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!

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.

1. AABSC stands for the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
2. AAOU stands for the Asian Association of Open Universities
3. AAU stands for Aalborg University (Denmark)
4. ACODE stands for Australasian Council on Open, Distance and E-Learning
5. ACU stands for Association of Commonwealth Universities - see also Australian Catholic University
6. AIESAD stands for Asociación Iberoamericana de Educación Superior a Distancia, the Ibero-American Association of Distance Education Universities
7. AIOU stands for the Allama Iqbal Open University (Pakistan) - see also
8. AIOU stands for the Asia International Open University (Macao)
9. AIU stands for American InterContinental University
10. ALFA stands for América Latina - Formación Académica, a programme of cooperation between higher education institutions of the European Union and Latin America
11. ALT stands for Association for Learning Technology, focussed on the UK
12. AMBA stands for The Association of MBAs
13. AmSU stands for Amur State University (Russia)
14. AMU stands for Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (Czech Republic)
15. ANCED stands for the Asociación Nacional de Centros de e-Learning y Distancia (Spain)
16. AOU stands for the Arab Open University
17. APQN stands for Asia-Pacific Quality Network
18. AQF stands for Australian Qualifications Framework
19. ARIADNE stands for Alliance of Remote Instructional Authoring and Distribution Networks for Europe
20. ARIEL stands for Analysing and Reporting the Implementation of Electronic Learning in Europe
21. ASEAN stands for Association of Southeast Asian Nations
22. ATN stands for Australian Technology Network (of universities)
23. AU stands for Australia (the country) or:
24. AU (DK) stands for Aarhus University (Denmark) (we do not use the two-letter abbreviation) - or:
25. AU (CA) stands for Athabasca University (Canada) (we do not use the two-letter abbreviation)
26. AUCC stands for the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
27. AUGent stands for Ghent University Association (Belgium)
28. AUHA stands for Associatie Universiteit & Hogescholen Antwerpen (Belgium)
29. AUHL stands for Associatie Universiteit-Hogescholen Limburg (Belgium)
30. AULP stands for Associação das Universidades de Língua Portuguesa (Association of Universities in the Language of Portuguese)
31. AUQA stands for the Australian Universities Quality Agency
32. AUT stands for Auckland University of Technology - no longer for Association of University Teachers which does not exist now
33. AUTH stands for Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece)
34. AVU stands for African Virtual University
35. BAOU stands for Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University (Turkey)
36. BAU stand for Al-Balqa' Applied University (Jordan)
37. BAWEST stands for Business Academy West (Denmark)
38. BBE stands for Business of Borderless Education (report)
39. BCOU stands for British Columbia Open University (now absorbed into Thompson Rivers University)
40. Becta or formerly BECTa stands for British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (UK) but the long form is rarely used now
41. BELNET stands for the Belgian Research and Education Network
42. BFSU stands for Beijing Foreign Studies University (China)
43. BI stands for BI Norwegian School of Management - see also Burundi, Africa
44. BME stands for Budapest University of Technology and Economics (Hungary)
45. BMUKK stands for Bundesministerium für Unterricht, Kunst und Kultur/ Federal_Ministry_for_Education,_Arts_and_Culture (Austria)
46. BMWF stands for Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft und Forschung / Federal Ministry of Science and Research (Austria)
47. BNU stands for Beijing Normal University (China)
48. BOU stands for the Bangladesh Open University
49. BRAOU stands for the Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University (India)
50. BSEC stands for Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation
51. BTVU stands for Beijing Radio & TV University‎ (China)
52. BVU stands for Bulgarian Virtual University or Best Virtual Universities Organisation
53. CANARIE stands for Canadian Network for the Advancement of Research, Industry and Education, the NREN in Canada
54. CARADOL stands for the Caribbean Association for Distance and Open Learning
55. CARET stands for the Centre for Applied Research in Educational Technologies at the University of Cambridge
56. CBS stands for Copenhagen Business School
57. CCCOnline stands for Colorado Community Colleges Online (US)
58. CCDL stands for Cross Cultural Distance Learning, an international consortium
59. CCi stands for Corinthian Colleges, Inc. (US)
60. CCRTVU stands for the China Central Radio & TV University
61. Cederj stands for Center for Distance Learning of the State of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
62. CELI stands for Ceased E-Learning Initiative
63. CERNET stands for the China Education and Research Network
64. CETIS stands for Centre for Educational Technology Interoperability Standards but the long form is rarely used now (UK)
65. CEVU stands for Collaborative European Virtual University
66. CHEA stands for Council for Higher Education Accreditation (US) - agency
67. CHEI stands for Council for Higher Education (Israel)
68. CHEMS stands for Commonwealth Higher Education Management Service - now ceased
69. CICEI stands for Centro de Innovación para la Sociedad de la Información (Innovation Center for the Information Society) (Canary Islands; Spain)
70. CIFFAD stands for Consortium International Francophone de Formation a Distance
71. CMEC stands for the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada
72. CMU stands for Carnegie Mellon University (US)
73. CNAM stands for Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers (France)
74. CNAVES was the Portuguese agency for quality in higher education. It closed in 2007 and is now replaced by another body.
75. CNED stands for Centre National d'Enseignement à Distance. In French the abbreviation is Cned (France)
76. CNFD stands for Campus Numérique Francophone de Dakar (Senegal)
77. COL stands for Commonwealth of Learning (Canada)
78. COME stands for Warsaw University Centre for Open and Multimedia Education (Poland)
79. CPLP stands for Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa (Community of Portuguese Language Countries),
80. CRUP stands for Conselho de Reitores das Universidades Portuguesas (Portugal)
81. CSF stands for Critical success factor
82. CSU stands for Charles Sturt University (Australia)
83. CTU stands for Czech Technical University in Prague (Czech Republic)
84. CU Online stands for Colorado University Online (US)
85. CU stands for Charles University (Czech Republic)
86. CUTV stands for Carleton University Television (Canada)
87. CVA-RICESU stands for Comunidade Virtual de Aprendizagem Rede de Instituições Católicas de Ensino Superior (Brazil)
88. CVC stands for California Virtual Campus (US)
89. CVG stands for Campus Virtuel en Gestion (Belgium)
90. CVU stands for Canadian Virtual University. It was also used in the past for Clyde Virtual University.
91. DBIS stands for the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills of the UK, which oversees universities and colleges
92. DCSF is the Department for Children, Schools and Families of the UK
93. DCU stands for Dublin City University, Ireland - the host of OSCAIL
94. DDU stands for the Dutch Digital University (we do not use the two-letter abbreviation DU commonly used in Netherlands)
95. DEASA stands for the Distance Education Association of Southern Africa
96. DEEWR is the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations in Australia
97. DELNI is the Department for Employment and Learning, Northern Ireland
98. DELOS stands for Developing a European e-learning Observation System
99. DEST is a department now merged into DEEWR
100. DETYA stood for Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs (Australia), later called DEST
101. DfEE stands for the former Department for Education and Employment of the UK, a very old name for DfES
102. DfES stands for the former Department for Education and Skills of the UK, now split into DCSF and DIUS
103. DFID stands for Department for International Development of the UK
104. DGAU stands for Dennis Gabor Applied University (Hungary)
105. DISC stands for Distance and International Study Center (Germany) - a.k.a. ZFUW
106. DIUS is the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills of the UK
107. DTU stands for Technical University of Denmark
108. DVD stands for Digital Versatile Disk (no longer Digital Video Disk)
109. DVU stands for Danish Virtual University
110. E.A.S.Y. stands for Agency for Easy Access to Virtual Campus
111. EADL stands for European Association for Distance Learning
112. EADTU stands for the European Association of Distance Teaching Universities
113. EBS stands for Estonian Business School Open University
114. ECDVU stands for Early Childhood Development Virtual University
115. eChina stands for the Sino-UK eLearning Programme
116. ECTS stands for European Credit Transfer System, sometimes called the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System
117. EDEN stands for European Distance and E-Learning Network
118. EDHEC stands for École De Hautes Études Commerciales du Nord, France
119. EdiNet stands for E-learning in Distributed Data Network Laboratory
120. eduGI stands for Reuse and Sharing of e-Learning Courses in GI Science Education
121. EEA stands for the European Economic Area
122. EELU stands for Egyptian E-Learning University
123. EeU stands for Estonian e-University
124. EEZ stands for the European Economic Zone of EU, EEA and Switzerland
125. EFQM stands for European Foundation for Quality Management
126. EhB stands for Erasmus University College Brussels
127. ELDDA stands for e-Learning Digital Dashboard
128. eLene-TT stands for e-Learning Network for Teacher Training
129. e-LERU stands for League of European Research Universities virtual campus
130. ELUE stands for Improving quality of e-learning in universities
131. ELWA stood for Education and Learning Wales but is no longer used - see HEFCW
132. EML stands for Educational Markup Language
133. eMM and EMM stand for the e-Learning Maturity Model for benchmarking e-learning
134. E-move stands for An Operational Conception of Virtual Mobility
135. EMTC stands for E. mokymosi technologijų centras, in English e-Learning Technology Centre at Kaunas University of Technology
136. ENQA stands for the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education
137. EPICS stands for European Portal for International Courses and Services for Virtual Erasmus
138. EQO stands for European Quality Observatory
139. EQUEL stands for E-quality in e-learning research Laboratoire
140. EQUIS stands for European Quality Improvement System
141. eRNIST stands for European Research Network for ICT in Schools of Tomorrow
142. ESEN stands for European Small and medium entreprise E-learning Network
143. ESP-T stands for English for Specific Purposes: Therapeutic Professions
144. ESRC stands for Economic and Social Research Council (UK)
145. ETT.Campus stands for European Teachers and Trainers campus
146. e-Ttnet stands for Training of trainers network for e-learning
147. EU stands for European Union
148. e-U stands for the UK e-University (the one that became UKeU)
149. EUA stands for European University Association
150. EUNITE stands for European Universities Network for IT in Education
151. e-URBs stands for European Master in Comparative Urban Studies
152. EUROMOVE stands for European Mobility through Virtual Education
153. EuroPACE stands for European Professional Association for Collaboration in E-Learning
154. EVENE stands for Erasmus Virtual Economics & Management Studies Exchange
155. EVICAB stands for European Virtual Campus for Biomedical Engineering
156. EWNI stands for England, Wales and Northern Ireland - the home nations of the UK other than Scotland
157. FADE stands for the Finnish Association for Distance Education
158. FATECE stands for Faculdade de Tecnologia, Ciências e Educação (Brazil)
159. FC stands for Fisheries College, Bac Ninh (Vietnam)
160. FCCJ stands for Florida Community College Jacksonville
161. FE stands for Further Education (post-school, non-degree courses)
162. Fe-ConE stands for Framework for e-learning Contents Evaluation
163. FELI stands for Failed E-Learning Initiative
164. FernFH stands for Ferdinand Porsche FernFH (Austria)
165. FernFH stands for Ferdinand Porsche FernFH (Germany)
166. FernUni Hagen stands for FernUniversität in Hagen (Germany)
167. FGV stands for Fundação Getúlio Vargas - see FGV Online (Brazil)
168. FILTER stands for Economic filtering of knowledge
169. FSM stands for the Federated States of Micronesia (a country)
170. FUNDP stands for Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix (Belgium)
171. FUNIBER stands for Fundación Universitaria Iberoamericana (Brazil)
172. FUSL stands for Facultés universitaires Saint-Louis (Belgium)
173. FVU stands for Finnish Virtual University
174. G-20 stands for the Group of Twenty countries
175. G8 stands for the Group of Eight countries
176. GELI stands for Giant E-Learning Initiative
177. GROE stands for the project Global Resources for Online Education
178. Group T stands for Group T-International University College Leuven (Belgium)
179. GTCS stands for Georgia Technical College System (US)
180. GU8 stands for Global U8 Consortium
181. GUA stands for Global University Alliance, but this phrase has multiple meanings
182. GVTC stands for Georgia Virtual Technical College (US)
183. GVU stands for Global Virtual University
184. HCMCOU stands for Ho Chi Minh City Open University (Vietnam)
185. HE stands for Higher Education (universities and similar institutions)
186. HECS stands for the Higher Education Contribution Scheme, now replaced by the Higher Education Loan Programme (HELP)
187. HEFCE stands for Higher Education Funding Council for England (UK)
188. HEFCW stands for Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (UK)
189. HEI stands for Higher Education Institution
190. HELIOS stands for Horizontal E-Learning Integrated Observation System
191. HERO stands for Higher Education and Research Opportunities (UK)
192. HES stands for Harvard University Extension School (US)
193. HESA stands for Higher Education South Africa, an association of Rectors
194. HETAC stands for the Higher Education and Training Awards Council (Ireland)
195. HFH stands for Hamburger Fern-Hochschule (Austria)
196. HFH stands for Hamburger Fern-Hochschule (Germany)
197. HiG stands for University of Gävle - Högskolan i Gävle (Sweden)
198. HKU stands for University of Hong Kong
199. HNRTVU or Henan RTV stands for Henan Radio & TV University‎ (China)
200. HOU (GR) stands for the Hellenic Open University (Greece) or:
201. HOU (VT) Hanoi Open University (Vietnam)
202. Howest stands for University College West Flanders (Belgium)
203. HSUM stands for Health Sciences University of Mongolia
204. HUBrussel stands for Hogeschool-Universiteit_Brussel (Belgium)
205. HUT used to be used for Helsinki University of Technology (Finland) but TKK (Teknillinen KorkeaKoulu) is preferred
206. HYCU stands for Hanyang Cyber University (South Korea)
207. IAU stands for International Association of Universities
208. IBA stands for International Business Academy (Denmark)
209. IBC stands for International Business College (Denmark)
210. ICDE stands for the International Council for Open and Distance Education
211. ICDL stands for the former International Centre for Distance Learning (at UKOU) - the database is still available to subscribers
212. ICETEL stands for Improving Continuing Education and Training through e-learning
213. IDCE stands for the [[[Institute of Distance and Continuing Education]http://www.uog.edu.gy/schools/idce]]
214. IEC stands for the Idaho Electronic Campus
215. IGNOU stands for Indira Gandhi National Open University (India)
216. IHA stands for Engineering College of Aarhus (Denmark)
217. IHK stands for Copenhagen University College of Engineering (Denmark)
218. IIT stands for Institute of Information Technology (Vietnam) - see also IOIT
219. IMRTVU stands for Inner Mongolia Radio & TV University
220. IMS used to stand for Instructional Management System (the initials IMS are no longer an acronym)
221. INQAAHE stands for International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education
222. IOIT stands for Institute of Information Technology (Vietnam) - see also IIT
223. IOU stands for Intercultural Open University (based in the Netherlands)
224. ISI stands for Independent Study in Idaho (US)
225. ITESM stands for Instituto Tecnologico Superior de Monterrey - see Tecnológico de Monterrey (Mexico)
226. ITIU stansd for Università telematica internazionale UNINETTUNO
227. ITU stands for IT-University of Copenhagen (Denmark)
228. It-vest stands for IT University West (Denmark)
229. IUA stands for the Irish Universities Association, Ireland (Republic)
230. IVC stands for the Illinois Virtual Campus (US)
231. JANET stands for Joint Academic NETwork (alleged originally to be a name significant to one of the original developers) (UK)
232. JIU stands for Jones International University
233. JKU stands for Johannes Kepler Universität Linz (Austria)
234. JPPSG stands for Joint Procurement Policy and Strategy Group (UK Higher Education)
235. JSTVU stands for Jiangsu Radio & TV University (China)
236. KaHo Sint-Lieven stands for Katholieke Hogeschool Sint-Lieven/Catholic University College Ghent(Belgium)
237. KHiS stands for Kommuner och Hogskolor i Samverkan (Sweden)
238. KHK stands for KH Kempen University College (Belgium)
239. KHLim stands for Katholieke Hogeschool Limburg or Limburg Catholic University College in English (Belgium)
240. KIIB&M stands for Kuban Institute of International Business and Management (Russia)
241. KIU stands for Knowledge International University (Saudi Arabia)
242. KKHSOU stands for K. K. Handique State University or K. K. Handique State Open University (India)
243. KNOU stands for Korea National Open University
244. KSF stands for Key success factor
245. KSOU stands for Karnataka State Open University
246. KTH stands for KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden)
247. KU (DK) stands for University of Copenhagen (Denmark) (we do not use the two-letter abbreviation) - or:
248. KU (KE) stands for Kenyatta University (Kenya) (we do not use the two-letter abbreviation) - or:
249. KU (US) stands for Kaplan College or Kaplan University (US) (we do not use the two-letter abbreviation)
250. KYVC and KYVU stand for Kentucky Virtual University (US)
251. LATWF stands for the Learning and Technology World Forum, a series of conferences held each January in London, UK
252. LCUC stands for Limburg Catholic University College (Belgium)
253. LERU stands for League of European Research Universities
254. LieDM or LIEDM stands for Lithuanian National Distance Education Network
255. LIFE stands for Learning Interoperability Framework for Europe
256. LIVIUS stands for Learning in a Virtual Integrated University
257. LSDA stands for the former Learning and Skills Development Agency (UK) - now split into LSN and QIA
258. LTSC stands for Learning Technology Standards Committee (of IEEE)
259. LU stands for Luxembourg (the country) or:
260. LU (CA) stands for Lakehead University (Canada) (we do not use the two-letter abbreviation) - or:
261. LU (CA) stands for Laurentian University (Canada) (we do not use the two-letter abbreviation)
262. LVU stands for Lithuanian Virtual University
263. MASSIVE stands for Modelling Advice and Support Services to Integrate Virtual Component in Higher Education
264. MASTER stand for Mobility, Assessment, Selection, Technology and E-Learning Research
265. MEDIU stands for Al-Madinah International University (Philippines)
266. MELI stands for Major E-Learning Initiative
267. MENU stands for Model for a European Networked University for e-Learning
268. MESI stands for Moscow State University of Economics, Statistics and Informatics (Russia)
269. MEXT stands for the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Japan)
270. MIT stands for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
271. MOO stands for Multi-User Dungeons, Object Oriented
272. MPBOU stands for Madhya Pradesh Bhoj Open University (India)
273. MSU stands for Michigan State University (US)
274. MU stands for Masaryk University (Czech Republic)
275. MUW stands for Medizinische Universität Wien (Austria)
276. MVHS stands for Michigan Virtual High School (US) - see Michigan Virtual University
277. MVS stands for Michigan Virtual School (US) - see Michigan Virtual University
278. MVU (US) stands for Michigan Virtual University (US) - or:
279. MVU stands for Mediterranean Virtual University, a consortium
280. NADE (NO) stands for the Norwegian Association for Distance Education or:
281. NADE (LT) stands for the National Association of Distance Education in Lithuania
282. NAHE stands for the Swedish National Association for Higher Education
283. NCSL stands for National College for School Leadership in the UK
284. NDEC stands for the National Distance Education Centre of Ireland - see also Oscail in Irish
285. NDMA stands for Nacionaline distancinio mokymo asociacija, in English National Association of Distance Education
286. NELI stands for Notable E-Learning Initiative
287. NIME stands for the National Institute of Multimedia Education, Japan
288. NJVU stands for New Jersey Virtual University (US)
289. NKI stands for NKI Distance Education, the main distance learning provider in Norway
290. NKS stands for NKS Nettstudier, sometimes called NKS Distance Education, Norway (to be carefully distinguished from NKI)
291. NMMU stands for Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa
292. NOKUT stands for Nasjonalt organ for kvalitet i utdanningen, the Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education
293. NOU stands for Norway Opening Universities, the innovation programme in e-learning for HE in Norway - or:
294. NOU stands for National Open University of Taiwan
295. NOUN stands for the National Open University of Nigeria
296. NPTEL stands for National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (India)
297. NQAI stands for the National Qualifications Authority of Ireland
298. NREN stands for National Research and Education Network
299. 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
300. NSOU stands for Netaji Subhas Open University (India)
301. NSU stands for Nova Southeastern University (US)
302. NUCCAT stands for Northern Universities Consortium for Credit Accumulation and Transfer
303. NUS stands for National University of Singapore
304. NUST stands for National University of Science and Technology (Zimbabwe)
305. NVU stands for Norwegian Networked University, an association in Norway
306. NWU stands for North-West University (South Africa)
307. NZQA stands for the New Zealand Qualifications Authority
308. OBHE stands for the Observatory on Borderless Higher Education
309. ODLAA stands for the Open and distance learning association of Australia
310. ODU stands for Old Dominion University (US)
311. OECD stands for Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
312. OHO stands for Open Hoger Onderwijs (Belgium)
313. OISE stands for the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education - part of the University of Toronto, Canada
314. OKI stands for Open Knowledge Initiative
315. OLA stands for Open Learning Agency (British Columbia) – to be closed. It could also stand for Open Learning Australia.
316. OLCOS stands for Open e-Learning Content Observatory Services
317. OLF stands for Open Learning Foundation in the United Kingdom
318. OLIF stands for the Online Learning Innovation Fund of the UK
319. OPENU stands for Open University of Israel (Israel) - also OUI
320. OPNZ stands for the Open Polytechnic of New Zealand
321. ORMEE stands for Observatory on Rights Management for e-Learning in Europe
322. OSU (CZ) stands for University of Ostrava (Czech Republic) - or:
323. OSU (RU) Orenburg State University (Russia)
324. OTEN stands for Open Training and Education Network (Australia)
325. OU Libya stands for Open University of Libya (Libya)
326. OU is a common abbreviation for UK Open University - we try to use UKOU instead
327. OUA stands for Open Universities Australia -- formerly Open Learning Australia
328. OUBS stands for Open University Business School in Denmark (Denmark)
329. OUC (CY) stands for Open University of Cyprus (Cyprus) or:
330. OUC (US) stands for Online University Consortium (US)
331. OUHK stands for Open University of Hong Kong
332. OUI stands for Open University of Israel - also, OPENU
333. OUJ stands for the Open University of Japan, formerly the University of the Air
334. OUM stands for Open University of Malaysia (Malaysia)
335. OUN stands for Open Universiteit Nederland
336. OUNR stands for Open University National Role (UK)
337. OUS stands for the Open University of Sudan
338. OUSL stands for the Open University of Sri Lanka
339. OUT stands for the Open University of Tanzania
340. PANdora stands for Pan Asia Networking distance and open resource access, a study project
341. PBP-VC stands for Promoting Best Practice in Virtual Campuses
342. PHL stands for PHL University College (Belgium)
343. PI stands for Greek Pedagogical Institute
344. PLATO stands for ICT Platform for Online Learning and Experiences Accreditation in the Mobility Programme
345. PnM or PNM stand for Pick&Mix
346. PNU stands for Payame Noor University (Iran)
347. PPIU stands for Phnom Penh International University (Cambodia)
348. PROMETEUS stands for PROmoting Multimedia access to Education and Training in EUropean Society
349. PRTVU stands for one of the provincial-level Radio & TV universities in China
350. PSSOU stands Pandit Sunderlal Sharma Open University (India)
351. PSU stands for Pennsylvania State University (US) - see Penn State World Campus
352. PUP OU stands for Polytechnic University of the Philippines Open University System (Philippines)
353. PUW stands for Polski Uniwersytet Wirtualny, the Polish Virtual University
354. QA stands for quality assurance
355. QAA stands for Quality Assurance Agency (for Higher Education in the UK)
356. QCA stands for Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (UK)
357. QOU stands for Al-Quds Open University (Palestine)
358. QUADEM stands for Quality Assessment of Digital Educational Materials
359. QUAL-E-LEARNING stands for La qualité de l'eLearning
360. QUT stands for Queensland University of Technology (Australia)
361. REVE stands for REal Virtual Erasmus
362. RIO stands for Reusable Information Object (as at Cisco)
363. RLO stands for Reusable Learning Object (as at Cisco)
364. RMIT stands for Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (former name for RMIT) (Australia)
365. RRU stands for Royal Roads University (Canada)
366. RUC stands for Roskilde University (Denmark)
367. SAIDE stands for South African Institute for Distance Education
368. SCAD stands for Savannah College of Art and Design (US)
369. SCONUL stands for Society of College, National and University Libraries
370. SCORM stands for Sharable Course (or Courseware or Content) Object Reference Model
371. SCQF stands for Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (UK)
372. SCRTVU stands for Sichuan Radio & TV University (China) - see also SRTVU
373. Scuola IaD stands for Scuola per l'Istruzione a Distanza, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy
374. SDU (DK) stands for University of Southern Denmark (Denmark) - or:
375. SDU (KR) stands for Seoul Digital University (Korea)
376. SEAMOLEC stands for South Asian Minister of Education Organization Regional Open Learning Center, Indonesia
377. SEEL stands for Supporting Excellence in eLearning
378. SEEQUEL stands for Sustainable Environment for the Evaluation of Quality in eLearning
379. SEFI stands for European Society for Engineering Education
380. SEU stands for Southeast University (Bangladesh)
381. SFC stands for the Scottish Funding Council (UK)
382. SFEFC stood for the former Scottish Further Education Funding Council, now part of the Scottish Funding Council (UK)
383. SFU stands for Simon Fraser University, in Vancouver, Canada
384. SHEFC stands for the former Scottish Higher Education Funding Council, now part of the Scottish Funding Council (UK)
385. SHTVU stands for Shanghai TV University - see also STVU
386. SHU stands for Sheffield Hallam University (UK)
387. SPC stands for St. Petersburg College (US)
388. SREB stands for Southern Regional Electronic Board (Electronic Campus)
389. SRTVU stands for Sichuan Radio & TV University (China) - see also SCRTVU
390. STOU stands for Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University (Thailand)
391. STVU stands for Shanghai TV University - see also SHTVU
392. SUA stands for Sokoine University of Agriculture (Tanzania)
393. SURF stands for the Dutch educational network (Netherlands)
394. SURFnet stands for SURF network (Netherlands)
395. SVC stands for Swiss Virtual Campus
396. SVU stands for Syrian Virtual University
397. SXRTVU stands for Shaanxi Radio and Television University (China)
398. SYTVU stands for Shenyang Radio & TV University (China)
399. TDU stand for Thematic Digital Universities, France
400. TechBC stand for the former Technical University of British Columbia, Canada
401. TÉLUQ (and various variants) stands for the Télé-université du Québec, now part of the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
402. TGOU stands for the The Global Open University of Zambia
403. TJRTVU stands for Tianjin Radio & TV University, China
404. TKK stands for Helsinki University of Technology (Teknillinen korkeakoulu)
405. TLTP stands for Teaching and Learning Technology Programme (UK)
406. TNOU stands for Tamil Nadu Open University (India)
407. TQEF stands for Teaching Quality Enhancement Fund (UK)
408. TRU stands for Thompson Rivers University (Canada)
409. TUT stands for Tallinn University of Technology (Estonia) or:
410. TUT stands for Tshwane University of Technology (South Africa)
411. TVU stands for Tamil Virtual University (India)
412. U21 stands for Universitas 21
413. UAB (BR) stands for Universidade Aberta do Brasil (Brazil)
414. UAb (PT) stands for Universidade Aberta, the Portuguese Open University (Portugal)
415. UAE stands for United Arab Emirates (the country)
416. UArctic stands for University of the Arctic
417. UB stands for University of Baltimore (US)
418. UCAS stands for Universities and Colleges Admissions System (UK)
419. UCC stands for University College Copenhagen (Denmark)
420. UCF stands for University of Central Florida (US)
421. UCISA stands for the Universities and Colleges Information Systems Association (UK)
422. UCJ stands for Jutland University College (Denmark)
423. UCN stands for University College of Northern Denmark (Denmark)
424. UCOL stands for Universal College of Learning (New Zealand)
425. UCSC stands for University of Colombo School of Computing (Sri Lanka)
426. UCSJ stands for University College Sealand (Denmark)
427. UCSouth stands for University College South (Denmark)
428. UCT stands for University of Cape Town (South Africa)
429. UDIMA stands for Universidad a distancia de Madrid, or Open University of Madrid (Spain)
430. UEF stands for the University of Eastern Finland (Finland)
431. Ufi (or sometimes UFI) stands for University for Industry, who deliver learndirect (UK)
432. UFS stands for University of the Free State (South Africa)
433. UGent stands for Universiteit Gent (Belgium)
434. UHI stands for University of the Highlands and Islands (Scotland) (UK)
435. UiTM stands for Universiti Teknologi MARA (Malaysia)
436. UK stands for United Kingdom - see also the University of Kentucky (US)
437. UKeU is the UK e-University, more properly called UK eUniversities Worldwide Limited (UK)
438. UKEU stands for UK eUniversities Worldwide Limited, or the UK eUniversity (UK)
439. UKOLN stands for UK Office for Library and Information Networking (UK)
440. UKOU stands for UK Open University (UK)
441. ULB stands for Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium)
442. ULC stands for University College Lillebaelt (Denmark)
443. ULg stands for University of Liege (Belgium)
444. ULPGC stands for University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Canary Islands; Spain)
445. UMH stands for the Université de Mons-Hainaut (Belgium)
446. UMUC stands for University of Maryland University College (US)
447. UNAD stands for Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia (Colombia)
448. UNAM stands for Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Mexico)
449. UnB stands for University of Brazil (Universidade de Brasilia) (Brazil)
450. UNE (AU) stands for University of New England (Australia) - or:
451. UNE (US) stands for University of New England (US)
452. UNED stands for Universidad Estatal a Distancia (Costa Rica)
453. UNED stands for Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (Spain)
454. UNESCO stands for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
455. UNIA stands for the International University of Andalusia (Spain)
456. UNIACC stands for Universidad de las Artes, Ciencias, y Comunicaciones (Chile)
457. Uniandes stands for University of the Andes (Colombia)
458. UNIEDPA stands for Universidad Estatal a Distancia (Panama)
459. UNINETT is the National Education and Research Network for Norway
460. UNI-QM stands for European University Quality Management Tools for Lifelong Learning
461. UniSA stands for University of South Australia (Australia)
462. UNISA stands for the UNISA Online Campus at the University of South Africa (South Africa)
463. UNISIM or UniSIM stands for SIM University (Singapore)
464. UNITAR stands for Universiti Tun Abdul Razak (Malaysia)
465. UNIURB stands for University of Urbino "Carlo Bo" (Italy)
466. UNR stands for Universités numériques en région (France)
467. UNT stands for Universités Numériques Thématiques (France)
468. UOB stands for University of Bahrain (Bahrain)
469. UOC stands for Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, the Open University of Catalonia (Spain
470. UoP stands for University of the People (US)
471. UOPX stands for University of Phoenix (US)
472. UOU stands for Uttarakhand Open University (India )
473. UPM stands for Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, the Technical University of Madrid (Spain)
474. UPOU stands for University of the Philippines Open University (Philippines)
475. UPRTOU stands for U.P. Rajarshi Tandon Open University (India)
476. URJC stands for Rey Juan Carlos University (Spain)
477. UQAM stands for the Université du Québec à Montréal (Canada)
478. USDLA stands for the United States Distance Learning Association (United States)
479. USM stands for Universiti Sains Malaysia (Malaysia)
480. USOU stands for United States Open University (United States)
481. USP (BR) stands for the University of Sao Paulo (Brazil) or:
482. USP (FJ) stands for the University of the South Pacific (Fiji) (online learning)
483. USQ (AU) stands for University of Southern Queensland (Australia)
484. USV stands for Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava (Romania)
485. UAPA stands for Open University for Adults (Dominican Republic)
486. UT (NL) stands for University of Twente (Netherlands) - (we do not use the two-letter abbreviation) - or:
487. UT (IN) stands for Universitas Terbuka (Indonesia) - (we do not use the two-letter abbreviation) - or:
488. UT (EE) stands for University of Tartu (Estonia) - (we do not use the two-letter abbreviation)
489. UTPL stands for Universidad Tecnica Particular de Loja (Ecuador)
490. UUK stands for Universities UK (United Kingdom)
491. UVF stands for Université Virtuelle Francophone (Canada)
492. UVPL stands for Université Virtuelle en Pays de la Loire (France)
493. UVQ stands for Universidad Virtual de Quilmes (Argentina)
494. UVT stands for Université Virtuelle de Tunis (Tunisia)
495. UWI stands for University of the West Indies
496. UWIDEC stands for University of the West Indies - Distance Education Centre
497. UWO stands for University of Western Ontario (Canada)
498. UWS stands for University of the West of Scotland (UK)
499. VCSE stands for Virtual Campus for A Sustainable Europe
500. VEBS stands for Virtual European Banking School
501. VENUS stands for Virtual and E-mobility for Networking Universities in Society
502. VFH stands for Hochschulverbund Virtuelle Fachhochschule (Germany))
503. VGU stands for the Virtual Global University
504. VHB stands for Bavarian Virtual University (Germany)
505. ViCaDiS stands for Virtual Campus for Digital Students
506. VICTORIOUS stands for VIrtual Curricula ThrOugh Reliable InterOperating University Systems
507. VIPA stands for VIrtual campus for virtual space design Provided for european Architects
508. VirtUE stands for Virtual University for Europe
509. VM-BASE stands for Virtual Mobility Before and After Student Exchanges
510. VMOU stands for Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University (India)
511. VŠERS stands for College of European and Regional Studies (Czech Republic)
512. VSZDRAV stands for College of Nursing and Midwifery (Czech Republic)
513. VU stands for Pakistan Virtual University or Virtual University of Pakistan
514. VUB stands for Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium)
515. VUSAT stands for Virtual University for the Semi-Arid Tropics (India)
516. VUSME stands for Virtual University for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises
517. VUSSC stands for Virtual University for Small States of the Commonwealth
518. W&K stands for Hogeschool voor Wetenschap & Kunst / University College for Sciences and Arts (Belgium)
519. WADEA stands for the West African Distance Education Association
520. WCEL stands for Waikato Centre for eLearning (New Zealand)
521. WCET stands for Western Cooperative for Educational Telecommunications
522. Webcampus of the Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix (FUNDP) (Belgium)
523. WGU stands for Western Governors University (US)
524. WHOLE stands for Web-based health Organisations Learning Environment
525. WOU stands for Wawasan Open University
526. WTO stands for World Trade Organisation
527. XML stands for Extensible Markup Language
528. YCMOU stands for Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University (India)
529. YÖK stands for Yükseköğretim Kurulu, the Turkish for Council of Higher Education (Turkey)
530. YRTVU stands for Yunnan Radio & TV University (China)
531. ZFH stands for Zentralstelle für Fernstudien an Fachhochschulen (Germany)
532. ZFUW stands for Zentrum für Fernstudien und Universitäre Weiterbildung (Germany)
533. ZAOU stands for Zambian Open University
534. ZOU stands for Zimbabwe Open University

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