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Capital Alliance Group Inc. and its subsidiary, CIBT Canadian
Institute of Business & Technology Corporation ("CIBT")
are pleased to report recent developments relating to CIBT's
new international bachelor degree program. 110 full-time students
have now enrolled in this new program, with the first group
of students starting classes in September 2000.
"We are very encouraged by the considerable amount of
interest this innovative new program has generated in such
a short period of time," said Charles Chen, president
of CIBT China. "With the interest to date, in addition
to our expansion plans, we anticipate that the program's popularity
and enrollment will grow significantly over the next several
years."
CIBT's new international bachelor degree program consists
of two major areas of study -- business administration and
computer science. This program requires that students complete
the first half of their course work with CIBT and the Computer
Institute of Beijing Polytechnic University in Beijing, China.
The Beijing stage of the program runs two to three years.
Over the final two years of the program, students will study
abroad with CIBT's foreign partners. CIBT has now partnered
with five foreign universities to jointly offer this program
including: Royal Roads University (Victoria, Canada), La Trobe
University (Melbourne, Australia), Assumption University (Bangkok,
Thailand), University of Portsmouth (Portsmouth, United Kingdom)
and the Schiller International University -- the American
College of Switzerland (Leysin, Switzerland). CIBT is currently
in negotiations with several foreign universities that when
finalized, will significantly enhance the value of the international
component of the program.
About CIBT
Established in 1995, CIBT is now one of the largest foreign
owned business schools in China with over 1,100 students enrolled
in courses at its three campuses in Beijing. CIBT's mission
is to develop and promote its
educational programs by establishing a network of academic
and career development training facilities throughout Asia
using traditional classroom methods and Internet delivery.
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