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 (AVU)
2. Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU), Pakistan
3. American InterContinental University, US
4. Anadolu University, Turkey
5. Arab American University for Distance Learning, Jordan - not operational?
6. Arab Open University (AOU)
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-Learning Development Centre (EeU)
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 (OUHK)
95. Open University of Malaysia
96. Open University of Sri Lanka (OUSL)
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 (SVU)
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 (YCMOU), 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. Beijing Radio & TV University (BTVU), China
3. California Virtual University, US
4. Dennis Gabor Applied University (DGAU), Hungary
5. Eszterházy Károly College, Hungary
6. Distance and Educational Study Center (DISC), TU Kaiserslautern, Germany
7. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University (BRAOU), India
8. Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University, India
9. Dublin City University, Ireland
10. Dutch Digital University, (DDU)
11. Estonian Business School Open University, Estonia
12. Euclid University
13. The Global Open University of Zambia (TGOU)
14. Hanoi Open University, Vietnam
15. Hanyang Cyber University, Korea (HYCU)
16. Hellenic Open University (HOU), Greece
17. Harvard University Extension School, US
18. Henan Radio & TV University (HNRTVU)
19. Ho Chi Minh City Open University (HCMCOU), Vietnam
20. Inner Mongolia Radio & TV University (IMRTVU)
21. Jiangsu Radio & TV University (JSRTVU)
22. International Business Academy (IBA), Denmark
23. Karnataka State Open University (KSOU), India
24. K. K. Handique State University, India
25. Klagenfurt University, Austria
26. Kota Open University, India -- see Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University
27. Madhya Pradesh Bhoj Open University (MPBOU), India
28. Moscow State University of Economics, Statistics and Informatics (MESI), Russia
29. Mount Royal College, Canada
30. Nalanda Open University, India
31. National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL), India
32. National Open University, Taiwan
33. National Open University of Nigeria
34. Netaji Subhas Open University (NSOU), India
35. NextEd
36. NKS Nettstudier, Norway
37. Norway Opening Universities (NOU) - an agency - Norway
38. Norwegian Networked University (NVU) - a universities association - Norway
39. Open Universities Australia -- formerly Open Learning Australia
40. Open University of Brazil - a.k.a. Universidade Aberta do Brasil
41. Open University of Israel (OUI)
42. Open University of Japan (OUJ)
43. Open University of Sudan (OUS)
44. Open University of Tanzania (OUT)
45. Open University of Libya
46. Otago University, New Zealand
47. Open Training and Education Network (OTEN), Australia
48. Payame Noor University (PNU), Iran
49. Peoples Open Access Educational Initiative (Peoples-uni), UK
50. Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP OUS), Philippines
51. Pt. Sunderlal Sharma Open University (PSSOU), India
52. Rio Salado College, US
53. Simon Fraser University (SFU), Canada
54. Scottish Knowledge, UK
55. Seoul Digital University, South Korea
56. Shaanxi Radio & TV University (SXRTVU), China
57. Shanghai TV University (STVU or SHTVU), China
58. Shenyang Radio & TV University (SYTVU), China
59. Sichuan Radio & TV University (SRTVU) or (SCRTVU), China
60. SIM University (UniSIM), Singapore
61. Southern Institute of Technology, New Zealand
62. Southern Regional Electronic Board (SREB), USA
63. Stanford University, USA
64. Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University (STOU), Thailand
65. TAFE Open Learning, Australia
66. Tamil Nadu Open University (TNOU), India
67. Thompson Rivers University, Canada
68. Tianjin Radio & TV University (TJRTVU), China
69. UC-Berkeley Extension, USA
70. Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico
71. Universidad Tecnica Particular de Loja (UTPL), Ecuador
72. University of Agder, Norway
73. University of Guelph Open Online, Canada
74. University of Illinois Global Campus, US
75. University of London External System, UK
76. University of New Brunswick, Canada
77. University of Oslo, Norway
78. University of Pretoria (UP), South Africa
79. University of Southern Maine, USA
80. University of Ulster, UK - a Megaprovider
81. University of Zambia
82. U.P. Rajarshi Tandon Open University (UPRTOU), India
83. Uttaranchal Open University, India
84. Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University (VMOU), India
85. Walden University, US
86. Wawasan Open University, Malaysia
87. Yunnan Radio & TV University (YRTVU), China
88. Zentralstelle für Fernstudien an Fachhochschulen (ZFH), Germany
89. Zimbabwe Open University (ZOU)

Also note the list of Suspect Providers.

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