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

Also note the list of Suspect Providers.

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