DUBAI, United Arab Emirates--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SAE Group, the preeminent global creative media educator has announced a new aggressive multi-million dollar expansion plan for the coming year with several wholly owned SAE Institute campuses planned in addition to the recent franchise partnerships in the Middle East and Asia.

A new SAE International license agreement in Indonesia will complement existing franchise schools in Jordan, Malaysia, Thailand and India, while the 2010/2011 pipeline includes new campuses in Beirut, Lebanon; Cairo, Egypt; and Tokyo, Japan. Additionally, further expansion is planned in Central Asia, Central America and several key South American regions.

More recently, the Istanbul campus has just opened its doors with enormous response from both students and the wider creative industries community with further expansion in other major Turkish cities already being discussed.

Romy Hawatt, Director of SAE International FZ-LLC said: “Despite the global financial crisis, conditions are ripe for vocational training and skills-based post-secondary education. We are poised to make an unprecedented advancement in our global network of schools, which adds to the already wide geographical base we enjoy.

As the creative media industry grows and increases its penetration with infinite products and services, so will the need to grow the professionals to drive innovation. That is what SAE Institute is about.”

Founded in Australia in 1976, SAE Group is the first educator to provide practical audio training.

Source: ME NewsWire

Note to Editors:

Established in 1976, SAE Institute is the world’s largest and most prominent Creative Media education & training provider, located in 50 cities and 23 countries with world headquarters in Oxford England. SAE Institute graduates are prominent in the film and music industries, and many have achieved international acclaim, earning Oscar, BAFTA, AFI and ARIA awards.

SAE Dubai opened its doors October 2005 offering certificates, diplomas and degrees in the fields of Film Making, 3D Animation, Multimedia, Web Design and Audio Engineering.

SAE Dubai is endorsed by the Dubai University Quality Assurance Board (UQAIB) and a licensed member of Dubai’s Department of Education, Knowledge & Human Development Authority (KHDA), and its Film and Audio programmes are accredited by the New South Wales Department of Education in Australia.

SAE Institute also offers specialist business-to-business training and consulting services to all government and non government organisations via its Corporate Training Division.

For more information about the SAE institute, please visit www.sae.edu.