U21Global: Premier Online Graduate Education

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Benefits of the online Graduate Programs from U21Global.
U21Global is an online graduate school established by Universitas 21,
21, an international network
of world-renowned universities from across the globe.

Affiliated universities include:

North America:
University of Virginia Tecnologico De Monterrey
Europe:
University of Birmingham University of Glasgow
Lund University University of Edinburgh
University of Nottingham University College Dublin
Asia Pacific:
Fudan University University of Hong Kong
National University of Singapore Korea University
Shangai Jiao Tong University Waseda University
University of Delhi
Australia & New Zealand:
Zealand:
University of Queensland University of Melbourne

Faculty
Faculty profiles

• PhDs from top business schools across the globe.

• Average 17 years of experience, including teaching at Master’s level
• Record of corporate engagements and consultancy
• Subject matter experts
• Highly published in journals, articles and books
• Approved by the affiliate universities

Accreditation

• Accreditation by the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD EFMD)

EFMD
and has been awarded TeChnology Enhanced Learning (CEL CEL).
CEL
• International member status with AACSB.
AACSB
• Approved by U21pedagogica;
U21pedagogica the independent quality assurance body formed by the
affiliate universities.
• Highly interactive, learner-centered material that observes the highest international
standards of eLearning. These include the Advanced Distributed Learning (ADLADL),
ADL
Web Accessibility Initiative (W3C
W3C),
W3C and the IMS.
IMS
• Prominently listed in the Financial Times, UK - Top Distance Education Programmes.

U21Global pedagogy

• Faculty-led, student centred

• Interactive online course material supported by textbooks, case studies and
interactive exercises.
• Asynchronous discussions: problem-based learning through extensive use of Harvard
Business School case studies and group projects
• Students are continually placed in the roles of decision-makers, auditors, and/or
consultants
• Authentic assessment models in place to evaluate students
• Strong and effective student support mechanisms

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Why study online?
online?

The Learning Pyramid

Below you will find a schematic representation of a recent study done by the National Training
Libraries in Maine, USA. The illustration explains the current effectiveness and retention rate of
learning and teaching techniques recorded through training studies done in corporate companies
as well as in academic arenas.

Most universities use traditional face-to-face lecturing. Embracing the e-learning methodology
and approach, U21Global’s programs engage students in three critical areas for success
including: “Discussion Group’, “Practice by doing” and “Coach others” as shown below.

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The Learning Pyramid

Average
Retention Rate
Lecture 5%
Reading 10%
Audiovisual 20%
Demonstration 30%
Discussion group 50%
Practice by doing 75%
Coach others 90%

Ref: National Training Laboratories, Bethel, Maine, USA © U21Global 2006

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The U21Global Advantage

1. Access: Available for all

 No geographical boundaries
 Colleagues from different locations working together in classes, without leaving
their country of work
2. Time saving approach to education
 Study in your own time
 Unproductive time wastage due to travel is eliminated
 Students get to study outside work hours, and get the opportunity to apply their
learning to the workplace
3. Flexibility
 Anytime/Anywhere model maximises flexibility for working executives
 Study at times convenient to you
4. Interaction and discussion
 Classroom discussions with cohorts and peers
 One to one discussions and consultations with faculty
 Close coordination with student support facilities
5. Access to high quality faculty
 Global faculty – well qualified and experienced
 Ability to draw from the international community
 International faculty with extensive industry knowledge
 Experts in discipline areas
6. Student centred learning
 Faculty facilitated
 Students learn by doing
 Problem based
7. On demand student and technical support
 Student support on demand
 Student centric – not public service driven
 Technical support 24x7
8. On-line research material and library
 Available for work and study
 Available on demand
 Wide selection of up to date research
9. Diverse student body
 Broad Industry diversity
 Broad Multi-cultural diversity
 Broad management experience diversity
10. Faculty responsiveness and student access to faculty
 Accessible faculty readily available
11. Authentic assessment:
 Real world applications
 Can be adapted to corporate requirements in dedicated programs
 Assessments which are relevant and authentic to students and corporate
companies
12. Cost:
 Cost effective when compared to campus based programs
 No travel, accommodation and incidental costs
 No opportunity costs of students being away from the office

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Corporate Partnerships

Companies all over the world select U21Global as their preferred partner for their corporate
training requirements. They recognize the value of enrolling their employees in a program that is
of top quality while still allowing them to work and study concurrently through a flexible, user
friendly, online method of pedagogy. These companies also know that U21Global graduates are
perfectly trained and ready for the industries that they excel in.

Below is a sample of the companies that sponsor their employees to study at U21Global.

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What our Corporate Partners Say
“The Aditya Birla Group believes in creating an organisational ambience where talent
can bloom. To do so, we strive to make the workplace a source of creativity,
innovation and one that makes work meaningful. We want our executives to earn
while they learn. We are a global corporation with a global vision for each of our
businesses and the offerings by U21Global will provide an opportunity for our
executives to learn in a global business education environment.”

Dr. Santrupt Misra

Director HR and IT
Aditya Birla Group

“There are few online programs that are as successful as U21Global. It is very relevant
to the type of education we want to provide for our associates. It has the right
credentials and an excellent mix of academics and curriculum. We appreciate the
friendly staff, who always answers all our inquiries.”

Mr. Virender Aggarwal

Director and Senior Vice President
Satyam Computer Services

“Companies are seeing the value of using online learning for their employees…
students can do their courses without neglecting their jobs and family commitments.
Employers are assured that their employees will not have to take excessive time off
work to complete their studies. It motivates them to invest in the career growth of their
employees.”

Mr. Lim Chin Hu

President and CEO
Frontline Technologies

"We are pleased to partner with U21Global. The U21Global online approach can be
an enabling factor due to the high degree of interaction and flexibility its courses
offer. Our intention is to provide a higher education benefit to a large number of our
high performers and develop them into operations/business managers at various
functional levels in the organization."

Dr. Vijayan Immanuel

Head – Training & Employee Higher Education, Talent Transformation & Intrapreneurship
Development
HCL Technologies Ltd.

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What our Affiliate Universities Say
"Students on the U21Global programme can get access to libraries, course materials,
discussion boards and chat rooms to network with other students around the world at
any time, while there is 24/7 access to support services? Something that even the best
funded campus universities cannot provide. Currently, we have about 1600 students
at U21Global from around 55 different countries, so students may find themselves
working with another student from, let's say - the Middle East, one from India, one
from China, one from Singapore, exactly what you want to develop - cross cultural
sensitivities in today's global world."
"The London Business School has recently produced a survey of the objectives of an
MBA programme. Two of those objectives are that students should have a greater
global outlook in life, of course this being one of the things that U21Global programs
are very strong at. The second one is that students should come out of an MBA
program able to work well in teams. You will see from U21Global programmes that
there is a lot of concentration on team work. Students work in teams for projects, they
are interacting with each other all the time, and it's an ideal opportunity to develop
the teamwork, leadership and communicative skills that are necessary in that
environment."
Professor John Spinks
Senior Advisor to the Vice-Chancellor
University of Hong Kong

"The world's best universities continually produce the best crop of curriculum.
Borderless learning is indisputably the way forward. Indeed, we are honoured to
partner U21Global in this new path-defining eLearning challenge that we have taken
on in affiliation with many of the world's best universities."
Professor Shih Choon Fong
President
National University of Singapore

"U21Global has stringent quality assurance mechanisms. Universitas 21 has established

U21pedagogica as an independent review body which reviews the subjects, courses
and faculty appointments made by U21Global. These stringent quality assurance
processes ensure that U21Global's subjects and courses meet the same standards as
those of Universitas 21 universities."
Mr Ian Marshman
Senior Vice-Principal
University of Melbourne

"U21Global provides a significant addition to the list of top-class MBAs. It gives the
student unable to attend a campus-based MBA program a unique opportunity to
benefit from the best. The U21Global programme is rigorously quality-assured and
controlled by the members of Universitas 21 - a group of leading international
universities. Try it and see?"
Professor Michael Clarke
Vice-Principal
University of Birmingham

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Based on my extensive experience in this field, and my close knowledge of the
U21pedagogica quality assurance system, I am very pleased to commend U21Global
on its first three years of operation as an on-line distance learning institution, and to
acknowledge its quality and commitment to students and learning.
Professor Tim O'Shea
Principal
University of Edinburgh

"We benefit from being involved in the process of providing online education
because this is a vital thing for most countries in the world. No country will be able to
build physically all the universities for all the younger people and the older people
who will want to do university degrees in the future. So, by working with other
research intensive universities, we are getting this experience about how we can
provide online education and we can envisage a world just a couple of years away
where there is a virtual university going right around the world, 24 hours a day."
Prof Sir Colin Campbell LLD
Vice-Chancellor
University of Nottingham

"U21Global is a clear world leader in developing high-quality on-line learning. It is

bringing top-class learning opportunities to students for whom an on-line experience,
working in close virtual contact with tutors and other learners, is the best way of
developing their skills and knowledge. We are proud to be working with U21Global to
develop a joint programme in international management, combining the talents of
the Global team with those of the internationally-renowned University of Glasgow
School of Business and Management."
Sir Muir Russell KCB FRSE
Principal and Vice-Chancellor
University of Glasgow

"U21Global has worked closely with Lund University on a number of activities which I
am happy to support. For example, our private arm, Lund University Education (LUE)
has an active MoU with U21Global and licenses some courseware. We are also
exploring doing joint research into online learning effectiveness and outcomes. Both
justify our faith in working with U21Global."
Professor Goran Bexell
Rektor
Lund University

“The quality of the material that U21Global produced is exceptional.”

Professor John Hay
Vice-Chancellor
University of Queensland

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What our Students Say
"As a marketing professional, I had found it very difficult to make room for MBA studies
because of the busy schedule I keep. With U21Global, I have found a solution that is
at once very convenient, but at the same time meets my expectations for quality of
education and integrity with the world-class consortium of universities that form the
foundation. As the child of a highly educated family, this was the most important
factor in my decision: the ability to know that these universities will make sure that the
integrity and quality of content and delivery are consistently world-class.”

“It is exciting to be part of something that I consider to be a powerful paradigm shift

for online education that embraces a highly ethnically diverse student body. I have
already learned so much simply because of our many different cultures and
backgrounds. This trans-cultural, trans-national understanding of business processes is
a critical need for the globally-minded business person of today. It is great that we
can learn in such an ethnically diverse atmosphere even while we go about our daily
lives in our respective countries of residence through U21Global. "
Peter Sukonek, CEO
U21Global Student - South Korea

I've found the learning experience at the U21Global MBA Program to be extremely
informative, very challenging, and lots of fun, all at the same time.
Ben M. Zadegan, PhD, P.E.
U21Global Student – Iran

I get the benefit of learning from the quality content of U21Global but I'm also being
exposed to global business and leadership practices across different cultures. No
other graduate degree can offer me the geographic reach from locations such as
Europe, the US, China, India and beyond. Whenever I log on to my U21Global
campus, I feel like I am logging on to the world.
Matthew Burke, Former Australian Rugby Union International
U21Global Student - Australia

“In my position, unless you are in touch with recent business practices and
technologies, you are out. You become irrelevant. U21Global has allowed me to stay
at the top of my profession”
Agnes Nyamande-Pitso, South African Consul General to the UAE
U21Global Student - UAE

“As for my MBA experience, I had a great experience. Being able to do all the work
online was nice. I found it a lot more fulfilling then having to find time on the
weekends to drive to some brick and mortar school. I truly believe that this type of
structure is the college of the future.”
Kevin Laufer
U21Global Graduate – USA

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"I started out with a Professional Development Award in Operations Management
and immediately felt that U21Global offers a 100% serious and professional
education. The professor is highly competent and committed; providing very
constructive feedback throughout the course. Further, the course site is well designed
with many useful functions and information. Also I am impressed by the quality and
the depth in theories and models, which are challenging and inspiring throughout the
case work, discussions and exam. The benefits of studying from home at times suit my
calendar and make the education even more attractive. The web based format of
the education really makes it easier to combine the education with family life."
Peter Unelind, Supply Director
U21Global Student – Sweden

“I understood that in order to make a move in an international career, I have to arm

myself with a good MBA degree. As I am too pressed for time and keep traveling
frequently, I cannot attend physical class room courses and the best way to achieve
my goal was to do an online degree. I am now very sure that my decision to be with
U21Global and to do their online MBA course was one of the very best. I have to
admit that after doing the U21G MBA, I have tried to adapt and apply the various
concepts/skills acquired by me from this programme, in my day-to-day job bringing in
excellent results.”
Suresh Rowvey, Dealer Development Manager – Middle East
U21Global Graduate – UAE

“The most exciting feature of this program for me has been the cultural and
professional diversity of my fellow classmates. The instructors in this program are also
very proactive and involving. That combined with the online student portal being
extremely user friendly has made this a very enjoyable experience so far.”
Faisal Abbas, CFO
U21Global Student – Pakistan

"The reason why I joined U21Global is because it had many reputable universities,
namely McGill University and University of British Columbia. This is very important
because someday I will go back to Canada and I want to have these universities on
my diploma, and have my MBA recognised."
Candace Frazier-Klein, Account Manager
U21Global Student - UAE

“I have extensive knowledge in IT and software engineering and its applications in

business but I had always wanted to learn how to integrate this knowledge into
modern business management strategies. After passing almost 5 Modules in the
U21Global MBA program, I realize that enrolling with U21Global was the best decision
in my educational life. I am very pleased and satisfied with this new and refreshing
learning experience and thoroughly enjoying every moment of it."
Nabiollah Moradi, Information Technology Manager
U21Global Student - Iran

“It is one of the most flexible MBA programmes and when combined with a global
experience gives me the right skills for advancing my career".

Mathew Abraham, Program Manager

U21Global Student – India

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“The online learning environment was very engaging and kept me constantly
interested in the subject matter. Achieving this degree from U21Global has been a
great accomplishment and has really improved my career prospects.”
Mohammed Sanaobar, Technical Service Manager
U21Global Graduate – UAE

"This programme allows busy professionals the opportunity to learn while continuing
their career uninterrupted. Aside from the knowledge gained from the course
materials and case studies, which deal with real world issues, the extensive interaction
with classmates and instructors from different cultures and backgrounds via the online
discussion tools can really enrich your thinking. I am proud to be one of the U21 global
students, and I am loving every minute of it!"
Irene Lee, Banking Executive
U21Global Student - Hong Kong

“The discussions in the program are extremely interactive and stimulating. This is truly a
global MBA since most of my learning comes from interacting with fellow students by
sharing their experiences from different business cultures. This is also good for my
future prospects because it helps me develop a platform through which I may seek
professional opportunities, globally.”
Maryam Wazirzada, Managing Partner & Certified FranklinCovey Trainer
U21Global Student – Pakistan

“I feel my first days as a student at U21Global were a fantastic experience. As a non-

native English speaker, it gave me a wonderful opportunity to improve my English skills
thanks to the course and all the discussion boards and team work which was very
interesting and motivating. We indeed challenge and foster each other to produce
more inputs and discussion. Being an online course, the U21Global MBA fits perfectly
well in my work and family life. The first subject I am studying, Organizational Behavior
is great as it is full of details, case studies and is quite practical as most of the topics
can immediately find application in my career.”
Loic Gindre, Regional Sales Manager
U21Global Student - Belgium

"Online learning was new to me, but now I think it is a highly effective way to learn.
The discussion boards are especially fascinating. I always look forward to logging on
to express my views, share experiences and learn from other professionals who come
from different industries and cultures."

K.L. Cheng, Deputy Racing Secretary

U21Global Student - Hong Kong

“The online program from U21Global provides me with a general sense of direction,
professionally and personally. The study hours are flexible and allow me to completely
absorb and reflect on what has been learnt. It has been a thoroughly enjoyable
experience thus far”
Daniel Hemingway, Director of Golf & Head Teaching Professional
U21Global Student – Pakistan

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