BOSTON, Sept. 7, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- EC Higher Education recently entered into an official International Pathway Program (IPP) agreement with the highly-respected University of Hartford (UHart), a top 200 US college with a sixty-year track record of academic excellence.
A subdivision of Maltese-owned EC, EC Higher Education is fully-committed and equipped to help its partner institutions establish and strengthen their international profile across all key student source markets, using its extensive resources, experience, and strong network of recruitment partners based in-country throughout the world. Commenting on EC's latest achievement, Executive Chairman Andrew Mangion said:
EC's official partnership with the highly-respected University of Hartford highlights the solid strides we're making in the Higher Education sphere, and promises to be an exciting new collaboration for both parties. I'm confident that by tapping into EC's experience in international recruitment and education, as well as our extensive network of in-market agents, the University of Hartford can achieve its goals and continue to move forward as a truly multicultural institution of learning.
EC and the University of Hartford will be collaborating on the establishment of International Pathway Programs launching for Fall 2018 intake, Dr. Alex Parnia President of EC Higher Education, remarked:
We are elated to partner with the University of Hartford to bring international students from across the globe to their beautiful campus and expand on their efforts of creating a diverse and culturally attuned student body.
This new partnership will not only expand the university's support for its first-year international students on an academic level, but socially and culturally too, with the aim of facilitating smoother integration into the wider student community. Dr. Guy C. Colarulli, Senior Associate Provost at the university, commented that:
The University of Hartford currently welcomes students from 48 states and 63 countries each year. Through our new partnership with EC Higher Education, we're looking forward to further diversifying our student body and helping our international applicants reach their academic goals while being able to integrate more smoothly into life on campus, resulting in an even better overall experience here at Hartford.
The University of Hartford is ranked 188th by the US News and World Report, with its Engineering school ranked 69th best in the country. Through this alliance, international students will be able to enroll in full-time degree courses at the university upon completion of the IPP, if all other admission requirements are met.
ABOUT EC:
EC Higher Education is based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, and is a sub-division of EC. EC Higher Education partners with American universities in order to strengthen their international profiles across key student markets, delivering an intensive academic program designed to meet the linguistic, academic, and cultural standards required for admission into our partner universities
Established in 1991 with its first school in Malta, EC operates with 24 centers in major English-speaking destinations, including London Euston; Times Square, New York; and South Beach, Miami. The Maltese-owned language school chain specializes in English language teaching, with French taught exclusively at EC Montreal.
For more information visit: www.echigher.com/university-of-hartford
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SOURCE EC Higher Education
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