March 31, 2010 - VISIT TO CHINA RESULTS IN PARTNERSHIP

“For the past several months, we have been engaged in discussions with Government of Ontario trade offices in Beijing and Shanghai, Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities, as well as with an international education consultant who does work with Ontario colleges,” said Northern College President Fred Gibbons. “Working collaboratively, we identified a prospective Chinese college with whom we have some program affinities. Many weeks of protocol and information exchange resulted in a meeting with representatives of the Chinese Central Government and officials of Yangzhou College of Environment and Resources.”

Through the agreement, Northern College will license the curriculum of three of its programs for instruction (Environmental Technician - Water and Wastewater Systems Operations, Computer Engineering Technician and Business Administration- Accounting) at its partner college in China. Chinese students will be registered as students of Northern College and pay tuition fees to Northern.

In the final year of study, Chinese students have the option of attending one of Northern’s campuses to complete the requirements for graduation, or remain in China to complete. At graduation they will have met the same required learning outcomes as Ontario graduates and will therefore graduate with a Northern College diploma.

This agreement follows the signing of a similar agreement with Vidya Prasarak Mandal Polytechnical College in Mumbai, India.

“India and China represent enormous potential student markets and we are also finding strong affinities between the educational needs of these two countries and areas of program expertise at Northern College's campuses,” said Mr. Gibbons

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705-235-7136

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705-235-3211 ext. 2253

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