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 (CNED), 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. Finnish Online University of Applied Sciences, Finland
54. Florida Community College, US
55. Georgia G.L.O.B.E., US
56. Georgia Virtual Technical College, US
57. Global University Alliance - several meanings
58. Global Virtual University - and see in particular University of Agder, Norway
59. Henley Management College, England
60. Hibernia College, Ireland - possible case study
61. Hong Kong Polytechnic University Cyber U
62. Hong Kong University - high-echelon but possible
63. Idaho Electronic Campus, US
64. Illinois Virtual Campus, US
65. Indira Gandhi National Open University, India
66. Interactive University, Scotland - closed - marginally possible case study
67. International Cyber University, South Korea
68. Instituto Technologico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey - see Tecnológico de Monterrey
69. Jones International University, US
70. Kaplan College, US
71. Keller Graduate School of Management, US
72. Kentucky Virtual University, US
73. Knowledge International University, Saudi Arabia
74. Korea National Open University
75. Korea Virtual Campus
76. Lansbridge University, Canada
77. Lund University NetUniversity, Sweden - possible case study
78. Massey University, New Zealand
79. Michigan Virtual University, US
80. Middlesex University Global Campus, UK
81. Multimedia University, Malaysia
82. Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
83. NETTUNO, Italy
84. NetVarsity, India
85. Networked University, Norway
86. New Jersey Virtual University, US
87. NHSU, the National Health Service University, UK
88. NKI Internet College, Norway - a Megaprovider
89. Nova Southeastern University, US
90. oncampus, Germany
91. Online University Consortium
92. Online CSU, US
93. Open Polytechnic of New Zealand
94. Open University of Hong Kong
95. Open University of Israel
96. Open University of Malaysia
97. Open University of Sri Lanka
98. Open Universiteit Nederland - a Megaprovider
99. Open University of the United Kingdom - a Megaprovider
100. OSCAIL, Ireland
101. Pakistan Virtual University
102. Penn State World Campus, US
103. Punjab Technical University Virtual Campus, India
104. PurpleTrain.com
105. Ramkhamhaeng University, Thailand
106. Robert Gordon University, Scotland
107. Royal Roads University, Canada
108. Strayer University Online
109. Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University, Thailand
110. Swedish Net University
111. Swiss Virtual Campus
112. Syrian Virtual University
113. Technical University of Graz, Austria
114. Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico
115. Technikon SA, South Africa
116. Tele-Universite de Quebec , Quebec
117. Tsinghua University, China
118. UHI Millennium Institute, Scotland
119. UKeU, UK
120. UMassOnline, US
121. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
122. Universida Nacional de Educacion a Distancia (UNED), Spain - a Megaprovider
123. Universidade Virtual Publica do Brasil
124. UNISA Online Campus, South Africa
125. Universiti Tun Abdul Razak (UNITAR), Malaysia
126. United Nations University Online Learning
127. Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia (UNAD), Colombia
128. Universidad Virtual de Quilmes, Argentina
129. Universidad Virtual de Salud de Cuba
130. Universidade Aberta, Portugal - a Megaprovider
131. Universidade de Brasilia Centro de Educação a Distância, Brazil
132. Universidade Virtual do Centro-Oeste, Brazil
133. Universitas 21 Global, Singapore
134. Universitas Terbuka, Malaysia
135. Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Catalonia - a Megaprovider
136. Université Virtuelle en Pays de la Loire , France
137. Université Virtuelle Francophone (Virtual Francophone University)
138. Universiti Sains Malaysia
139. Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
140. University of the Arctic
141. University of Baltimore, US
142. University of British Columbia, Canada
143. University of Central Florida, US
144. University of Illinois Online, US
145. University of Liverpool Online Education UK - possible case study
146. University of Maryland University College (UMUC), US
147. University of New England, US
148. University of the Philippines Open University
149. University of Phoenix Online, US
150. University of the South Pacific Online Learning
151. University of Ulster Campus One, Northern Ireland - possible case study
152. University of Waikato Online Learning, New Zealand
153. University of the West Indies
154. University of Wisconsin Extension, US
155. University of Southern Queensland, Australia
156. UVB Campus, Brazil
157. Virtual Global University
158. Virtual University for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises
159. Virtual University of Tunisia - possible case study
160. Western Governors University, US
161. 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. Al-Quds University, Palestine
2. California Virtual University, US
3. Dublin City University, Ireland
4. Euclid University, US
5. Harvard Business Online, US
6. Harvard University Extension School, US
7. International Business Academy (IBA), Denmark
8. Klagenfurt University, Austria
9. Mount Royal College, Canada
10. National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL), India
11. NKS Nettstudier, Norway
12. Norway Opening Universities (NOU) - an agency - Norway
13. Norwegian Networked University (NVU) - a universities association - Norway
14. Rio Salado College, US
15. Simon Fraser University, Canada
16. Scottish Knowledge, UK
17. SIM University (UniSIM), Singapore
18. Southern Institute of Technology, New Zealand
19. Open University of Japan
20. Otago University, New Zealand
21. Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico
22. University of Agder, Norway
23. University of Illinois Global Campus, US - 2008 initiative, already foundering
24. University of New Brunswick, Canada
25. University of Oslo, Norway
26. University of Pretoria, South Africa
27. University of Ulster, UK - a Megaprovider
28. Walden University, US
29. Wawasan Open University, Malaysia

Also note the list of Suspect Providers.

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