Programmes

The following list includes the lists of institutions which The e-University Compendium and the UNESCO IIEP List feel are worthy of consideration as virtual universities. It also includes many of the accredited open universities 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.

Other reports that provide good information on programmes to select for further consideration include:

• Reports from Swedish Net Agency study trips
• E-learning_Progress_at_Ain-Shams_University - a list of virtual universities by region
• The eLearning industry and market in Europe - Lot 1: Appendix to Synthesis Report by Jane Massy

Editors! See Programme template

Programmes from the Gazetteer/UNESCO sources

Notes of 11 August updated 20 August 2008: Sara Frank Bristow is completing entries for all the non-EU programmes in the list below.

Other partners please do not add any new entries to this list below until Sara signifies that her work is complete.

The partner responsible for each country will in time complete a programme entry for each of the less major entries for their country/countries - e.g. Paul for UK and Ireland.

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 (Virtuelle Universität Bayern), Germany - a Megaprovider
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. China Central Radio & TV University (CCRTVU)
23. Clyde Virtual University, Scotland - closed
24. Centre National d'Enseignement à Distance ,France
25. Colorado University Online, US
26. Corinthian Colleges, 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, the European Association of Distance Teaching Universities
36. eChina e-learning collaboration between UK and China
37. EDEN, a European Association of universities active in e-learning
38. Edith Cowan University, Australia
39. Estonian e-University, sometimes called the Estonian Virtual University
40. EuroPACE, a European Association of universities active in e-learning
41. Ewha Womans University, South Korea
42. Faculdade Pitágoras, Brazil
43. FernUniversität Hagen, Germany
44. Finnish Virtual University, Finland
45. Florida Community College, US
46. Georgia Virtual Technical College, US
47. Global University Alliance - several meanings
48. Global Virtual University - and see in particular University of Agder, Norway
49. Henley Management College, England
50. Hibernia College, Ireland - possible case study
51. Hong Kong Polytechnic University Cyber U
52. Hong Kong University - high-echelon but possible
53. Idaho Electronic Campus, US
54. Illinois Virtual Campus, US
55. Indira Gandhi National Open University, India
56. Interactive University, Scotland - closed - marginally possible case study
57. International Cyber University, South Korea
58. Instituto Technologico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey - see Tecnológico de Monterrey
59. Jones International University, US
60. Kaplan College, US
61. Keller Graduate School of Management, US
62. Kentucky Virtual University, US
63. Korea National Open University
64. Korea Virtual Campus
65. Lansbridge University, Canada
66. Lund University NetUniversity, Sweden - possible case study
67. Massey University, New Zealand
68. Michigan Virtual University, US
69. Middlesex University Global Campus, UK
70. Multimedia University, Malaysia
71. Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
72. NETTUNO, Italy
73. NetVarsity, India
74. Networked University, Norway
75. New Jersey Virtual University, US
76. NHSU, the National Health Service University, UK
77. NKI Internet College, Norway - a Megaprovider
78. Nova Southeastern University, US
79. Online University Consortium
80. Open Polytechnic of New Zealand
81. Open University of Hong Kong
82. Open University of Israel
83. Open University of Malaysia
84. Open University of Sri Lanka
85. Open Universiteit Nederland - a Megaprovider
86. Open University of the United Kingdom - a Megaprovider
87. OSCAIL, Ireland
88. Pakistan Virtual University
89. Penn State World Campus, US
90. PurpleTrain.com
91. Ramkhamhaeng University, Thailand
92. Robert Gordon University, Scotland
93. Royal Roads University, Canada
94. Strayer University Online
95. Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University, Thailand
96. Swedish Net University
97. Swiss Virtual Campus
98. Syrian Virtual University
99. Technical University of Graz, Austria
100. Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico
101. Technikon SA, South Africa
102. Tele-Universite de Quebec , Quebec
103. Tsinghua University, China
104. UHI Millennium Institute, Scotland
105. UKeU, UK
106. UMassOnline, US
107. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
108. Universida Nacional de Educacion a Distancia (UNED), Spain - a Megaprovider
109. Universidade Virtual Publica do Brasil
110. UNISA Online Campus, South Africa
111. Universiti Tun Abdul Razak, Malaysia
112. United Nations University Online Learning
113. Universidad Virtual de Quilmes, Argentina
114. Universidad Virtual de Salud de Cuba
115. Universidade Aberta, Portugal - a Megaprovider
116. Universidade de Brasilia Centro de Educação a Distância, Brazil
117. Universidade Virtual do Centro-Oeste, Brazil
118. Universitas 21 Global, Singapore
119. Universitas Terbuka, Malaysia
120. Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Catalonia - a Megaprovider
121. Université Virtuelle en Pays de la Loire , France
122. Université Virtuelle Francophone (Virtual Francophone University)
123. Universiti Sains Malaysia
124. Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
125. University of the Arctic
126. University of Baltimore, US
127. University of British Columbia, Canada
128. University of Central Florida, US
129. University of Illinois Online, US
130. University of Liverpool Online Education UK - possible case study
131. University of Maryland University College, US
132. University of New England, US
133. University of the Philippines Open University
134. University of Phoenix Online, US
135. University of the South Pacific Online Learning
136. University of Ulster Campus One, Northern Ireland - possible case study
137. University of Waikato Online Learning, New Zealand
138. University of the West Indies
139. University of Wisconsin Extension, US
140. University of Southern Queensland, Australia
141. UVB Campus, Brazil
142. Virtual Global University
143. Virtual University for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises
144. Virtual University of Tunisia - possible case study
145. Western Governors University, US
146. Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University, India

See also Abbreviations.

Programmes discovered later than mid August 2008

This list will in time be merged back into the main Programmes list.

1. Dublin City University, Ireland
2. Mount Royal College, Canada
3. NKS Nettstudier, Norway
4. Norway Opening Universities (NOU) - an agency - Norway
5. Norwegian Networked University (NVU) - a universities association - Norway
6. Simon Fraser University, Canada
7. Southern Institute of Technology, New Zealand
8. Otago University, New Zealand
9. University of Agder, Norway
10. University of New Brunswick, Canada
11. University of Oslo, Norway
12. University of Ulster, UK - a Megaprovider

Also note the list of Suspect Providers.

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