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University College Dublin will establish two new dual degree colleges in China.

UCD and Chang’an University (in Shaanxi Province) will establish the Chang’an, Dublin International College of Transportation, teaching dual-degree programmes in civil engineering infrastructure, automotive engineering, transport, city planning and environmental policy. Target for this year is 360 students, to a planned 1,440.

South China Agriculture University, in Guangdong is partnering with UCD in a college to teach horticulture, biological sciences and food safety-security. It also opens this year with a target enrolment of 780 by 2020.

They join UCD’s JV with Beijing University of Technology, offering joint-degrees in IT since 2012.