NEW AMERICAN INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION TO OPEN IN MAURITIUS
Port Louis, Mauritius, September 29, 2016 – In partnership with American universities, a new higher education institution, The American Campus, will begin classes in January 2017 in Ebene, Cybercity, Mauritius.
Headed by a group of U.S. educators and administrators with vast and varied experience in higher education in the U.S. and around the globe, The American Campus will offer a certificate of English as a Second Language (ESL) in partnership with Sacred Heart University, located in Connecticut, USA. Bachelor degrees in Agribusiness and International Agribusiness, in partnership with Utah State University in Utah, USA, will begin before May 2017.
Students enrolled at The American Campus will study the same curriculum as students attending US university partners, allowing for intellectual exchanges with students from around the globe and access to library resources, alumni networks, and graduate education opportunities.
“I’m a firm believer that the best thing we can do for developing areas of the world is to give people access to education in programs that prepare people to work,” Spalding Jugganaikloo, a native Mauritian and the president and founder of The American Campus, said. “Education brings economic development, peace and long-term opportunities. Our goal is to train future business and political leaders in the region.”
Jugganaikloo said although there are other universities in Mauritius, many people leave their homes to attend schools in the United States and Europe and then tend to stay there for employment. His goal has long been to make education accessible in Mauritius for the people there and from other Sub-Saharan African countries.
“We are very excited to be partnered with TAC in its genesis,” Carrie Wojenski, interim director of the English Language Institute at Sacred Heart University, stated. “Our ESL collaboration provides SHU and TAC students an enriching opportunity to connect in the classroom, learn from one another and engage in meaningful exchange.”
Tuition costs for the ESL program will be approximately $4,900 (Rs 173,558) for one year of instruction, and tuition costs for the bachelor degrees will be approximately $6,600 (Rs 233,772) per year, a substantial savings over tuition costs in the United States at equivalent universities.
For media inquiries, please contact Kristin Dahlin at kristin@tacampus.us