New Delhi, Oct. 13 -- Beyond the foreign university model, transnational education, or TNE, is generally understood as education delivered in a country other than the country in which the awarding institution is based. It can take many forms, including joint and dual degrees, collaborative programmes, international branch campuses, online and blended learning, articulation arrangements and other forms of institutional partnership.

For many years, TNE has been associated mainly with higher education. Students could obtain an international qualification without undertaking their entire education abroad. That model is now becoming more diverse. There is growing interest in applying the principles of TNE to technical and vocational education...