About Us :
What you need to know about us ?
We are an Off-Campus centre for University of Sunderland in Morocco. The University of Sunderland.
- We deliver British qualifications in addition to a Moroccan graduate qualifications.
- We deliver Bachelors and Masters in IT and Business. Our Bachelors last three years and our Masters one year full-time and two years part-time.
- We operate a Foundation Year for students whose English is not up to the required level. We deliver this programme in collaboration with the British Council.
- We accept students from all over Morocco and from African Countries. Students coming from other cities than Casablanca and Rabat are granted a discount for accommodation.
- We teach entirely in English.
- Our prorammes are tailor made to meet local and international employment needs.
Our academic credentials are outstanding :
Located in Casablanca, Morocco, SIST's Undergraduate School provides challenging academic programmes underpinned by innovative research and professional practice. We strive to achieve the fullest realization of the institution's two fundamental missions:
To prepare the next generation of researchers and professional leaders for the Moroccan market and,
To develop computer and business skills adapted to and required by the Moroccan environment.
SIST is not just a partner of the University of Sunderland, but in fact it is the off campus site of the University of Sunderland. At SIST, after completion of our four year programme, you get awarded two diplomas; the first one from the Superior Institutions of Science and Technology (SIST) in Morocco, and the second one from the University of Sunderland, in Great Britain.
Superior Institutions of Science and Technology is fully supported and controlled by the University of Sunderland. The exams are done, given and corrected by the University of Sunderland faculty and staff. In short, all SIST programmes are directly supervised and managed by the University of Sunderland in Great Britain.
We are distinctive for a number of reasons :
- We aim to offer high quality teaching and research facilities, controlled and supervised by University of Sunderland.
- We teach University of Sunderland's high level courses in the chosen fields.
- We are committed to achieving the best possible success and employability of our students by offering outstanding student support, highly effective teaching and learning strategies and practical links with employers.
- We believe passionately in offering higher education to all who will benefit from it. When possible, we work in partnership with other outstanding institutions to offer the very best and widest higher education opportunities.
- We offer high standard selected courses of University of Sunderland and we collaborate with the British Council for the teaching of our Foundation Year students.
- Our academic standing, creativity and innovation has been widely recognised in Morocco through a number of quality control by the competent committees from the Ministry of Higher Education in Morocco and from the University of Sunderland.
- Equal opportunities is of central importance to our mission of inclusiveness. Our equal opportunities policy lies at the heart of our activities.