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Sri Lanka - American National College

Program Overview

Recognizing the need for U.S. university business education in southern Asia, American National College (ANC), an educational branch of Ceylinco Consolidated (a multi-national conglomerate based in Colombo), and Northwood University (NU) formed a strategic alliance in 2004 to offer the bachelor of business administration (BBA) degree in Sri Lanka. Patten University, based in California, also joined in the strategic alliance, offering general education coursework. The University of Missouri-Rolla joined the alliance in 2007 to offer degrees in Information Technology.

Coursework is taught by a mixture of local/western adjunct faculty and NU faculty coming from the U.S. to guest lecture. The ANC program is based on a "2+2" format. Students take general education coursework in areas like English composition, economics, mathematics, history, sociology and philosophy from Patten University and introductory courses like Principles of Management, Principles of Accounting, and Principles of Marketing in the first two years at ANC. The Patten coursework is transferred into the NU program. In the following two years, students take coursework entirely from Northwood University in order to finish the BBA degree. Students have the option to:

  • earn the entire degree in Sri Lanka.
  • take coursework in Sri Lanka and then transfer to one of NU's campuses in the U.S.

Mr. Inderjet Chander  serves as Academic Head for Northwood Programs and as a faculty member teaching Management coursework.  American National College is at www.ancedu.com

Location

The program is located at ANC's buildings in Colombo, the capital city of Sri Lanka. The facility offers modern classrooms and laboratories, computer labs, a library, student lounge and faculty and administrative offices.

Colombo, with an urban population of over one million, offers all the amenities for college students and has the main international airport serving Sri Lanka. Colombo is the capital of Sri Lanka.

Programs Offered

ANC is on a trimester format, with three, 12 week trimesters in the spring, summer, and fall. The following programs are offered by NU at ANC:

  • BBA in Management
  • BBA in Finance
  • BBA in International Business
  • BBA in Marketing

Tuition and Fees

For complete information about tuition and fees, please contact ANC.

Admissions Criteria

All students who wish to apply to NU must complete an NU undergraduate application. Applications may be obtained from Mr. Dan Kelch (see contact information below) and must be completed in its entirety and submitted for consideration along with official academic transcripts. Official acceptance into NU will be communicated in a letter of admission.

Traditional Students

  • Completion of a high school degree with at least a "C" average (2.0 on a U.S. 4.0 scale); or the equivalent thereof (such as secondary exams certified by a national Ministry of Education) with completion of "O" level exams in all required subjects OR completion of "O" level or "A" level exams at secondary level. NOTE: Students completing "A" level exams may receive course exemptions for various subjects.
  • An official score on the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) exam (score of 500 written/173 computer-based/61 internet-based) or the IELTS (International English Language Testing System) exam (score of 6 or above on overall band score). Students who enter into the program as freshmen and who have not completed the TOEFL or IELTS must sit for the TOEFL exam during their first year of coursework with Patten University.

Transfer students

  • Completion of a high school degree with at least a "C" average (2.0 on a U.S. 4.0 scale); or the equivalent thereof (such as secondary exams certified by a national Ministry of Education) with completion of "O" level exams in all required subjects OR completion of "O" level or "A" level exams at secondary level. NOTE: Students completing "A" level exams may receive course exemptions for various subjects.
  • Transfer students must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 or above (on a U.S. 4.0 scale) in their college work for regular admission. Official transcripts must be submitted in English or the original official transcript must be accompanied by a certified English translation.
  • Transfer credit for prior university coursework (as listed on an official transcript with a grade of "C" or better) may be accepted as part of an articulation agreement or upon review by the NU Registrar.
  • Transfer students must submit TOEFL scores (score of 500 written/173 computer-based/61 internet-based) or IELTS scores (score of 6 or above on overall band score) for regular admission. Scores must be submitted on an original official score sheet issued by the TOEFL and/or IELTS testing center.
  • Northwood University also has articulations to British exam-based professional programs (ABE, CIM, CIMA, ACCA) for completion of the BBA degree.

Professional program applicants must have successfully completed all exams necessary for the appropriate level as denoted in the individual articulation agreements AND must submit with the application for admission an official institutional transcript of exam preparation coursework taken at an institution of higher education (approved to offer the designated qualification). If an official transcript is not available, a listing of coursework and grades on official institutional letterhead and signed by an institutional official must be submitted.

NOTE: Applicants who have only completed external exams without accompanying institutional coursework are NOT admissible to the NU BBA program.

For more information, please visit the ANC website.

Contact Information

Mr. Daniel Kelch
Program Director, Northwood University
American National College
c/o American Education Centre Ltd
308-310, R.A. De Mel Mawatha
Colombo 3, SRI LANKA
Ph: (94)-11-4-514415
Fax: +(94)-11-4-510541
E-mail: kelchtravel@yahoo.com