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. Note of 10 October: The list is complete thanks to excellent work by Sara.

Please do not add any new entries to this list below until the project decides it is appropriate.

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

See also Abbreviations.

Programmes added later than mid-August 2008

This list will in time be merged back into the main Programmes list. To be reviewed at the Berlin December meeting.

1. California Virtual University, US
2. Dublin City University, Ireland
3. Mount Royal College, Canada
4. NKS Nettstudier, Norway
5. Norway Opening Universities (NOU) - an agency - Norway
6. Norwegian Networked University (NVU) - a universities association - Norway
7. Simon Fraser University, Canada
8. Scottish Knowledge, UK
9. Southern Institute of Technology, New Zealand
10. Otago University, New Zealand
11. Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico
12. University of Agder, Norway
13. University of New Brunswick, Canada
14. University of Oslo, Norway
15. University of Ulster, UK - a Megaprovider
16. Walden University, US

Also note the list of Suspect Providers.

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