Lanka, in the specialised field of Human Rights. The lecture panels will consist of recognised personalities from the industry and professions. The programmes are to be delivered on weekends, with the intention of making it comfortable and practical for working adults to attend classes, while continuing with their professions.

ABOUT HORIZON CAMPUS

Horizon Campus is a Ministry of Higher Education Approved (MoHE) higher education institution having been granted the right to award its own degree programmes. It is also a founder member of the Sri Lanka Association of Non-State Higher educat i o n Institutions (SLANSHEI), which was formed in the year 2016. Furthermore, Horizon is also only 1 of 3 NonState Higher education Institutions to have membership in the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) in Sri Lanka. Horizon has also been granted membership by the APQN & INQAAHE, which are International Quality Assurance agencies, thus validating the attention to quality education, that Horizon Campus has strived to achieve over the past 8 years.

For inquiries on the Degree Programmes and Registration, Call Jayomi on 0713 531 531 or Thilina on 0716 613 613 or 0114 365 555. You could also visit us at No. 482/B, Suhada Mawatha, Millenium Drive, Chandrika Kumaranathunga Mawatha,

Malabe.