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Revision as of 00:03, 31 October 2008

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:


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


Also note the list of Suspect Providers.


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