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ARETE COLLEGE

Arete (Greek: ἀρετή, which refers to “virtue”,”excellence”, and “edge”) implies a commitment that everyone at Arete College will persevere in one’s beliefs and pursue excellence despite all odds. Arete College is a non-profit institution of higher education, founded by a group of distinguished Chinese entrepreneurs and educational innovators in collaboration with leading overseas institutions. Arete College is a liberal arts college that integrates the East and the West, the Ancient and the Contemporary. It is dedicated to preserving the entrepreneurial spirit and leadership of the new generation and forming future entrepreneurs.

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EXTREMELY UNIQUE: "STUDY ABROAD WITHOUT WORRIES"

Arete College is not a study abroad agency but a joint campus of the cooperated global universities. We offer you first-year credit courses in US and UK universities, which allows students to connect directly with schools without the high agency fees!

Students spend their first year at the Shanghai campus in the liberal arts program, experiencing entrepreneurship-oriented project-based learning and philanthropic activities. In the second year, they continue their studies for the remaining three years in the US or UK.

Students will receive the letter of acceptance to prestigious American or British universities and will graduate with a full diploma from an American or British university in the future!

We break the barrier between studying abroad and returning to work. 
The platform of CLEC will provide students with field trips, internships, and management trainee opportunities, creating abundant employment and entrepreneurship opportunities for our students.

We arrange for Arete students to have face-to-face coaching sessions with business leaders directly learning from their leadership and entrepreneurship.
We established a business incubator through the "Arete Entrepreneur Funding," which provides incubation service and angel fund for Arete students to start their businesses in the future.

China Future Entrepreneur Overseas Program

China Future Entrepreneur Overseas Program is a philanthropic program launched by Arete College in partnership with four universities in the US and six universities in the UK, Arete College will serve as an integrated part of the collaborating universities, offering a first-year liberal arts program at undergraduate level, with all credits earned in the first year being recognized by the US & UK universities. In the second year, students will transfer to the US or UK universities they have been accepted to and will receive an undergraduate degree from the university they attend. Students are also encouraged to return to China each summer to participate in internships, public services, cultural walks, and other summer programs arranged by Arete College.

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Partner Universities

University of San Francisco

It is conveniently located overlooking the entire city of San Francisco. Its business school is well known in California, especially in entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial management, and is known as the cradle of entrepreneurial executives, surpassing Stanford University and UCLA. In addition, the combination of proximity to Silicon Valley makes computer science particularly sought-after, allowing students to interact and engage with leading entrepreneurs and to participate and work on new projects.

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Saint Louis University

SLU is the oldest private university in the Mississippi River Basin. It has 90 undergraduate majors and more than 100 graduate majors, 15 of which are ranked in the top 50 in the nation, and biology, sports rehabilitation, nursing and kinesiology and physical therapy are ranked in the top 10.

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Creighton University

The school is ranked among the top 15 in the nation for finance and accounting, as well as for nursing, chemistry, and psychology. Creighton's School of Business is accredited by AACSB International and has the highest number of faculty members holding the CFA designation in the world.

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Regis University

The university was founded in 1877, it has more than 130 academic programs at different levels, with majors such as applied sciences and communications focusing on the perfect combination of application and theory, as well as the integrated development of academics and employment.

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Juniata College

It has been listed in one of the 40 "Colleges that Change Lives". It is a private liberal arts college with a very long history in Pennsylvania.

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Durham University

Durham University is one of the earliest universities founded in the UK. Along with Cambridge University and Oxford University, Durham University is one of the only three remaining collegiate universities in the UK. In Durham, students can be like Harry Potter, experiencing the important role played by the college's mentor system in the mental care and social life of students. Moreover, as a member of the Russell Group, Durham University has leading scientific research performance in the world. A variety of student art festivals, sporting events, student clubs, and vintage fairs also constitute the humanistic characteristics of this traditional British noble school.

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University of Leeds

The University of Leeds is a comprehensive public research university located in Leeds, the third largest city in the United Kingdom. It has a comprehensive academic curriculum, with research and teaching across most of the social and natural sciences and is one of the most comprehensive universities in the United Kingdom, offering over 700 different academic programs in engineering, science, medicine, business, education, law, languages, humanities, arts and many cross-cutting disciplines.

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Cardiff University

Cardiff University is a century-old prestigious school located in Cardiff, the capital of Wales, UK. It obtained the Royal License in 1883 and became the only university in Wales to be a member of The Russell Group in English, which was called “the Ivy League in England”. The school's comprehensive scientific research strength ranks among the top ten universities in the UK, and its outstanding achievements in academics and research have earned a high reputation worldwide.

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University of Sussex

The University of Sussex is the first "plate glass university" established in the UK after the new wave of universities began in the 1960s. The University of Sussex is located near Brighton, the most vibrant beach town in the UK, in East Sussex, and is the only university in the UK to be located in a national park, the scenic South Downs National Park.

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Royal Holloway, University of London

A leading British university located in Egham, Surrey, Greater London, UK. RHUL was founded in 1886 by Queen Victoria, who personally granted it a Royal charter and opened it. The world's first university to offer a taught master's program in information security, and a government-funded national cybersecurity research center in partnership with the University of Oxford. 2016 QS World University Rankings ranked Performing Arts 14th in the world in terms of majors. RHUL is ranked 197th in 2020 THE World University Rankings and 308th in 2021 QS World University Rankings.

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University of Aberdeen

A leading educational and research center in the UK and a world-renowned research university. Founded by the Pope in 1495, the University has a history of 525 years and is ranked as one of the five classical universities in the UK.

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University of Sydney

The University of Sydney is the first university in Australia and the academic center of Oceania. The University of Sydney is one of the six Sandstone universities in Australia. It is also a core member of the eight famous universities in Australia.

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University of Auckland

The top university in New Zealand, founded in 1883, is located in Auckland, the largest city in New Zealand. It is the largest comprehensive university in New Zealand engaged in teaching and research and has the most majors. Its comprehensive ranking ranks first in New Zealand all year round. It is known as the "national treasure" University of New Zealand and an excellent comprehensive research university in the world, enjoyed with a high international reputation.

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