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The technological innovation that fuels the digital world is binary codes, but what truly fuels the leaps and bounds of progress is collaboration. In this spirit, the Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) is launching a landmark partnership with Queen Mary University of London (QMUL). This partnership stands on a combined 300 years of academic excellence and leadership, across a multitude of disciplines and perspectives.
Responding to the continually evolving realms of data science and creative media technology, the partnership was formed to serve a growing need for individuals immersed in a global context adept at imagining, creating and innovating.
“The QMUL partnership is not only founded on a commitment to academic excellence in emerging fields. It is more importantly grounded on similar ethos of service and inclusive development. With a shared vision, we bring together the strengths of these two institutions to help students become groundbreakers and thought-leaders of the digital age.” Jose M. Cruz, SJ, Vice President for University and Global Relations at the Ateneo de Manila said.
Commenting on the partnership, QMUL President and Principal, Professor Colin Bailey said:
“I am delighted that Queen Mary University of London will be deepening its relationship with Ateneo de Manila University, one of the top universities in the Philippines. This partnership supports our plans to diversify Queen Mary’s international partnerships activity and signifies our growing links in the ASEAN region. The programmes that we are developing with ADMU, in the areas of Big Data Science and Digital Innovation, will equip students with the digital skills they need to navigate a more knowledge-based global economy.”
QMUL is one of the leading higher-education institutions in the UK. The University has over 130 years of teaching excellence and ranks in the top 25 in the world for its international outlook (THE World University Rankings 2018). QMUL is part of the Russell Group, a self-selected organization that gathers 24 world-class research-intensive universities in the UK. Today, it is one of the few universities in the world that offers a Master’s degree in Media, Arts, and Technology and Data Science.
The partnership between ADMU and QMUL is in great part a result of the joint Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and British Council (BC) initiative Partnership under the Joint Development of Niche Programs. Under this initiative, CHED and BC provided seed funding and capacity building for ten Philippine universities to partner with UK institutions towards the development and delivery of transnational education programs (TNE) in niche areas critical to national and regional development.
TNE includes joint and dual degree programs. Such programs are jointly developed and delivered by partner universities. In a dual degree format, such as that envisioned by ADMU and QMUL, a student spends time in both universities and in the end gets two degrees from both institutions.
For more information about this partnership and the programs that may be offered, visit www.ateneo.edu/global/dual.
