ASU announced the launch of ASU London on Thursday, a program where students can complete a bachelor's degree in London and a master's degree in the United States in as little as four years.
ASU London Centre for Advanced Learning is an independent, U.K.-accredited higher educational institution, that will offer three-year undergraduate programs, including computer science, business and engineering.
The institution will be located on the Clerkenwell campus of City St. George's University of London and is set to open in Fall 2026.
"We're in the business of changing people's lives and changing people's futures," ASU President Michael Crow said to ASU News.
Mark Searle, a member of the Board of Trustee Directors and former provost emeritus, said that as partner universities, they are looking to take a step back from The Engineering & Design Institute London (TEDI-London), which presented an opportunity for ASU to engage globally.
TEDI-London, which was started in 2020, provided a unique hands-on learning experience for students and filled the need for innovative engineering schools that the U.K. universities had at the time.
The bachelor's program will teach a curriculum created as a joint effort by faculty and specialists from both the U.S. and U.K, which took about a year to create, Searle said.
"What we've tried to do is bring the very best of our curriculum learning and curriculum styles to what we're going to offer in London," he said.
Along with the unique learning opportunities, Searle said ASU London can be an advantage for students from a financial point of view.
"It would be less expensive to complete, if you're coming from out of state or internationally, to go to London," Searle said. "You take advantage of the option to come to ASU for your master's degree, and you're done in four years."
While the enrollment process differs due to the foreign policies, the admission criteria do not. The process of acquiring a visa is controlled by the U.K. government, but Searle said the program will help students navigate this process as much as they can.
"They actually apply through us, and then we pass it on to the government in the United Kingdom, and they are given as much help as they need," he said.
To celebrate the launch of this development, various events and opportunities are in the works. One of these events includes Sun Devil Football playing against the University of Kansas Jayhawks at London's iconic Wembley Stadium in September 2026.
"Nothing's like starting with a football game in the Fall of '26 at Wembley Stadium," Searle said. "Great timing as we launch this in the next fall and have that rallying point and all these Sun Devils showing up from the United States to celebrate Arizona State University."
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Searle said he expects the program to expand and offer more degree programs as the student engagement grows.
He also said an attractive part about the program is the opportunity to be immersed and experience different cultures that students would not normally get.
"For students in other parts of the world that they'll be attracted because London is such an interesting city, and that the opportunity to live and experience life in London will be an attraction for them," Searle said. "And at the same time, be connected by the opportunity to come to Arizona and do their graduate work."
Edited by Natalia Rodriguez, Senna James and Ellis Preston.
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Diana is in her first semester with The State Press and second semester at the Cronkite School, pursuing a degree in Journalism and Mass Communication with a minor in political science.
