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 |
|---|---|---|
University Centre Colchester, Colchester Institute | A mixed-economy college offering further and higher education. The partnership covers students who commenced their studies up to and including 2019-20. | Validation 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. | Validation arrangement |
Delivers online part-time degree courses, across the UK and internationally, under the title and brand of University of Essex Online. | Validation arrangement | |
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 | |
| 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) |
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 | |
A higher education institution for the land-based sector. The partnership covers Doctoral students who commenced their studies up to and including 2016-17. | Validation arrangement |
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, 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 |
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 |
Laksamana College of Business, Brunei (Partnership under development for implementation from February 2023) | 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 |
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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 | |
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 |
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 |
Link agreements
Our University has in place a number of link agreements 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 link agreements 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 |
To check which other institutions we currently have link agreements with please contact the Marketing and Student Recruitment Team at linkagreements@essex.ac.uk.
