1. Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland David Croke
TNE: Irish HEI experiences session; Asia-Europe Forum
18 December 2018
RCSI
Student profile:
: 3,380 students
[UG Medicine; Pharmacy; Physiotherapy; Physician
Associate; MSc; MD; PhD]
84 countries; 64% international
Times Higher Rankings (2018)
overall
clinical; health subjects
4th most international institution (2017)
Transnational HE activity:
3 overseas branch campuses
2 instances of TN/C provision
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
David Croke

2. RCSI Perdana, KL, Malaysia
RCSI Dublin
RCSI Perdana, KL, Malaysia
RCSI Dubai
RCSI Bahrain
RUMC, Penang,
Malaysia (RCSI/UCD)
Soochow University

3. RCSI UCD Malaysia Campus (RUMC)
Collaborative, transnational provision; Branch campus
Partner: University College Dublin
Penang, Malaysia Established in 1995
School of Medicine (twinning model);
MSc in Health Research; MSc in Public Health
632 current students / 1,700 graduates to-date
Malaysian Qualifications Agency; Malaysian Medical Council;
Irish Medical Council
Awarded ‘Foreign University Branch Campus’ status in 2018

4. Perdana University – RCSI School of Medicine (PU-RCSI)
Collaborative, transnational provision
(curriculum licensing model)
Partner: Perdana University (PU)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Established in 2011
School of Medicine
230 current students / 179 graduates to-date
Malaysian Qualifications Agency; Malaysian Medical Council;
Irish Medical Council

5. Soochow University (SU)
Collaborative, transnational provision
Partner: Soochow University
Jiangsu Province, China
TNCA signed in 2018
BSc in International Pharmacy (twinning model):
Cycle 1 (2 years) at SU – commencing 2018
Cycle 2 (2 years) at RCSI – commencing 2020
Maximum of 15 students per annum at steady-state

6. Challenges Solutions / successes [1] Differing institutional cultures
[2] Ensuring adequate coordination
and resourcing by the partner university
during the start-up phase [PU-RCSI]
[3] Ensuring equivalent student
experience across campuses
[RCSI-Dublin; RCSI-Bahrain; PU-RCSI]
[1] Working at each partnership
[2] Annual internal Quality Assurance review
over the first four years of operation
[PU-RCSI]
[3-A] Annual RCSI ‘International Education
Forum (IEF)’ bringing staff from all campuses
together in Dublin to discuss Medicine
curriculum delivery & innovation
[3-B] End-of-semester surveys with Schools
developing robust quality improvement plans