About ESAT
ESAT is a private college based in the heart of old Valencia, offering a range of BTECs in Graphic Design, Animation and Videogames Design and Programming.
With 60 registrations in 2010, ESAT generates revenue in excess of €360,000 from Edexcel qualifications alone.
Key facts and figures
| City and country |
Valencia, Spain |
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Established |
1993 (as ESI Valencia)
2005 (renamed ESAT) |
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Edexcel centre since |
1997 |
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Annual turnover |
€1.2 million |
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Student numbers |
150 |
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Annual average growth |
25% |
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Average HND annual fee |
€6,000 |
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Average ND annual fee |
€6,000 |
| Edexcel registrations in 2010 |
60 |
|
Graduate employment output |
100% |
Where does Edexcel come in?
ESAT delivers the following Edexcel qualifications:
• BTEC Level 3 Advanced Diploma Graphic Design
• BTEC Level 5 Higher National Diploma Graphic Design (Multimedia)
• BTEC Level 5 Higher National Diploma Graphic Design (Illustration)
• BTEC Level 3 Advanced Diploma IT Practitioners (Software
Development)
• BTEC Level 5 Higher National Diploma Programming Videogames
• BTEC Level 5 Higher National Diploma Creative Media Production
(Computer Game Animation)
“All of the facilities provided for the students are excellent. Up-to-date hardware and software relevant to the needs of students studying videogame programming is provided. The accommodation provides a very pleasing working environment for both staff and students.”
- Mike J. Parker, Edexcel External Verifier
“The centre is well resourced with industry-standard software and hardware, e-campus and wifi. ESAT is located in the heart of old Valencia in a truly wonderful building which has been refurbished to make effective use of the space.”
- Jan French, Edexcel External Verifier
The key to ESAT’s success:
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Excellent teaching standards: ESAT places a strong emphasis on the knowledge and experience of its tutors, with several holding national awards in their area of expertise.
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Collaborations with select UK universities - Northumbria and Teesside - providing students with high quality progression opportunities.
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Developing links with local investment and entrepreneur organisations to help students kick-start their own companies and projects.
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Building strong relationships with renowned IT and consultancy companies including Sony, Apple, Microsoft, Deutsche Bank, HP, IBM, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and many more – relationships that help ESAT to achieve their impressive 100% graduate employment rate.
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Dedicated Research and Development department, helping students develop their projects to professional standards, and see their work come to fruition.
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Providing high quality assessment as an official examination centre for Pearson VUE, Prometric, ITIL, and the CISCO Networking Academy.
“Assignment briefs are innovative and challenging and are clearly relevant to today’s IT/computing world. Students’ work is of an extremely high standard and it is clear that useful and transferable skills are being taught to meet the needs of industry.”
“The link between ESAT and universities in the UK is growing ever stronger with an impressive number of students progressing to the degree programme each year.” -
Jan French, Edexcel External Verifier
What next for ESAT?
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Becoming an Edexcel International Centre for Excellence.
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Collaborating with partner UK universities on research projects, to consolidate progression pathways for students.
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Developing relationships with North American universities to offer students a richer variety of progression routes.
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Delivering BTEC courses online and in a blended format to maximise accessibility and choice for students.
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Becoming a market leader in the research and development of mobile software platforms.
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Continually improving programme quality to drive student recruitment.