Abbreviations

This is (to be) a full list of abbreviations for organisations and other activities of relevance to Re.ViCa.

A number of technical abbreviations are added - these do not link to Re.ViCa wiki pages. They are included as they are codes to avoid when creating or selecting codes for institutions and other entities.

Two-character codes are discouraged except when they are country codes but some are so common that we have been forced to adopt them.

Single-character codes are forbidden as they are used for various technical purposes.

Editors! Always check abbreviations first with Google and Acronym finder!

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Abbreviations

(other than 2-character country codes and 1-character codes for technical use)

The following list has been extracted from the list developed for The e-University Compendium and then further developed.

It is aimed to contain the standard abbreviations for all entities, institutions, programmes (especially MELIs etc) and projects of interest in the countries of most interest - plus for open/distance teaching universities across the world.

Added 8 June 2008: FELI, GELI, MELI and NELI.

1. AAOU stands for the Asian Association of Open Universities
2. AIOU stands for the Allama Iqbal Open University (Pakistan)
3. ALFA stands for América Latina - Formación Académica, a programme of cooperation between higher education institutions of the European Union and Latin America
4. ANCED stands for the Asociación Nacional de Centros de e-Learning y Distancia (Spain)
5. AQF stands for Australian Qualifications Framework
6. AUQA stands for the Australian Universities Quality Agency
7. AUTH stands for Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece)
8. ARIADNE stands for Alliance of Remote Instructional Authoring and Distribution Networks for Europe
9. ASEAN stands for Association of Southeast Asian Nations
10. ATN stands for Australian Technology Network (of universities)
11. AUCC stands for the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
12. AULP stands for Associação das Universidades de Língua Portuguesa (Association of Universities in the Language of Portuguese)
13. AUT stands for Auckland University of Technology - no longer for Association of University Teachers which does not now exist
14. BBE stands for Business of Borderless Education (report)
15. BCOU stands for British Columbia Open University (now absorbed into Thompson Rivers University)
16. BECTa was the former name for Becta
17. Becta stands for British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (UK) but the long form is rarely used now
18. BFSU stands for Beijing Foreign Studies University
19. BNU stands for Beijing Normal University
20. BOU stands for the Bangladesh Open University
21. BTVU stands for Beijing Radio & TV University‎ (China)
22. CANARIE stands for Canadian Network for the Advancement of Research, Industry and Education, the NREN in Canada
23. CARET stands for the Centre for Applied Research in Educational Technologies at the University of Cambridge
24. CCi stands for Corinthian Colleges, Inc. (US)
25. CCRTVU stands for the China Central Radio & TV University
26. CERNET stands for the China Education and Research Network
27. CETIS stands for Centre for Educational Technology Interoperability Standards but the long form is rarely used now (UK)
28. CHEA stands for Council for Higher Education Accreditation (US) - agency
29. CHEMS stands for Commonwealth Higher Education Management Service - now ceased
30. CMEC stands for the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada
31. CNED stands for Centre National d'Enseignement à Distance. In French the abbreviation is Cned.
32. CNAVES was the Portuguese agency for quality in higher education. It closed in 2007 and is now replaced by another body.
33. CNFD stands for Campus Numérique Francophone de Dakar
34. COL stands for Commonwealth of Learning
35. CPLP stands for Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa (Community of Portuguese Language Countries),
36. CRUP stands for Conselho de Reitores das Universidades Portuguesas (Portugal)
37. CVU stands for Canadian Virtual University. It was also used in the past for Clyde Virtual University.
38. DCSF is the Department for Children, Schools and Families of the UK
39. DCU stands for Dublin City University, Ireland - the host of OSCAIL
40. DDU stands for the Dutch Digital University (we do not use the two-letter abbreviation DU commonly used in Netherlands
41. DELNI is the Department for Employment and Learning, Northern Ireland
42. DEST is a department now merged into DEEWR
43. DEEWR is the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations in Australia
44. DETYA stood for Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs (Australia), later called DEST
45. DfEE stands for the former Department for Education and Employment of the UK, a very old name for DfES
46. DfES stands for the former Department for Education and Skills of the UK, now split into DCSF and DIUS
47. DFID stands for Department for International Development of the UK
48. DGAU stands for Dennis Gabor Applied University (Hungary)
49. DISC stands for Distance and Educational Study Center (Germany)
50. DIUS is the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills of the UK
51. DVD stands for Digital Versatile Disk (no longer Digital Video Disk)
52. EADTU stands for the European Association of Distance Teaching Universities
53. eChina stands for the Sino-UK eLearning Programme
54. ECTS stands for European Credit Transfer System, sometimes called the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System
55. EeU stands for Estonian e-University
56. EFQM stands for European Foundation for Quality Management
57. ELWA stood for Education and Learning Wales but is no longer used - see HEFCW
58. ELDDA stands for e-Learning Digital Dashboard
59. EML stands for Educational Markup Language
60. eMM and EMM stand for the e-Learning Maturity Model for benchmarking e-learning
61. ENQA stands for the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education
62. ESP-T stands for English for Specific Purposes: Therapeutic Professions
63. ESRC stands for Economic and Social Research Council (UK)
64. EUNITE stands for European University Network for Information Technology in Education
65. e-U stands for the UK e-University (the one that became UKeU)
66. EU stands for European Union
67. FADE stands for the Finnish Association for Distance Education
68. FFCJ stands for Florida Community College‎ at Jacksonville, US
69. FE stands for Further Education (post-school, non-degree courses)
70. FELI stands for Failed E-Learning Initiative
71. FVU stands for Finnish Virtual University
72. GELI stands for Giant E-Learning Initiative
73. GTCS stands for Georgia Technical College System (US)
74. GU8 stands for Global U8 Consortium
75. GUA stands for Global University Alliance, but this phrase has multiple meanings
76. GVU stands for Global Virtual University
77. GVTC stands for Georgia Virtual Technical College (US)
78. HCMCOU stands for Ho Chi Minh City Open University (Vietnam)
79. HE stands for Higher Education (universities and similar institutions)
80. HECS stands for the Higher Education Contribution Scheme, now replaced by the Higher Education Loan Programme (HELP)
81. HEFCE stands for Higher Education Funding Council for England (UK)
82. HEFCW stands for Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (UK)
83. HEI stands for Higher Education Institution
84. HERO stands for Higher Education and Research Opportunities (UK)
85. HESA stands for Higher Education South Africa, an association of Rectors
86. HETAC stands for the Higher Education and Training Awards Council (Ireland)
87. HOU stands for the Hellenic Open University (Greece)
88. HKU stands for University of Hong Kong
89. HNRTVU stands for Henan Radio & TV University‎ (China)
90. HUT used to be used for Helsinki University of Technology but we prefer TKK (Teknillinen KorkeaKoulu)
91. ICDE stands for the International Council for Open and Distance Education
92. ICDL stands for the former International Centre for Distance Learning (at UKOU) - the database is still available to subscribers
93. IEC stands for the Idaho Electronic Campus
94. IGNOU stands for Indira Gandhi National Open University (India)
95. IMRTVU stands for Inner Mongolia Radio & TV University
96. IMS used to stand for Instructional Management System (the initials IMS are no longer an acronym)
97. ITESM stands for Instituto Tecnologico Superior de Monterrey - see Tecnológico de Monterrey (Mexico)
98. IUA stands for the Irish Universities Association, Ireland (Republic)
99. IVC stands for the Illinois Virtual Campus (US)
100. JANET stands for Joint Academic NETwork (alleged originally to be a name significant to one of the original developers) (UK)
101. JIU stands for Jones International University
102. JPPSG stands for Joint Procurement Policy and Strategy Group (UK Higher Education)
103. JSRTVU stands for Jiangsu Radio & TV University (China)
104. KNOU stands for Korea National Open University
105. KYVC and KYVU stand for Kentucky Virtual University
106. LSDA stands for the former Learning and Skills Development Agency (UK) - now split into LSN and QIA
107. LTSC stands for Learning Technology Standards Committee (of IEEE)
108. MELI stands for Major E-Learning Initiative
109. MESI stands for Moscow State University of Economics, Statistics and Informatics (Russia)
110. MEXT stands for the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan
111. MOO stands for Multi-User Dungeons, Object Oriented
112. MPBOU stands for Madhya Pradesh Bhoj Open University (India)
113. MVHS stands for Michigan Virtual High School (US) - see Michigan Virtual University
114. MVS stands for Michigan Virtual School (US) - see Michigan Virtual University
115. MVU stands for Michigan Virtual University (US)
116. NADE stands for the Norwegian Association for Distance Education
117. NDEC stands for the National Distance Education Centre of Ireland - Oscail in Irish
118. NELI stands for Notable E-Learning Initiative
119. NIME stands for the National Institute of Multimedia Education, Japan
120. NJVU stands for New Jersey Virtual University (US)
121. NKI stands for NKI Distance Education, the main distance learning provider in Norway
122. NKS stands for NKS Nettstudier, sometimes called NKS Distance Education, Norway (to be carefully distinguished from NKI)
123. NOKUT stands for Nasjonalt organ for kvalitet i utdanningen, the Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education
124. NOU stands for Norway Opening Universities, the innovation programme in e-learning for HE in Norway
125. NPTEL stands for National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (India)
126. NQAI stands for the National Qualifications Authority of Ireland
127. NREN stands for National Research and Education Network
128. NSHU stands for the Swedish Agency for Networks and Cooperation in Higher Education, formerly called the Swedish Net University Agency - be careful to distinguish this from NHSU, the NHS University of the UK
129. NSOU stands for Netaji Subhas Open University (India)
130. NSU stands for Nova Southeastern University (US)
131. NUCCAT stands for Northern Universities Consortium for Credit Accumulation and Transfer
132. NUS stands for National University of Singapore
133. NVU stands for Norwegian Networked University, an association in Norway
134. NZQA stands for the New Zealand Qualifications Authority
135. OBHE stands for the Observatory on Borderless Higher Education
136. OECD stands for Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
137. OISE stands for the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education - part of the University of Toronto, Canada
138. OKI stands for Open Knowledge Initiative
139. OLA stands for Open Learning Agency (British Columbia) – to be closed. It could also stand for Open Learning Australia.
140. OLF stands for Open Learning Foundation in the United Kingdom
141. OPNZ stands for the Open Polytechnic of New Zealand
142. OU is a common abbreviation for UK Open University - we try to use UKOU instead
143. OUHK stands for Open University of Hong Kong
144. OUI stands for Open University of Israel
145. OUJ stands for the Open University of Japan, formerly the University of the Air
146. UOA stands for Open Universities Australia -- formerly Open Learning Australia
147. OUN stands for Open Universiteit Nederland
148. OUS stands for the Open University of Sudan
149. OUSL stands for the Open University of Sri Lanka
150. PANdora stands for Pan Asia Networking distance and open resource access, a study project
151. PnM or PNM stand for Pick&Mix
152. PNU stands for Payame Noor University (Iran)
153. PUP OUS stands for Polytechnic University of the Philippines Open University System
154. PROMETEUS stands for PROmoting Multimedia access to Education and Training in EUropean Society
155. PRTVU stands for one of the provincial-level Radio & TV universities in China
156. PSU stands for Pennsylvania State University (US) - see Penn State World Campus
157. PUW stands for Polski Uniwersytet Wirtualny, the Polish Virtual University
158. QAA stands for Quality Assurance Agency (for Higher Education in the UK)
159. QCA stands for Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (UK)
160. QOU stands for Al-Quds Open University (Palestine)
161. RIO stands for Reusable Information Object (as at Cisco)
162. RLO stands for Reusable Learning Object (as at Cisco)
163. RMIT stands for Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (former name for RMIT) (Australia)
164. RRU stands for Royal Roads University (Canada)
165. SCONUL stands for Society of College, National and University Libraries
166. SCORM stands for Sharable Course (or Courseware or Content) Object Reference Model
167. SCQF stands for Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (UK)
168. SCRTVU stands for Sichuan Radio & TV University (China) -- see also SRTVU
169. SFC stands for the Scottish Funding Council (UK)
170. SFEFC stood for the former Scottish Further Education Funding Council, now part of the Scottish Funding Council (UK)
171. SFU stands for Simon Fraser University, in Vancouver, Canada
172. SHEFC stands for the former Scottish Higher Education Funding Council, now part of the Scottish Funding Council (UK)
173. SHTVU stands for Shanghai TV University -- see also STVU
174. SHU stands for Sheffield Hallam University (UK)
175. SRTVU stands for Sichuan Radio & TV University (China) -- see also SCRTVU
176. SREB stands for Southern Regional Electronic Board (Electronic Campus)
177. STOU stands for Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University (Thailand)
178. STVU stands for Shanghai TV University -- see also SHTVU
179. SURF stands for the Dutch educational network (Netherlands)
180. SURFnet stands for SURF network (Netherlands)
181. SVC stands for Swiss Virtual Campus
182. SVU stands for Syrian Virtual University
183. SXRTVU stands for Shaanxi Radio and Television University (China)
184. SYTVU stands for Shenyang Radio & TV University (China)
185. TechBC stand for the former Technical University of British Columbia, Canada
186. TÉLUQ (and various variants) stands for the Télé-université du Québec, now part of the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
187. TGOU stands for the The Global Open University of Zambia
188. TJRTVU stands for Tianjin Radio & TV University, China
189. TKK stands for Helsinki University of Technology (Teknillinen korkeakoulu)
190. TLTP stands for Teaching and Learning Technology Programme (UK)
191. TNOU stands for Tamil Nadu Open University (India)
192. TQEF stands for Teaching Quality Enhancement Fund (UK)
193. TRU stands for Thompson Rivers University (Canada)
194. U21 stands for Universitas 21
195. UAb stands for Universidade Aberta (Portugal), the Portuguese Open University
196. UAE stands for United Arab Emirates (the country)
197. UB stands for University of Baltimore (US)
198. UCAS stands for Universities and Colleges Admissions System (UK)
199. UCF stands for University of Central Florida (US)
200. UCISA stands for the Universities and Colleges Information Systems Association (UK)
201. UEF stands for the University of Eastern Finland
202. Ufi (or sometimes UFI) stands for University for Industry, who deliver learndirect (UK)
203. UHI stands for University of the Highlands and Islands (Scotland) (UK)
204. UKeU is the UK e-University, more properly called UK eUniversities Worldwide Limited
205. UKEU stands for UKeU
206. UKOLN stands for UK Office for Library and Information Networking (UK)
207. UKOU stands for UK Open University
208. UNE stands for University of New England (US)
209. UMUC stands for University of Maryland University College (US)
210. UNE stands for University of New England (US)
211. UNED stands for Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (Spain)
212. UNINETT is the National Education and Research Network for Norway
213. UniSA stands for University of South Australia
214. UNISIM or UniSIM stands for SIM University (Singapore)
215. UOC stands for Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, the Open University of Catalonia
216. UOPX stands for University of Phoenix, (US)
217. UPM stands for Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, the Technical University of Madrid (Spain)
218. UPRTOU stands for U.P. Rajarshi Tandon Open University (India)
219. UQAM stands for the Université du Québec à Montréal (Canada)
220. USQ stands for University of Southern Queensland
221. UT stands for University of Twente (Netherlands) but also Universitas Terbuka (Indonesia) - do not use
222. UTPL stands for Universidad Tecnica Particular de Loja (Ecuador)
223. UUK stands for Universities UK
224. UVF stands for Université Virtuelle Francophone
225. UVT stands for Université Virtuelle de Tunis
226. VENUS stands for Virtual and E-mobility for Networking Universities in Society
227. VHB stands for Bavarian Virtual University (Germany)
228. VMOUstands for Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University (India)
229. VU stands for Pakistan Virtual University or Virtual University of Pakistan
230. VUSME stands for Virtual University for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises
231. WCET stands for Western Cooperative for Educational Telecommunications
232. WGU stands for Western Governors University
233. WTO stands for World Trade Organisation
234. XML stands for Extensible Markup Language
235. YCMOU stands for Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University (India)
236. YRTVU stands for Yunnan Radio & TV University (China)
237. ZFH stands for Zentralstelle für Fernstudien an Fachhochschulen (Germany)
238. ZOU stands for Zimbabwe Open University

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