Travelling to Adelaide to attend Flinders University’s graduation ceremonies reflects the high esteem in which Flinders is held by students of its courses in China, according to Professor Rosalind Murray-Harvey, co-ordinator for the Master of Education taught in Beijing.
For the first time, 14 graduates from the Master of Arts (International Relations in Economy and Trade) taught with Nankai University in Tianjin and four graduates of the Master of Education taught with Capital Normal University in Beijing are attending the on-campus ceremonies this week.
They join some 1620 graduates who will receive their degrees during the eight ceremonies.
Flinders is the only university in the world to teach four joint postgraduate courses in China.
The Master of Arts (International Relations in Economy and Trade) [MA(IRET)], the University’s longest-running course in China, commenced in 2000.
Course co-ordinator Associate Professor Curt Andressen said that the MA(IRET) was nominated as a benchmark by the Chinese Ministry of Education in 2010, effectively placing it in the top 10 of joint programs of around 700 run in China by overseas universities at the time.
The MA(IRET) was also permitted to double its intake, and as of 2012 enrols 240 students each year, who are taught in a number Chinese cities. The students attending the Flinders ceremony come from Beijing and Hangzhou.
The Masters of Education (MEd) has been taught in China since 2004 and over that time has produced 400 graduates.
Professor Murray-Harvey said the four graduates from the eighth cohort of MEd students had taken the opportunity to make their first visit to Australia with members of their families to attend the Flinders graduation.
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Flinders also holds annual graduation ceremonies in Nankai and Beijing for the graduates of its joint courses.
In addition to the four postgraduate courses run in China, Flinders offers two undergraduate degrees, in business and in digital media, with the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
The University’s alumni in China and Hong Kong currently number around 3300.
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