IIHE - Creating benchmarks in the Higher Education industry

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The Higher Education sphere in Sri Lanka is expanding rapidly and there are many institutes offering various professional degrees. Therefore it is important that parents and students seek adequate information and verify the selection criteria to obtain the best possible choice that fulfills the need of the student and parent.

The Imperial Institute of Higher Education (IIHE) was established way back in 1996 with the prime objective of providing quality education opportunities to discerning students. University of Wales is one of the largest and prestigious Universities in UK and the best of its kind in the world. IIHE has a long-standing 14 year partnership with UoW and this is a proven testimony that IIHE has lived up to their expectation in terms of maintaining similar quality standards of the University of Wales.
Given below are the criteria that parents and students should look into before selecting a higher education institute.

1. CREDIBILITY AND TRUSTWORTHINESS OF THE INSTITUTE:
IIHE is a pioneer in the field of education being in the industry for 14 long years and has grown as a credible corporate entity setting benchmarks in terms of stature, trust and reliability. The ownership consists of respected corporate figures and is genuinely committed to the mission of providing the highest standards of education in the country.

2. PANEL OF LECTURERS:
All lecturers at IIHE are appointed and assessed by University of Wales based on their minimum qualification requirements, industry experience and delivery of quality programmes. The lecturers at IIHE are locals equipped with at least Post Graduate level qualifications and come with a universe of industry experience and relate to students and industry contexts more effectively than foreign lecturers.

3. FEES:
The total fees to complete a fully validated 3 year BSc.(Hon) Degree at IIHE will cost less than Rs. 1,000,000/= and does not fluctuate during the period of the programme unlike some of the other offers in the industry. The education programmes at IIHE are sound and do not require further additional qualifications. Therefore students and parents are not burdened with hidden costs and surprises giving them total control of finances. Also they are benefited by the fact that the courses are recognized globally giving them value for money.

4. FACILITIES AND STUDENT RECREATION:
The management at IIHE believes that students should be encouraged to maintain a balanced academic and recreational life and are proactively looking at providing top class facilities to students. With this in mind, the management has signed contracts for IIHE to be re-located in a 25,000 sq.ft. building which will provide incomparable facilities to students. The student body of IIHE is extremely active and carries out various events including basket ball, beach 'tag' rugby and cricket tournaments, etc.

5. THE DEGREE AND EDUCATION:
British Higher Education is still recognized and considered the best in the world. At IIHE we give prominence to providing quality education with substance. University of Wales is considered one of the most reputed and largest Universities in UK, providing world class degree programmes. As a validated programme, IIHE offers the identical quality and certificate equivalent to studying at University of Wales. The degree programme offered by IIHE is an internal degree programme and directly validated from the UoW.

6. REAL LIFE EXPOSURE AND DISSERTATION:
The University of Wales programme consists of a final year Real Life Problem Solving project (RLPS), where students are divided into groups and are expected to find solutions for actual scenarios and issues affecting HR, Finance, Distribution or Marketing of a particular company. Students of IIHE deal with large corporates such as Unilever, Fonterra, Dialog, etc. This opportunity not only provides the student a peek into corporate life, but also an opportunity to win a potential employer.

Also during the final year, students are expected to compile a 15,000 to 20,000 word dissertation that is totally research based and a culmination of the theories and practices he/she underwent during the last 3 years. This is what turns mere graduates into visionary leaders.

Therefore the benchmarks to help parents and students in selecting a Higher Education institute are ownership, global recognition, panels of lecturers, fee structures, student facilities and recreation, quality of programme, real life experience and dissertation. This is why the programmes of IIHE is of substance and most sought after in the industry.

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