Graduate Programs in Beijing, China
The Stevens-BIT program, approved by the Chinese Ministry of Education and other government bodies, is the first “hybrid” degree from a US university in China. The program is in its final stage of accreditation by the education ministry. Instruction was delivered one-third online by Stevens' faculty, one-third by Chinese instructors in Beijing, and one-third by Stevens faculty in intensive courses in China. Students in Beijing earned their master's from Stevens – no different from degrees the school confers in Hoboken.
What's new?----Stevens ceremony in Beijing graduates 21 master's degree students --- Jan. 15, 2005, Stevens Institute of Technology will hold a Commencement ceremony in Beijing, China, for the first 21 graduates from the Stevens Telecommunications Management master's degree program in partnership with the Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT). Commencement remarks will be made by Stevens Vice President Maureen Weatherall, Stevens Professor Kevin Ryan and officials of the Chinese Ministry of Education. Vice President Weatherall will also present an Honorary Doctorate in Engineering to the President of Beijing Institute of Technology, Kuang Jing-Ming. Also to be honored by Weatherall with a formal recognition is the academically highest-achieving student in the program, Hu Leiming.
“Instruction was delivered one-third online by Stevens' faculty, one-third by Chinese instructors in Beijing, and one-third by Stevens faculty in intensive courses in China,” said Dr. Audrey Curtis, the Director of Stevens' Telecommunications Management Program at The Howe School. “Students in Beijing earned their master's from Stevens – no different from degrees the school confers in Hoboken.” Curtis spent ten weeks in Beijing, delivering live instruction. Other Stevens faculty also spent time teaching in the course at the BIT campus.
The first 21 students started classes in November 2003. Of the graduating class, three have already applied for Ph.D. programs - with one of them applying to Stevens. More>>
Beijing Institute of Technology