Could building campuses offshore be the future for Australia's universities?

By Kelsey Munro
Updated August 22 2016 - 12:13pm, first published July 24 2016 - 12:15am
University of Wollongong in Dubai enrolments have surged by 41 per cent in the past five years.  Photo: Supplied
University of Wollongong in Dubai enrolments have surged by 41 per cent in the past five years. Photo: Supplied
Students at University of Wollongong in Dubai, which is billed as one of the United Arab Emirates' oldest and most prestigious universities.  Photo: Supplied
Students at University of Wollongong in Dubai, which is billed as one of the United Arab Emirates' oldest and most prestigious universities. Photo: Supplied
 More than half of the study at the university's overseas study at overseas locations.
 Photo: Andy Zakeli
More than half of the study at the university's overseas study at overseas locations. Photo: Andy Zakeli

At Wollongong University's booming Dubai campus, thousands of students from scores of countries are studying – in English – for undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in business, finance, IT, engineering and media. Operating as an accredited university for just 16 years, UOWD is billed as one of the United Arab Emirates' "oldest and most prestigious universities" – a small sign of the pace of change in the area of transnational education – and of the market value of an Australian degree.

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