Local Support Partners act as SIMI’s authorised representatives in their region, providing academic and administrative support to learners throughout their study journey. They ensure that students receive guidance, onboarding, and ongoing assistance — while SIMI Swiss retains full control of academic quality, delivery, and awarding.

Key Roles:

• Support local student recruitment and onboarding
• Provide academic advising, administration, and learner care
• Coordinate local workshops, events, and SIMI activities
• Maintain SIMI brand representation and communication standards

Quality & Responsibility Alignment:

SIMI Swiss oversees and guarantees the academic framework, learning delivery, assessments, and qualification awards — ensuring consistent global standards while benefiting from strong local presence.

Shared Value:

Bringing Swiss educational excellence closer to learners everywhere, through trusted local partnership.

Study in Switzerland Partnership is a network-based collaboration in which SIMI Education Network members recruit and prepare international students, while Swiss partner institutions deliver full-time, on-campus education under their own academic and regulatory authority.

What SIMI Education Network brings

• A ready pipeline of qualified international students
• Structured academic pathways and pre-arrival student preparation
• Reduced need for overseas marketing and recruitment operations

What Swiss partners retain and control

• Full ownership of on-campus programmes and academic delivery
• Control over campus operations, student services, and learning environment
• Compliance with Swiss regulations under their own institutional authority

Partner Assurance – Clear and Balanced Cooperation

The Study in Switzerland Partnership is designed to create cooperation without displacement or competition.

SIMI Education Network does not seek to replace, replicate, or interfere with the partner’s programmes, campus operations, or institutional positioning. Swiss partner institutions retain full ownership and control over their academic programmes, on-campus delivery, student services, and local compliance.

SIMI’s role is limited to bringing prepared international students and structured academic pathways, allowing partners to focus on what they already do best: delivering high-quality education on their own campuses.

This clear separation of roles ensures that partners are protected from operational, regulatory, and brand-related risks, while benefiting from a stable and well-prepared international student pipeline.

Validation Partners are nationally recognised universities or awarding bodies that academically validate and approve programmes designed and delivered by SIMI – SwissUK™ Education Group. Through this partnership, learners gain access to dual or multiple qualification pathways, ensuring that their studies are aligned with national higher education standards and recognised globally.

Key Roles:

• Review and validate programme design, curriculum, and learning outcomes
• Approve and recognise credits delivered by SIMI – SwissUK™ Education Group
• Enable progression routes and joint/dual qualification awards
• Collaborate in academic governance, moderation, and continuous improvement

Quality & Responsibility Alignment:

SIMI – SwissUK™ Education Group manages global delivery, student services, and day-to-day academic operations. The Validation Partner provides national academic oversight, assuring alignment with national standards and supporting recognition of outcomes for further study and employment.

Shared Value:

Building internationally recognised learning pathways that combine Swiss educational excellence with national academic authority — empowering learners to achieve global mobility in education and career.

Study Abroad Agency Partners support SIMI – SwissUK™ Education Group in recruiting and facilitating international mobility for learners who choose to study full-time at SIMI’s campuses or our recognised university partners in Switzerland, the UK, and Europe. The partner manages the application and visa process, ensuring learners meet all academic and legal requirements for overseas study.

Key Roles:

• Recruit learners for SIMI – SwissUK™ Education Group and university partners abroad
• Guide and process study abroad applications, documentation, and admissions
• Support visa procedures, accommodation arrangements, and pre-departure preparation
• Act as the primary local contact for learner queries and international mobility guidance

Quality & Responsibility Alignment:

SIMI – SwissUK™ Education Group is responsible for academic admissions, programme delivery, and awarding of qualifications. The Study Abroad Agency Partner ensures compliance with immigration and institutional requirements, supporting a smooth and lawful learner transition into international study environments.

Shared Value:

Creating global pathways for learners to access Swiss and UK-recognised education on campus — while expanding SIMI’s international reach through strong, trusted recruitment partnerships.