Higher Education…in California

Presented by: Janice Judd

Director of International Business DevelopmentUniversity of California Extension

The Session’s Agenda PART I

HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM IN CALIFORNIA

PART IIEDUCATIONAL PATHWAYS

PART IIIUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA & UC EXTENSION

PART IVMARKETING CALIFORNIAN HIGHER EDUCATION

DISCUSSION

WHY STUDY IN CALIFORNIA?

California’s economy is the fifth largest in the world

California’s economy driven by knowledge-intensive industries

–Aerospace–Agriculture–Biosciences–Computers and semiconductors–Information technology–Telecommunications–Media/entertainment

WHY STUDY IN CALIFORNIA?

Wonderful year-round climate (over 300 days of sunshine per year)

Peaceful, friendly communities

Highly-educated population

Dynamic internationally-oriented business community

Recreational attractions

Cultural opportunities

Spectacular beaches, mountains & natural scenery

CALIFORNIA’S SYSTEM OF PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION

California’s public system one of the strongest worldwide.

California has three public systems of higher education:

1. California Community College system

2. California State University system

3. University of California system.

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COMMUNITY COLLEGE

UNIVERSITY

EDUCATIONAL PATHWAYS – 1FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

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PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS

INTERNSHIP

EDUCATIONAL PATHWAYS – 2FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

OP TRAINING

EDUCATIONAL PATHWAYS – 3FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

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CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT/

BRIDGE/ DESIGN YOUR OWN

Number Statewide: 109

Degrees Offered:

1. Certificates

2. Two-year Associate of Arts (AA) degrees

Approximate Tuition Cost (Per Year): $4,000

COMMUNITY COLLEGES

THE CSU SYSTEM 4-year degrees including Bachelor of Arts (BA)

and Bachelor of Science (BS) degrees

Graduate degrees including Master’s degrees (MA) and Joint Doctoral Programs (with UC)

Number Statewide: 22

Approximate Tuition Cost (Per Year): $9,000

Admission: Top 33.3% of California high school graduating class

THE UC SYSTEM Number Statewide: 10

• Degrees Offered:• 4-year degrees• Graduate degrees including Doctor of

Philosophy (PhD) degrees• Professional degrees such as those in medicine

(MD), law (JD), and veterinary science (DVM)

Approximate Tuition Cost (Per Year): $17,000

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA• 23 Nobel Prize winners on the faculty

• 45 Nobel Prizes have been won by UC faculty since 1939

• 320 Faculty members in the prestigious National Academy of Sciences, more than any other university in the USA.

• More academic programs at the UC are ranked in the top 10 than any other private or public university in the USA

• UC libraries - largest educational library system in the world

• 1998-2001, UC campuses reported more than 2,600 inventions created with university resources.

• UC has been the nation’s leading university in the number of patents developed for the past nine consecutive years.

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

TRANSFER FROM CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES

• Fall 2002, UC campuses accepted 80% of the transfer applicants from California Community Colleges.

Total 13,627 students.• Transfer enrollments are expected to increase

to 15,300 by 2005-06. To Transfer From CCs Seehttp://www.ucop.edu/pathways/infoctr/introuc

/transfer.html

COMMUNITY COLLEGES

• Complete first two years of college coursework (your lower-division coursework)

• Then transfer to a college or university to complete your last two years (your upper-division coursework) of a degree.

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

ADMISSION TO UC

Bachelor's Degree• Send your letter to the Admissions Office

at the campus where you would like to study.

• Undergraduate application is available online

http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/undergradapp/welcome.html

MASTER’S or DOCTORAL

• Send letter to the academic department that offers the program you want one year before date you wish to enroll (Berkeley, Riverside, San Diego, or Santa Barbara)

• Send letter to the Graduate Division at Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles or Santa Cruz.

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA EXTENSION

• UC Extension is one of the world's largest providers of continuing education.

• UC Extension enrolls some 500,000 Californians in its programs each year.

• Each UC Extension offers non-credit, degree credit, professional credit, and certificate courses.

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA EXTENSION

• UC Extension offers some 17,000 different courses each year.

• University Extension is the largest provider of continuing education to students coming to the U.S. from other countries.

• Over 16,000 international students study at UC Extension programs every year

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PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS

INTERNSHIP

EDUCATIONAL PATHWAYS – 2FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

OP TRAINING

UC PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS

• Upgrade skill sets

• Advance current careers

• Develop a new career path entirely

• Highest number of UC certificate programs in IT and business management, then education and engineering

UC PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS

UC IRVINE CERTIFICATE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

• A university degree and / or substantial experience in the area related to the certificate

• TOEFL – minimum score of 197

(530 on paper based TOEFL)

• TOEIC – minimum score of 710

• Approval of the Admissions Committee

• Business Administration

• Global Operations Management

• Marketing

• Teaching English as a Foreign Language

• Oracle Database Administration with Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing

UC IRVINE ACCELERATED CERTIFICATE PROGRAM

• Project Management• Advanced Project Management• Medical Development• Clinical Trials: Medical Device and

Drug Development• Business Analyst• Embedded Systems Technologies• Many more

UCIRVINE EVENING CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS

UC IRVINE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

• Allergan• Merrill Lynch• World Trade

Center• GAP• Universal Studios

• 7-Eleven Corporation

• Sapporo USA• Saatchi & Saatchi• Young & Rubicam• Volcom

• Internships in Companies in Orange County and Los Angeles

• Companies include:

EDUCATIONAL PATHWAYS – 3FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

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CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT/

BRIDGE/ DESIGN YOUR OWN

• Engineering

• Natural Sciences

• Agriculture

• Environmental Science

• Computer Science

• Business/Management

UC DAVIS

• Social Sciences

• Law

• Medicine

• Veterinary Science

• Foreign Languages

• History

UC Davis awards Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Ph.D. Degrees in:

Bridge Program

•Enroll in on-campus classes through UC Davis Extension.

•Earn UC academic credit for the courses, and these are accepted by universities around the world.

•Can enroll in the program for one quarter, two quarters, or a full academic year.

UC DAVIS

Two Tracks to the Bridge Program

1) Students with TOEFL scores between 520/190 and 550/213 take a combination of English language courses and on-campus subject courses.

2) Students with TOEFL scores of 550/213 or higher can choose to take on-campus courses only

• Bridge students can enroll in up to 3 courses per quarter.

UC DAVIS

• University Preparation Program

• Design-Your-Own Program (DYO)

• Global Business Management

• Global Information Technology Management

• Internship

• Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages TESOL)

• Long-term Certificate and Diploma Programs

• Short-term Professional Training Programs

• Summer Session Program

UC RIVERSIDE INTERNATIONAL

EDUCATION PROGRAMS

UCRIVERSIDE DESIGN-YOUR-OWN PROGRAM

Any combination of:

•Intensive English Language classes

•University Extension classes

•UC Riverside undergraduate classes

•UC Riverside graduate classes (must have a Bachelor’s degree)

• Business and Management• Sciences• the Arts• Education • Engineering• Entertainment Studies• Humanities• UCLA Summer Sessions courses for credit

UCLA EXTENSION CERTIFICATES

For More Information…

JANICE JUDD

Director of International Business Development

University of California-Extension

P.O. Box 6050, Irvine CA 92616-6050

Tel. (949) 824-5958

Fax (949) 824-9690

E-mail: jjudd@uci.edu