Marlborough expands into Asia at EduCity campus

One of Britain's best co-educational boarding schools has opened its first overseas campus in EduCity@Iskandar with Marlborough College Malaysia.

Marlborough believes education should have an international dimension in order to prepare young students for meaningful participation in a global community, particularly before entering university. With this conviction, Marlborough expands into Asia.

"We chose to come to Southeast Asia because we believe this will be the financial powerhouse of the 21st century," says master Robert Pick.

"We specifically chose Malaysia because we were looking for a large land area and a partner that is interested in education and not solely in financial profit."

Marlborough College Malaysia gives students a chance to experience the school's 168 years of British educational heritage right in Iskandar and at the original Marlborough College in Wiltshire via its campus exchange programme.

Marlborough in Malaysia and in Britain share similar curricula, as the EduCity campus is not a franchise but a genuine extension of its British parent. Both campuses also share its highly qualified faculty, with local and expatriate teachers getting campus exchange opportunities. Half the teachers at Marlborough College Malaysia have taught or studied at the Wiltshire branch.