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There are University of Nottingham campuses in Malaysia and China. Do they teach the same stuff the students who go to the UK campus is taught?
I'm considering studying in one of these campuses.
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Original post by LilacLily
There are University of Nottingham campuses in Malaysia and China. Do they teach the same stuff the students who go to the UK campus is taught?
I'm considering studying in one of these campuses.


It depends on the course.

Not all the UK courses are taught in China and Malaysia, as they have around 8,000 students combined, compared to 34,000 in the UK; they're smaller places so have fewer courses.

Broadly speaking, most modules are the same, which means it's easy enough to just do a semester on one of the campuses then come back and everyone on your course still be on the same page content-wise.

The exams may be the same format, but different questions, simply because there may be a different module convenor for say the China campus than for the UK campus so whilst they assess the same content, each convenor comes up with their own exam paper.

Conversely, you might be taught exactly the same content and have exactly the same exam which you would take at the same time in China/Malaysia as the students in the UK. These are a bit rare though, not least because running exams in parallel between these timezones means the UK students starting their exam at 8am!

You can see the A-Z list of courses on their websites; if you select a course, then click the 'Modules' tab, you can compare the courses with the UK to see if they're the same:

Malaysia: http://www.nottingham.edu.my/Study/Undergraduate-courses/Find-an-undergraduate-course/Find-a-course.aspx
China: http://www.nottingham.edu.cn/en/admissions/a-z.aspx
UK: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/ugstudy/courses/a-zsearch.aspx
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Original post by DarkWhite
It depends on the course.

Not all the UK courses are taught in China and Malaysia, as they have around 8,000 students combined, compared to 34,000 in the UK; they're smaller places so have fewer courses.

Broadly speaking, most modules are the same, which means it's easy enough to just do a semester on one of the campuses then come back and everyone on your course still be on the same page content-wise.

The exams may be the same format, but different questions, simply because there may be a different module convenor for say the China campus than for the UK campus so whilst they assess the same content, each convenor comes up with their own exam paper.

Conversely, you might be taught exactly the same content and have exactly the same exam which you would take at the same time in China/Malaysia as the students in the UK. These are a bit rare though, not least because running exams in parallel between these timezones means the UK students starting their exam at 8am!

You can see the A-Z list of courses on their websites; if you select a course, then click the 'Modules' tab, you can compare the courses with the UK to see if they're the same:

Malaysia: http://www.nottingham.edu.my/Study/Undergraduate-courses/Find-an-undergraduate-course/Find-a-course.aspx
China: http://www.nottingham.edu.cn/en/admissions/a-z.aspx
UK: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/ugstudy/courses/a-zsearch.aspx


Thank you for the detailed reply.
It's really very helpful.
Think I shall rep you. My first ever rep :biggrin:
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Original post by LilacLily
Thank you for the detailed reply.
It's really very helpful.
Think I shall rep you. My first ever rep :biggrin:


Haha thanks.

If you need course-specific info, there should be someone in your school/department who deals with study abroad. If not, you can contact the central study abroad team - details at the bottom of http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/internationalstudents/exchanges/studyinasia.aspx :smile:

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