Accredited International Centers of BC

BC provides on-going technical assistance for academic programs offered by affiliate colleges.
BC conducts on-site visits to all international partners.
BC reviews the parallelism and quality of the academic programs offered by international partners.
BC awards BC credits and provides official transcripts for students enrolled in the Singapore and India programs.

Note: Our SACS accreditation extends only to the BC academic programs offered on the following three sites, not to the institutions themselves.

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3. SINGAPORE (CAE)

This is one of the oldest affiliations of the BC overseas programs. The Center for American Education of Singapore also partners with the International School of Singapore, a K-12 program which began in 1981.  The College program and affiliation with BC began in 1986.  In 1996, CAE became the first international center of Broward College, approved by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools as an international center where accredited BC courses could be offered.
In 2008, the University of South Florida in Tampa, FL began an affiliation to offer upper division university courses (junior and senior level) leading to a BA in Business Administration to compliment the AA degrees awarded by BC.  

Center for American Education, Singapore (CAE)

12 Prince Edward Road
01-03 Bestway Building
Singapore 079212
Phone: (65) 6-223-4566
Fax: (65) 6-223-4533
CEO: Mrs. Chan Ching Oi
Academic Dean: Liza Boffin-Yardonov
Liza@cae.edu.sg
www.cae.edu.sg

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4. ECUADOR (BCE)

This institution has existed in Guayaquil, Ecuador since 1985 but joined the BC international education programs officially on January 1, 2007.  In August, 2007, with permission from the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, they were approved to offer BC courses and credits as an accredited international center of BC.

Center for American Education
at Broward College of Ecuador (BCE)

Km.15, via a la Costa

Guayaquil, Ecuador

Phone:  593 4 3901062

President: Jim Whitman

swhitman@broward.edu

www.browardcollegeecuador.com

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BC provides on-going technical assistance for academic programs offered by affiliate colleges.
BC conducts on-site visits to all international partners.
BC reviews the parallelism and quality of the academic programs offered by international partners.
BC offers the use of course outlines and syllabi to conduct courses designed as Broward College courses taught by local faculty at the affiliated institution.  

5. ECUADOR (UPAC)

This institution has had an affiliation with BC since 1995. It has been approved by the ministry of education to offer four-year degrees in business and has recently added programs in political science and banking.

Pan American University of Cuenca, Ecuador (UPAC)

Manuel J. Calle 2-14 y Cornelio Merchan
Cuenca, Ecuador
Phone: (593) 7-884-097
Fax: (593) 7-814-625
Rector: Antonio Martinez
rector@upanamericana.edu.ec
www.upanamericana.edu.ec

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This institution began on one location in 1998 and has grown to five sites around the island nation of Sri Lanka. There are over 2000 students in the K-12 system leading to the American College of Higher Education program affiliated with BC.  Currently about 500 students are taking courses in the Broward program, the largest number of students taking courses in one of our overseas affiliates. 

American College of Higher Education (ACHE)

23 Hospital Road
Dehiwela (Colombo), Sri Lanka
Phone: (94-11) 271-2216
Fax: (94-11) 273-7126
CEO: Sherryn Yaseen
admissions@americancollege.lk
www.americancollege.lk/

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8. MEXICO

This institution had over forty years of experience as a four-year
degree granting university before forming an affiliation with BCC. It offers programs leading to two and four year degrees and graduate degrees in a variety of fields.  In 2008 or 2009, they hope to begin offering the BC program of study.

Universidad Aliant

Av. Zarzaparrillias No. 85
Col. Villa de las Flores
Coacalco, Edo. de Mexico
Estado Mexico, Mexico
C.P. 55700
Tel.: 5898-7270 Ext. 3042
Fax: Ext. 3049

www.holdingetac.com.mx

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9. VIETNAM

VATC was founded in 2000 to offer English language studies and vocational-technical training to students in Ho Chi Minh City.  It now has 28 campuses including 14 in Ho Chi Minh City serving up to 18,000 students.  Beginning in October of 2007, VATC began offering English for Academic Purposes to prepare students to enroll in BC-style AS and AAS degrees in Business and Computer Science.

Vietnamese American Technical College (VATC)

428-428 Bis Nguyen Thi Minh Khai

Dist. 3 (President’s Office)

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Email: hr@vatc.net

Phone:  (08)832-5695   (08) 834 2435

Fax:     (08) 839 0177
President: Dr. Nguyen Bao

www.vatc.net

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10. JAMAICA

The demand for a Broward program in the Caribbean has been discussed for many years.  Finally, with the help of local business leaders in Broward County who have a heart for developing the educational opportunities for citizens of the region, a new institution is being created.  This will be the known as the Caribbean American College and will most likely be placed in the the city of Montego Bay, Jamaica.  CAC will be open to students from all over the "Caricom" region.  Plans are currently underway to find property, employ staff and begin offering courses in 2009.

Caribbean American Institute of Higher Learning (CAIHL)
17 Kerr Crescent
PO  Box 508
Montego Bay, Jamaica W.I.

PH: 511-317-1000 x3363

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11.  PERU

The Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola is a  multi-campus modern urban institution in the La Molina district of Lima, Peru.  It currently serves over 7,000 students from K to University and graduate schools including over 13 academic major programs.  More than 30% of its courses are in English and the goal is for more than 50% of its programming to be offered in English in the coming years.

Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola (USIL)
Avenida La Fontana, 550
La Molina
Lima 12, Peru

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12.  FINLAND (HYRIA)

The Hyvinkaa Rihiimaki Vocational Educational Institute is located in Hyvinkaa, Finland 30 miles north of Helsinki and offers Adult Education to the students in its region. This new institution was formulated as a public-private partnership consolidating seven smaller schools into one larger regional entity.

Broward College’s affiliation begins in 2010 at which time HYRIA intends to offer students in Finland the opportunity to take Broward College style courses leading to an AA degree which may later transfer to an institution in the United States or elsewhere for the Bachelor’s degree.

Hyvinkaa Riihimaki Vocational Institute
Torikatu 18 (PL 67), 05801
Hyvinkaa, Finland
CEO Jairno Tuimula
President Ari Ormela

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