Our partner institutions


We have partnerships with institutions in the UK and internationally. We offer several arrangement types and our current partnerships include validation, joint awards, dual degrees and franchise arrangements.

UK academic partnerships


Institution

Description

Type of arrangement

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT) An NHS Foundation trust providing community health, mental health and learning disability services across Bedfordshire, Essex and Suffolk. The trust offers apprenticeship for healthcare practitioners, with the University of Essex validating their MSc Clinical Associate in Psychology (CAP) Degree. Apprenticeship and their FdSc Assistant Practitioner Degree Apprenticeship.

Validation arrangement
Masters Degree Apprenticeship

Kaplan Open Learning

Delivers online part-time degree courses, across the UK and internationally, under the title and brand of University of Essex Online.

Validation arrangement
Foundation, Honours and Masters courses

Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust

An NHS Foundation Trust providing specialist mental health care. The Trust offers University of Essex validated courses at PGT and PGR level from their main site in London and also from their alternative and associate sites across the UK and in Italy.

Validation arrangement
Masters and Doctoral courses

University of Essex International College (UEIC) UEIC is operated by Kaplan International Pathways, a private provider which delivers pre-degree and pre-sessional English courses under the title and brand of University of Essex International College. Students who successfully complete a UEIC course are guaranteed to progress to a University of Essex Bachelors or Masters course. Articulation Arrangement (Foundation, International Year One, Pre-Masters and Pre-sessional English courses)

University of Suffolk

A joint venture between University of Essex and University of East Anglia, with graduating students receiving a joint award from both Universities. The partnership covers Doctoral students who commenced their studies prior to 2016-17. 

Jointly validated
Foundation, Honours, Masters and Doctoral* courses

*All research degrees are awarded by either University of Essex or University of East Anglia.

 Voice Study Centre

Voice Study Centre (VSC) is a private, limited company, offering fully online provision.  The partnership provides provision for a full-time (12 month) and a part-time (24 month) variant of the MA Voice Pedagogy.

Validation arrangement
Masters Degree (from October 2024 onwards)

International academic partnerships

 

Institution

Description 

Type of arrangement

Aegean Omiros College, Greece Aegean Omiros College (AOC) is a Greek government licensed college with sites in Athens, Piraeus and Larissa. AOC offers undergraduate and postgraduate masters’ degrees plus PhD in Psychology, predominantly in Greek with a small number being taught in English, under validation from the University of Essex.  Validation arrangement Honours and Masters courses
Chulalongkorn University, Thailand Chulalongkorn University,  established in 1917, was Thailand’s first institution for higher education learning. The partnership with Chulalongkorn provides students the opportunity to receive a double degree from both the University of Essex and Chulalongkorn University.

Double award
Department of Government

Kaplan Singapore, Singapore

Kaplan Singapore is a subsidiary within Kaplan Inc. Kaplan Singapore delivers courses under a franchise arrangement with the University of Essex, delivering degree courses in Singapore on behalf of the University of Essex.

Franchise arrangement
Honours courses

Laksamana College of Business, Brunei

Laksamana College of Business (LCB) is a private college which is accredited by the Brunei Darussalam National Accreditation Council (BDNAC) and is the joint subsidiary of Kensington College of Business and Abdul Razak Holdings in Brunei. LCB is regarded as one of the leading higher education institutions in Brunei. 

Franchise arrangement
LLB Law (Level 4 and 5) with progression to the University of Essex for either level 5 or level 6 of the course
Essex Law School

Articulation arrangement
KCB University Foundation Course in Law onto year one of the LLB Law at either Laksamana College of Business or the University of Essex

Validations

Common Year One plus BA Accounting and Finance, BA Business Management and BA Marketing / BA International Tourism Management / BSc Computer Science

MBM (from January 2025 onwards)

Northwest University, China

Northwest University (NWU) located in Xi’an, China, has 3 campuses and 22
schools and departments, and a graduate school. The jointly developed double degree programme is based on an existing University of Essex programme.

Double Degree
School of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering

Portobello Institute, Ireland Portobello Institute is a Dublin-based private and commercial provider of further education and training. The partnership between Portobello Institute and the University of Essex provides an opportunity to develop a strong offering for both Undergraduate and Postgraduate studies within the Irish Higher Education sector.

Validation arrangement
Honours and Masters courses

Université Côte d'Azur, France  Since 2020, Université Côte d'Azur has been officially recognized as an experimental university. They delivers a wide range of programmes and includes 17 major academic establishments around the historic university core to create one of France's top 10 research-intensive universities. Double Degree
LLB English and French Laws (Licence)
Essex Law School

Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3, Lyon, France

Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3 is located in the centre of Lyon, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the second largest university town in France, offers a learning and research space focused on the humanities and social sciences, and develops interdisciplinary research linked to major social issues.

Double Degree
LLB English and French Laws (Licence)
Essex Law School

Université Paris Nanterre, France

University Paris Nanterre is a member of an Association of Higher Education and Research Institutions known as Université Paris Lumières, and is one of the leading educational and research bodies in France in the field of social and human sciences. 

Double Degree
LLB English and French Laws (Licence)
Essex Law School

Université Toulouse 1 Capitole, France

Université de Toulouse 1 Capitole is a university of law, economics and management that favours international networks to promote scientific collaboration, exchanges of students and teacher-researchers.

Double Degree
LLB English and French Laws (Licence)
Essex Law School

Beaconhouse International College, Pakistan  The academic partnership primarily focuses on the franchise of specific undergraduate and postgraduate taught courses.

Franchise
Essex Law School - LLB Law
Essex Law School - LLM International Commercial Law
Essex Business School - Master of Business Management – MBM
Essex Business School - BBA Business Administration
Essex Business School - BSc Accounting and Finance
School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering - BSc Artificial Intelligence, including Foundation Year
Department of Mathematical Sciences – MSc Applied Data Science
(from October 2024 onwards)

University Transfer Programmes

Our University has in place a number of University Transfer Programmes that support the admission of students to study with us. All agreements specify that applications are assessed on an individual basis and students must meet the academic and English language entry requirements for the course. Some of the University Transfer Programmes are Dual Award arrangements as follows:

Institution

Type of Arrangement

Universität Konstanz, Germany Dual Degree
Department of Economics
Department of Government
Kobe University, Japan

Dual Degree
Department of Economics
Department of Government

Lingnan University, Hong Kong Dual Degree
Essex Business School
Department of Government
University of Bamberg, Germany  Dual Degree
Department of Government

To check which other institutions we currently have transfer programmes with please contact the Marketing and Student Recruitment Team at linkagreements@essex.ac.uk.

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