The recently announced agreement with an education holding company to recruit Chinese students for two UK universities marks that company's expansion outside the U.S., the company's CEO recently said.
Ohio-based Elite Education Group International Limited, a holding company owned by Quest Holding International, historically has facilitated study and post-study opportunities for Chinese students who want to pursue higher education in the United States, according to a press release.
In the Nov. 3 release, the company updated its expansion plans, announcing its agreement with The Education Group in London to recruit students from China for admission to the University of the West of Scotland.
Elite Education Group has been a recruiting agent for admission to Coventry University for the 2021-2022 academic year.
"We are pleased to announce our working with these two premier UK universities, which is consistent with our business expansion strategy to expand our recruiting efforts in the U.S., the UK and other countries," Elite Education Group Chairman and CEO Jianbo Zhang said in the news release. "An important part of our mission is to offer the students that we recruit from China and other Asian countries with robust academic options that suit their preferences in their quest to study abroad.
"In addition to our current recruiting activities in the United States, these two excellent universities are representative of our plan to diversify across regions and employ an array of strategic initiatives to fuel our growth."
Elite Education Group's agreement with The Education Group was executed on Oct. 18.
The Education Group is a service partner of the University of the West of Scotland, supporting the university's London Campus.
"The company is intent upon capitalizing upon its growth synergies as it diversifies by region, academic discipline and operating modalities," Elite Education Group said in its news release. "It believes that its unique positioning in the higher education field will enable it to further scale its operations to realize sustained growth. Elite Education will continue to pursue transformational opportunities to create value by achieving synergies through highly focused management and operational attentiveness."