The atrium library of a Chinese partner university
Area 01 · University Partnerships · 院校合作

Partnerships that outlast the signing ceremony.

We help British and international universities find the right Chinese partners — and stay involved from first contact, through approval, into operations.

Concrete work, at every stage of a partnership.

01

Introductions

We identify suitable Chinese institutions for your university’s subject strengths and ambitions, make the first approach, and open the conversation in both languages.

02

Visits

We organise and host delegations in China — and invite all partners to look around and visit Chinese facilities in person before any commitment is made.

03

Communication between institutions

We keep dialogue moving between registrars, deans and international offices — translating not just language, but expectations, timescales and academic culture.

04

Support through approval

Transnational education in China requires regulatory approval. We support partners through documentation, submission and the questions that arise along the way.

05

Practical coordination

Once a programme is running, we remain involved — managing logistical challenges and providing the cultural bridgework that keeps operations smooth.

University of Portsmouth progression programme board at Henan University of Engineering
Portsmouth programme · HenanTNE
Main avenue of a Chinese partner university campus
Partner campus · HenanVISITS
Visitors touring a partner university library
Campus tour · LibraryVISITS

Selected partnerships & engagements.

A working directory of institutions we have helped bring together, host or support. Full entries are currently being finalised with partner institutions ahead of launch.

01 University of Portsmouth朴茨茅斯大学 Progression routes and a 12-day UK study experience with Henan University of Engineering 河南工程学院 — from first contact to enrolment. TNE · Progression
02 University of Oxford · St Anne’s College牛津大学圣安妮学院 Alumni and institutional engagement in Shanghai — receptions, network building and visiting delegations. Engagement
03 Anyang University · 安阳学院 Visiting experts and cultural exchange centred on Anyang’s oracle-bone heritage 甲骨文 — exhibitions, teaching and campus programmes. Exchange · Experts
04 Further entries in preparation更多合作 · 整理中 Additional TNE and exchange partnerships are being documented and fact-checked with the institutions involved. Forthcoming

Cultural bridgework is the real work.

Approvals and agreements matter — but partnerships endure because people understand each other. We spend as much time around dinner tables and in museum halls as we do in meeting rooms.

A visiting expert examines a wall of oracle-bone script
Oracle-bone script · AnyangCULTURE
Colleagues examining oracle-bone artwork at an exhibition
Exhibition visit · AnyangCULTURE
Oxford and St Anne's College banners at a Shanghai evening event
Oxford & St Anne’s · ShanghaiNETWORK

Discuss a partnership · 洽谈合作