Global education services provider Navitas Ltd (NVT) is pleased to announce the execution of an educational affiliation agreement for its fourth College in the United States. The five year agreement, for the establishment of the University of Massachusetts Boston Pathways Program, with the University of Massachusetts Boston, is the third partnership with universities in the University of Massachusetts system which educates over 60,000 students and confers nearly 11,000 degrees annually on its five university campuses. The Navitas College at UMass Boston will open in September 2010 and will complement the recently announced Navitas undergraduate pathway and pre-masters programs at the University of Massachusetts Lowell and the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, also set to open in September 2010.
“A third partnership with such a highly regarded academic institution will consolidate Navitas’ entrance into the United States tertiary education sector, and further strengthen our links in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the university system,” Mr Jones said. “UMass Boston has a rich history and has developed into an innovative and enterprising educational institution with an international reputation for academic excellence and student support.”
UMass Boston is nationally recognised as a model of excellence for urban universities with more than 14,000 students and over 150 academic programs. Under the agreement Navitas will have access to the university’s teaching and other facilities, as well as accommodation and administration facilities at the campus. Mr Jones said the strength of relationship with the three universities in the UMass System highlighted the robust nature of Navitas’ US strategy and was further evidence of the global pathway programs which have been successfully implemented in Australia, the United Kingdom, Singapore and Canada.
Navitas is a diversified global education provider that offers an extensive range of educational services for students and professionals including university programs, language training, workforce education and student recruitment. Navitas is an industry leader in pre-university and university pathway programs. It offers university programs from colleges in Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Africa. The University of Massachusetts has been providing high quality educational opportunities for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts residents and for students and faculty from all over the world for more than 140 years.
