satellite campus

A satellite campus or branch campus or regional campus is a campus of a university or college that is physically at a distance from the original university or college area. This branch campus may be located in a different city, state, or country, and is often smaller than the main campus of an institution. The separate campuses may or may not be under the same accreditation and share resources or they share administrations but maintain separate budgets, resources, and other governing bodies.

In many cases, satellite campuses are intended to serve students who cannot travel far from home for college because of family responsibilities, their jobs, financial limitations, or other factors. The availability of branch campuses may increase higher education enrollment by nontraditional students.James W. Fonseca and Charles P. Bird
Under the Radar: Branch Campuses Take Off
''University Business'' magazine, October 2007

Electronic communications technology has helped to facilitate the operation of satellite campuses. Classes taught at one campus can be transmitted to other locations via distance education, students at branch campuses can access library materials on the main campus electronically, and technology allows institutions to administer registration, admissions, and financial aid transactions remotely.

One growing trend is the establishment of international branch campuses. These are satellite campuses of a parent institution that is located outside the country where the satellite campus is located. The number of international branch campuses worldwide grew from 35 before 1999 to 162 in 2009, including 78 branches operated by United States universities.International Campuses on the Rise
''InsideHigherEd'', September 3, 2009 As of 2009, the United Arab Emirates was the host of 40 international branch campuses, more than any other nation. There were 15 international branch campuses in China, 12 in Singapore, nine in Qatar, and six in Canada. In addition to the United States, the home countries of institutions with international branches included Australia, whose universities operated a total of 14 international branches; the United Kingdom, with 13 international branches; and France and India, each of whose universities had a total of 11 international branches. Although the overall number of international branch campuses has grown rapidly, a total of 11 such campuses closed between 2004 and 2009. A new breed of branch campuses of Indian universities in the Persian Gulf region is emerging which aims to meet South Asians' aspirations to study abroad in a cost-efficient manner.

There are several regional satellite or branch campus consortia but only one national association in the United States. The National Association of Branch Campus Administrators, NABCA seeks to unify higher education officials, working to advance scholarship, provide research opportunities, and facilitate networking events, both online and at a national conference each year.

Examples

*St. John's University, with its main campus in the New York City borough of Queens, has five satellite campuses. Two are located in New York City ( Manhattan and Staten Island), one is in the outlying suburb of Hauppauge, New York, and two others are in Europe, specifically in Paris and Rome.
* Ohio State University, located in the state's capital of Columbus, has five satellite campuses around the state: Lima, Mansfield, Marion, Newark and the Agricultural Technical Institute in Wooster.
* Ohio University, with its main campus in the southeastern town of Athens, has eight satellite campuses and centers around the state: Cambridge, Chillicothe, Ironton (Southern Campus), Lancaster, Pickerington (Pickerington Center), Proctorville (Proctorville Center), St. Clairsville (Eastern Campus) and Zanesville.
* Gratz College has an all-girls undergraduate campus. It is located in Baltimore and offers many degree options as well as study abroad opportunities for undergraduate students.
*Arizona State University, whose main campus is in the Phoenix suburb of Tempe, has three satellite campuses in other parts of the Phoenix area: one located in Glendale called the Arizona State University at the West Campus; another located in downtown Phoenix called Arizona State University at the Downtown Phoenix campus; and its third located in Mesa called Arizona State University at the Polytechnic campus.
* Brigham Young University, located in Provo, Utah, has two satellite campuses: one in Laie, Hawaii and the other in Rexburg, Idaho.
*The University of Michigan has two satellite campuses: one located in Flint and the other in Dearborn.
*Drexel University has three branch campuses: Drexel University Sacramento in California, Drexel University at Burlington County College in South Jersey, and the LeBowe College of Business Malvern Campus in suburban Philadelphia.
*The University of Toronto Scarborough and the University of Toronto Mississauga are satellite campuses of the University of Toronto.
*The Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar and Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University at New York City are satellite campuses of Cornell University.
*The University of Waterloo maintains three satellite campuses in addition to its main campus in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The School of Architecture moved from the main campus to a satellite campus in Cambridge, Ontario in 2004 due to lack of space at the main campus and as an initiative to spur economic activity in Cambridge. The