Programmes

The following list includes the lists of institutions which The e-University Compendium and the IIEP Reports feel are worthy of consideration as virtual universities. It also includes each accredited open university around the world.

They are not the only institutions worthy of attention as Notable E-Learning Initiatives (NELIs) and not all of them are MELIs or NELIs.

1. African Virtual University
2. Allama Iqbal Open University, Pakistan
3. American InterContinental University, US
4. Anadolu University, Turkey
5. Arab American University for Distance Learning, Jordan - not operational?
6. Arab Open University
7. ASEAN Virtual University
8. Assumption University, Thailand
9. Athabasca University, Canada
10. Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
11. Bangladesh Open University
12. Bavarian Virtual University, Germany
13. Beijing Foreign Studies University, China
14. Beijing Normal University, China
15. Best Virtual Universities Organisation - an intriguing association with a seemingly close relationship to UNESCO IIEP
16. British Columbia Open University, Canada
17. Campus Numérique Francophone de Dakar, Senegal
18. Canadian Virtual University
19. Capella University, US
20. Cardean University, US - merged into Ellis College
21. Charles Sturt University, Australia
22. Clyde Virtual University, Scotland - closed
23. Centre National d'Enseignement à Distance ,France
24. Colorado University Online, US
25. Corinthian Colleges, US
26. CU Online, US
27. Curtin University of Technology, Australia
28. Cyber U, Hong Kong
29. Danish Virtual University (Denmark) - closed
30. Deakin University, Australia
31. DeVry University, US
32. Drexel University Online, US
33. Duke University, US
34. e-TQM College, Dubai
35. EADTU
36. EDEN
37. Edith Cowan University, Australia
38. Estonian e-University, sometimes called the Estonian Virtual University
39. EuroPACE
40. Ewha Womans University, Korea
41. Faculdade Pitágoras, Brazil
42. FernUniversität Hagen, Germany
43. Finnish Virtual University, Finland
44. Florida Community College, US
45. Georgia Virtual Technical College, US
46. Global University Alliance - several meanings
47. Global Virtual University
48. Henley Management College, England
49. Hibernia College, Ireland - possible case study
50. Hong Kong Polytechnic University Cyber U
51. Hong Kong University - high-echelon but possible
52. Idaho Electronic Campus, US
53. Illinois Virtual Campus, US
54. Indira Gandhi National Open University, India
55. Interactive University, Scotland - closed - marginally possible case study
56. International Cyber University
57. Instituto Technologico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey - see Tecnológico de Monterrey
58. Jones International University, US
59. Kaplan College, US
60. Keller Graduate School of Management, US
61. Kentucky Virtual University, US
62. Korea National Open University
63. Korea Virtual Campus
64. Lansbridge University, Canada
65. Lund University NetUniversity, Sweden - possible case study
66. Massey University, New Zealand
67. Michigan Virtual University, US
68. Middlesex University Global Campus, UK
69. Multimedia University, Malaysia
70. Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
71. NETTUNO, Italy
72. NetVarsity
73. Networked University
74. New Jersey Virtual University, US
75. NHSU, the National Health Service University, UK
76. NKI Internet College, Norway
77. Nova Southeastern University, US
78. Online University Consortium
79. Open Polytechnic of New Zealand
80. Open University of Hong Kong
81. Open University of Israel
82. Open University of Malaysia
83. Open University of Sri Lanka
84. Open Universiteit Nederland
85. Open University of the United Kingdom
86. OSCAIL, Ireland
87. Pakistan Virtual University
88. Penn State World Campus, US
89. PurpleTrain.com
90. Ramkhamhaeng University, Thailand
91. Robert Gordon University, Scotland
92. Royal Roads University, Canada
93. Strayer University Online
94. Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University, Thailand
95. Swedish Net University
96. Swiss Virtual Campus
97. Syrian Virtual University
98. Technical University of Graz, Austria
99. Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico
100. Technikon SA, South Africa
101. Tele-Universite de Quebec , Quebec
102. Tsinghua University, China
103. UHI Millennium Institute, Scotland
104. UKeU, UK
105. UMassOnline, US
106. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
107. Universida Nacional de Educacion a Distancia, Spain
108. Universidade Virtual Publica do Brasil)
109. UNISA Online Campus, South Africa
110. Universiti Tun Abdul Razak, Malaysia
111. United Nations University Online Learning
112. Universidad Virtual de Quilmes, Argentina
113. Universidad Virtual de Salud de Cuba
114. Universidade Aberta, Portugal
115. Universidade de Brasilia Centro de Educação a Distância, Brazil
116. Universidade Virtual do Centro-Oeste, Brazil
117. Universitas 21 Global
118. Universitas Terbuka, Malaysia
119. Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Catalonia
120. Université Virtuelle en Pays de la Loire , France
121. Université Virtuelle Francophone (Virtual Francophone University)
122. Universiti Sains Malaysia
123. Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
124. University of the Arctic
125. University of Baltimore, US
126. University of British Columbia, Canada
127. University of Central Florida, US
128. University of Illinois Online, US
129. University of Liverpool Online Education UK - possible case study
130. University of Maryland University College, US
131. University of New England, US
132. University of the Philippines Open University
133. University of Phoenix Online, US
134. University of the South Pacific Online Learning
135. University of Ulster Campus One, Northern Ireland - possible case study
136. University of Waikato Online Learning, New Zealand
137. University of the West Indies
138. University of Wisconsin Extension, US
139. University of Southern Queensland), Australia
140. UVB Campus
141. Virtual Global University
142. Virtual University for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises
143. Virtual University of Tunisia - possible case study
144. Western Governors University, US
145. Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University, India

See also Abbreviations.

Also note the list of Suspect Providers.

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