The UA Global Micro-Campus Network is a network of micro-campuses, or UA-spaces on the campuses of partner universities.

1. The University of Arizona
Global Micro-Campus Network
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2. What’s the Idea?
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The UA Global Micro-Campus Network is a network of
micro-campuses, or UA-spaces on the campuses of partner
universities.
Micro-campuses take first-rate UA education to students at
partner universities around the globe.
other forms of
abroad, service-
Micro-campuses serve as hubs for
internationalization including study
learning, and joint faculty research.

3. Traditional Mobility-Based Models
for International Education
Exchanges
Dual Degrees
Direct
Admission

4. Barriers to Mobility
Geography
Language
Misaligned
Incentives
Price
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5. UA Annual Tuition/Fees:
$40,000
Total Annual Cost: $55,000
Four-Year Total Cost:
$220,000
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6. Global Per Capita Income:
$15,800
Cost to attend UA for four years is
14x global per capita income
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7. International Branch Campuses
Around 600,000 students enrolled in international
branch campuses (IBCs) in their home countries.
Major Critiques of IBCs:
Require large, risky investments
Take a long time to establish/build and then locked
in indefinitely
Costly for students
In competition with local universities
Only focused on revenue, and insufficiently
attuned to research mission of home university
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8. A New Model:
Micro-Campuses
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9. Guiding Principles For New Model
Mission-Centered: Further the university’s educational, research, and
service missions.
Affordable and Accessible Education: Meaningfully expand global
access to international education by allowing non-US students to
affordably earn a global credential without the need to travel abroad.
Self-Sustaining and Scalable: Generate sufficient revenue to sustain
over time without the need for outside support, and scalable to
multiple locations to ensure global impact.
Aligned Incentives with Partner: Non-competing, expand the reach of
partner universities, develop partner capacity, and further the
educational and research mission of our partners.

10. What is a Micro-Campus?
A micro-campus is a UA-designated space on the campus
of a partner university. The space gives students a sense
of place, a sense that they are students at the University
of Arizona, wherever they are in the world.
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11. How Does it Work?
SHARED CAMPUS – The partner university allows use of its
physical campus and classrooms, and provides a designated
space for the UA.
SHARED STUDENTS – Students maintain their student status at
the partner university, while enrolled in for-credit UA courses,
offered on location at the partner university.
SHARED TUITION – UA tuition is shared with partner
AFFORDABLE – UA program fees are set near in-state tuition
rates to increase access and affordability.
FULL DEGREES – Students earn a UA degree, either as a dual
degree with partner university, or a stand alone degree.
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12. COLLABORATIVE TEACHING –
Courses are co-taught by a UA
and a local professor through a
flipped classroom model, or a
locally-basedUA faculty member.
FLIPPED CLASSROOM
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Co-Professors

13. Collaborative Learning
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14. Sample Structure: Undergraduate Dual Degree
Year 1 and 2:
Students fulfill requirements for partner degree and
study English
Year 3 and 4:
UA co-taught courses begin.

15. Sample Structure: Graduate Dual Degree
Year 1:
Students fulfill requirements for partner university
degree and study English
Year 2:
UA co-taught courses begin.

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The Micro-Campus as Platform
Research collaboration
Joint grant applications
Faculty mobility and training
Local Capacity building
Language study
Student Mobility & Study abroad

17. Mobility Options
4 Years | 4 Locations | One Degree

18. Dual Degree: LLB (Ocean); BA in
Law (UA)
Currently 289 students
400 students at full capacity
Ocean responsible for student
services, infrastructure, and
faculty housing
UA delivers 36 out of 120 units
for 4-year degree
UA Qingdao
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19. UA – QINGDAO
UA – AMMAN
UA – JAKARTA
UA – HANOI
UA – LIMA
UA – MANILA
UA - MAURITIUS
UA – PHNOM PENH
UA – SHANGHAI
UA – SHARJAH
UA – SHENZHEN
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20. Leading Innovation
Commentary on the UA Micro-Campus Network
“It’s Arizona’s deft alternative to the financial and reputational risks
of a branch campus. No huge capital investments. No enormous cost
outlay into facilities, services and employed teaching staff… It is as
agile as it gets.” – University World News
“The last couple of weeks have seen the unveiling of two massive but
interesting strategic gambles taken by a couple of US public
universities. I am speaking, of course, about … the University of
Arizona’s attempt to create a global set of “microcampuses.”... It’s a
smart move all around.” - Higher Education Strategy Associates
“It is an innovative approach… Such a global footprint, therefore, has
real impact … This real and comprehensive international impact
though is therefore about much more than just the money”. –
WONKE
“Higher ed can expect to see rising interest in micro-campuses in
2018”. – Education Dive, January 2018
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21. The University of Arizona
Global Micro-Campus Network
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22. UA’s first micro-campus partners in Southeast Asia:
The American University of Phnom Penh (Cambodia)
& Sampoerna University (Indonesia)
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