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Coming up, what if you could earn a degree from a top 50 global university without ever leaving China?
That is the promise driving 1,700 Chinese foreign cooperative programs today.
Their game is changing with AI bringing computer interfaces and renewable energy, replacing the old business degrees.
So what's driving this change?
And is that fancy dual degree worth the price?
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For years, earning an international degree usually meant packing your bags and moving overseas.
But what if you could graduate with a degree from a British or American university without ever leaving China or even...
Earn two university degrees at the same time.
That's exactly what a growing number of students are doing through Chinese foreign cooperative education programs.
But 20 years ago, many people saw these kind of programs as an expensive alternative for students
who couldn't get into their first choice university.
Actually, that's me still today.