Three public English universities and their plans for and establishments of campuses abroad throughout the last ten years are at the centre of this study. The University of Nottingham, the University of Warwick and the University of Liverpool all planned various forms of campuses abroad. One of their aims was, and still is, to provide students in their respective home countries and neighbouring regions with a British higher education experience. While the University of Warwick abandoned its plans for a campus in Singapore, the University of Nottingham has been running campuses in Malaysia and China since 2000 and 2004 respectively. The joint-venture Xi'an Jiatong-Liverpool University began operations in 2005.