The American College of Higher Education (ACHE), one of the finest educational institutions in Sri Lanka specializing in US degrees, was elevated to the status of an International Offshore Campus of Broward College, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA in June 2010 by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS), USA. This elevation on the approval by an accrediting commission on colleges known as SACS makes ACHE very unique because it is now a campus outside the USA offering the same study programmes as the prestigious Broward College.

Students of ACHE are accepted and recognized as students of Broward College and they can mutually communicate as they share the same ID, PIN and other privileges. This means ACHE students automatically become students of Broward College, USA and this allows them to access millions of books, journals and publications across a network of 28 Florida State libraries.

Established in 1995, ACHE is affiliated to the Broward College, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA, North Dakota State University, USA, Excelsior College, Member of the University of the State of New York and Seneca, the largest Technical College in Canada. ACHE has an enrolment of 400 undergraduate and 3000 diploma level students.

Broward College was established in 1959 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It is a public college and has an enrolment of approximately 100,000 students. The college offers programmes such as associate in arts, associate in science and associate in applied science degrees; advanced technical diplomas as well as certificates.

ACHE students can seek help from Broward faculties and what's unique is that they are guaranteed a place in any State Universities across Florida and they have the option to apply to more than 4,000 Colleges and Universities across USA. On completion of the study programme at ACHC, students can get a Broward College transcript from USA, which will allow the smooth transfer to any US University, if they so desire.

Under the new system, ACHE students can opt for a two-year degree programme in Business Engineering Concentration, Social Science Concentration and Computing. They can earn the degree conferred by Broward College on reading for this two-year study programme. ACHE also offers Edexcel HND courses specializing in Business Management, Finance and Information Technology. Introduced in 2010 was the Aviation programme with Guangzhou Civil Aviation College, China, which is a college administered by the Civil Aviation Authority of China.

Under the aviation programme in the tie-up with Guangzhou Civil Aviation College, China, ACHE has started three post secondary diploma courses in Travel, Tourism and Flight Services, Aircraft Maintenance Engineering and Avionics Maintenance. Students of this two-year qualification will study one year in Sri Lanka and then transfer to Guangzhou Civil Aviation College, China, where they will study for another year.

ACHE also offers internationally recognized, short-term diploma and certificate courses in a range of disciplines in Marketing, Business Administration, Human Resources, Education, Computer Studies, Psychology, Counselling Psychology, Child Psychology etc. These study programmes carry a lot of weight because they are highly recognized in the industry and in their respective fields. They make a significant impact on career advancement.

ACHE was the pioneer in introducing these psychology diplomas to the private higher education field in Sri Lanka. This makes these diplomas so well recognized and accepted both here and overseas. ACHE also conducts teacher training courses for those aspiring to take to teaching as a career. The two courses on offer in this segment are the Early Childhood Education Diploma and the Primary Teacher Training Diploma.

With six branch campuses in Kandy, Colombo, Kurunegala, Galle, Matara and Negombo and an Information Centre at Jaela, ACHE handles the US University Transfer Programme (UTP)in over 500 majors including Engineering, Pre-Medicine, Business, Psychology, Information technology etc, where students spend the first two years in Sri Lanka and then in USA, Canada, Australia, UK, Singapore, Dubai or Malaysia.

ACHE is also approved by the Tertiary Vocational Education Commission of Sri Lanka.