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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. 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. AIOU stands for the Allama Iqbal Open University (Pakistan)
  5. AIU stands for American InterContinental University
  6. ALFA stands for América Latina - Formación Académica, a programme of cooperation between higher education institutions of the European Union and Latin America
  7. AMBA stands for The Association of MBAs
  8. AMU stands for Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (Czech Republic)
  9. ANCED stands for the Asociación Nacional de Centros de e-Learning y Distancia (Spain)
  10. AOU stands for the Arab Open University
  11. AQF stands for Australian Qualifications Framework
  12. AU stands for Aarhus University (Denmark)
  13. AUQA stands for the Australian Universities Quality Agency
  14. AUT stands for Auckland University of Technology
  15. AUTH stands for Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece)
  16. ARIADNE stands for Alliance of Remote Instructional Authoring and Distribution Networks for Europe
  17. ARIEL stands for Analysing and Reporting the Implementation of Electronic Learning in Europe
  18. ASEAN stands for Association of Southeast Asian Nations
  19. ATN stands for Australian Technology Network (of universities)
  20. AUCC stands for the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
  21. AULP stands for Associação das Universidades de Língua Portuguesa (Association of Universities in the Language of Portuguese)
  22. AUT stands for Auckland University of Technology - no longer for Association of University Teachers which does not now exist
  23. AVU stands for African Virtual University
  24. BAWEST stands for Business Academy West (Denmark)
  25. BBE stands for Business of Borderless Education (report)
  26. BCOU stands for British Columbia Open University (now absorbed into Thompson Rivers University)
  27. BECTa was the former name for Becta
  28. Becta stands for British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (UK) but the long form is rarely used now
  29. BELNET stands for the Belgian Research and Education Network
  30. BFSU stands for Beijing Foreign Studies University
  31. BNU stands for Beijing Normal University
  32. BOU stands for the Bangladesh Open University
  33. BTVU stands for Beijing Radio & TV University‎ (China)
  34. BVU stands for Bulgarian Virtual University or Best Virtual Universities Organisation
  35. CANARIE stands for Canadian Network for the Advancement of Research, Industry and Education, the NREN in Canada
  36. CARET stands for the Centre for Applied Research in Educational Technologies at the University of Cambridge
  37. CBS stands for Copenhagen Business School
  38. CCi stands for Corinthian Colleges, Inc. (US)
  39. CCRTVU stands for the China Central Radio & TV University
  40. CERNET stands for the China Education and Research Network
  41. CETIS stands for Centre for Educational Technology Interoperability Standards but the long form is rarely used now (UK)
  42. CEVU stands for Collaborative European Virtual University
  43. CHEA stands for Council for Higher Education Accreditation (US) - agency
  44. CHEI stands for Council for Higher Education, Israel
  45. CHEMS stands for Commonwealth Higher Education Management Service - now ceased
  46. CMEC stands for the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada
  47. CNAVES was the Portuguese agency for quality in higher education. It closed in 2007 and is now replaced by another body.
  48. CNED stands for Centre National d'Enseignement à Distance. In French the abbreviation is Cned.
  49. CNFD stands for Campus Numérique Francophone de Dakar
  50. COL stands for Commonwealth of Learning
  51. CPLP stands for Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa (Community of Portuguese Language Countries),
  52. CRUP stands for Conselho de Reitores das Universidades Portuguesas (Portugal)
  53. CSU stands for Charles Sturt University
  54. CTU stands for Czech Technical University in Prague (Czech Republic)
  55. CVC stands for California Virtual Campus
  56. CVU stands for Canadian Virtual University. It was also used in the past for Clyde Virtual University.
  57. DCSF is the Department for Children, Schools and Families of the UK
  58. DCU stands for Dublin City University, Ireland - the host of OSCAIL
  59. DDU stands for the Dutch Digital University (we do not use the two-letter abbreviation DU commonly used in Netherlands
  60. DELNI is the Department for Employment and Learning, Northern Ireland
  61. DELOS stands for Developing a European e-learning Observation System
  62. DEST is a department now merged into DEEWR
  63. DEEWR is the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations in Australia
  64. DETYA stood for Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs (Australia), later called DEST
  65. DfEE stands for the former Department for Education and Employment of the UK, a very old name for DfES
  66. DfES stands for the former Department for Education and Skills of the UK, now split into DCSF and DIUS
  67. DFID stands for Department for International Development of the UK
  68. DGAU stands for Dennis Gabor Applied University (Hungary)
  69. DISC stands for Distance and Educational Study Center (Germany)
  70. DIUS is the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills of the UK
  71. DVD stands for Digital Versatile Disk (no longer Digital Video Disk)
  72. DTU stands for Technical University of Denmark
  73. DVU stands for Danish Virtual University
  74. EADTU stands for the European Association of Distance Teaching Universities
  75. E.A.S.Y. stands for Agency for Easy Access to Virtual Campus
  76. eChina stands for the Sino-UK eLearning Programme
  77. ECTS stands for European Credit Transfer System, sometimes called the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System
  78. EdiNet stands for E-learning in Distributed Data Network Laboratory
  79. eduGI stands for Reuse and Sharing of e-Learning Courses in GI Science Education
  80. EeU stands for Estonian e-University
  81. EFQM stands for European Foundation for Quality Management
  82. eLene-TT stands for e-Learning Network for Teacher Training
  83. e-LERU stands for League of European Research Universities virtual campus
  84. ELUE stands for Improving quality of e-learning in universities
  85. ELWA stood for Education and Learning Wales but is no longer used - see HEFCW
  86. ELDDA stands for e-Learning Digital Dashboard
  87. E-move stands for An Operational Conception of Virtual Mobility
  88. EML stands for Educational Markup Language
  89. eMM and EMM stand for the e-Learning Maturity Model for benchmarking e-learning
  90. ENQA stands for the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education
  91. EQUEL stands for E-quality in e-learning research Laboratoire
  92. EQUIS stands for European Quality Improvement System
  93. EQO stands for European Quality Observatory
  94. eRNIST stands for European Research Network for ICT in Schools of Tomorrow
  95. ESP-T stands for English for Specific Purposes: Therapeutic Professions
  96. ESRC stands for Economic and Social Research Council (UK)
  97. ESEN stands for European Small and medium entreprise E-learning Network
  98. ETT.Campus stands for European Teachers and Trainers campus
  99. e-Ttnet stands for Training of trainers network for e-learning
  100. EU stands for European Union
  101. e-U stands for the UK e-University (the one that became UKeU)
  102. EUA stands for European University Association
  103. EUNITE stands for European University Network for Information Technology in Education
  104. e-URBs stands for European Master in Comparative Urban Studies
  105. EUROMOVE stands for European Mobility through Virtual Education
  106. EVENE stands for Erasmus Virtual Economics & Management Studies Exchange
  107. EVICAB stands for European Virtual Campus for Biomedical Engineering
  108. FADE stands for the Finnish Association for Distance Education
  109. FE stands for Further Education (post-school, non-degree courses)
  110. Fe-ConE stands for Framework for e-learning Contents Evaluation
  111. FELI stands for Failed E-Learning Initiative
  112. FILTER stands for Economic filtering of knowledge
  113. FFCJ stands for Florida Community College‎ at Jacksonville, US
  114. FVU stands for Finnish Virtual University
  115. GELI stands for Giant E-Learning Initiative
  116. GTCS stands for Georgia Technical College System (US)
  117. GU8 stands for Global U8 Consortium
  118. GUA stands for Global University Alliance, but this phrase has multiple meanings
  119. GVU stands for Global Virtual University
  120. GVTC stands for Georgia Virtual Technical College (US)
  121. HCMCOU stands for Ho Chi Minh City Open University (Vietnam)
  122. HE stands for Higher Education (universities and similar institutions)
  123. HECS stands for the Higher Education Contribution Scheme, now replaced by the Higher Education Loan Programme (HELP)
  124. HEFCE stands for Higher Education Funding Council for England (UK)
  125. HEFCW stands for Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (UK)
  126. HEI stands for Higher Education Institution
  127. HELIOS stands for Horizontal E-Learning Integrated Observation System
  128. HERO stands for Higher Education and Research Opportunities (UK)
  129. HESA stands for Higher Education South Africa, an association of Rectors
  130. HETAC stands for the Higher Education and Training Awards Council (Ireland)
  131. HOU stands for the Hellenic Open University (Greece)
  132. HKU stands for University of Hong Kong
  133. HNRTVU stands for Henan Radio & TV University‎ (China)
  134. HUT used to be used for Helsinki University of Technology but we prefer TKK (Teknillinen KorkeaKoulu)
  135. IAU stands for International Association of Universities
  136. ICDE stands for the International Council for Open and Distance Education
  137. ICDL stands for the former International Centre for Distance Learning (at UKOU) - the database is still available to subscribers
  138. ICETEL stands for Improving Continuing Education and Training through e-learning
  139. IEC stands for the Idaho Electronic Campus
  140. IGNOU stands for Indira Gandhi National Open University (India)
  141. IHA stands for Engineering College of Aarhus (Denmark)
  142. IHK stands for Copenhagen University College of Engineering (Denmark)
  143. IMRTVU stands for Inner Mongolia Radio & TV University
  144. IMS used to stand for Instructional Management System (the initials IMS are no longer an acronym)
  145. ITESM stands for Instituto Tecnologico Superior de Monterrey - see Tecnológico de Monterrey (Mexico)
  146. ITU stands for IT-University of Copenhagen (Denmark)
  147. It-vest stands for IT University West (Denmark)
  148. IUA stands for the Irish Universities Association, Ireland (Republic)
  149. IVC stands for the Illinois Virtual Campus (US)
  150. JANET stands for Joint Academic NETwork (alleged originally to be a name significant to one of the original developers) (UK)
  151. JIU stands for Jones International University
  152. JPPSG stands for Joint Procurement Policy and Strategy Group (UK Higher Education)
  153. JSRTVU stands for Jiangsu Radio & TV University (China)
  154. KNOU stands for Korea National Open University
  155. KU stands for University of Copenhagen (Denmark)
  156. KYVC and KYVU stand for Kentucky Virtual University
  157. LIFE stands for Learning Interoperability Framework for Europe
  158. LIVIUS stands for Learning in a Virtual Integrated University
  159. LSDA stands for the former Learning and Skills Development Agency (UK) - now split into LSN and QIA
  160. LTSC stands for Learning Technology Standards Committee (of IEEE)
  161. MASSIVE stands for Modelling Advice and Support Services to Integrate Virtual Component in Higher Education
  162. MASTER stand for Mobility, Assessment, Selection, Technology and E-Learning Research
  163. MELI stands for Major E-Learning Initiative
  164. MENU stands for Model for a European Networked University for e-Learning
  165. MESI stands for Moscow State University of Economics, Statistics and Informatics (Russia)
  166. MEXT stands for the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan
  167. MOO stands for Multi-User Dungeons, Object Oriented
  168. MPBOU stands for Madhya Pradesh Bhoj Open University (India)
  169. MVHS stands for Michigan Virtual High School (US) - see Michigan Virtual University
  170. MVS stands for Michigan Virtual School (US) - see Michigan Virtual University
  171. MVU stands for Michigan Virtual University (US)
  172. NADE stands for the Norwegian Association for Distance Education
  173. NDEC stands for the National Distance Education Centre of Ireland - Oscail in Irish
  174. NELI stands for Notable E-Learning Initiative
  175. NIME stands for the National Institute of Multimedia Education, Japan
  176. NJVU stands for New Jersey Virtual University (US)
  177. NKI stands for NKI Distance Education, the main distance learning provider in Norway
  178. NKS stands for NKS Nettstudier, sometimes called NKS Distance Education, Norway (to be carefully distinguished from NKI)
  179. NOKUT stands for Nasjonalt organ for kvalitet i utdanningen, the Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education
  180. NOU stands for Norway Opening Universities, the innovation programme in e-learning for HE in Norway
  181. NPTEL stands for National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (India)
  182. NQAI stands for the National Qualifications Authority of Ireland
  183. NREN stands for National Research and Education Network
  184. 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
  185. NSOU stands for Netaji Subhas Open University (India)
  186. NSU stands for Nova Southeastern University (US)
  187. NUCCAT stands for Northern Universities Consortium for Credit Accumulation and Transfer
  188. NUS stands for National University of Singapore
  189. NVU stands for Norwegian Networked University, an association in Norway
  190. NZQA stands for the New Zealand Qualifications Authority
  191. OBHE stands for the Observatory on Borderless Higher Education
  192. OECD stands for Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
  193. OISE stands for the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education - part of the University of Toronto, Canada
  194. OKI stands for Open Knowledge Initiative
  195. OLA stands for Open Learning Agency (British Columbia) – to be closed. It could also stand for Open Learning Australia.
  196. OLCOS stands for Open e-Learning Content Observatory Services
  197. OLF stands for Open Learning Foundation in the United Kingdom
  198. OPNZ stands for the Open Polytechnic of New Zealand
  199. OU is a common abbreviation for UK Open University - we try to use UKOU instead
  200. OUHK stands for Open University of Hong Kong
  201. OUI stands for Open University of Israel
  202. OUJ stands for the Open University of Japan, formerly the University of the Air
  203. UOA stands for Open Universities Australia -- formerly Open Learning Australia
  204. ORMEE stands for Observatory on Rights Management for e-Learning in Europe
  205. OSU stands for University of Ostrava (Czech Republic)
  206. OUN stands for Open Universiteit Nederland
  207. OUS stands for the Open University of Sudan
  208. OUSL stands for the Open University of Sri Lanka
  209. PANdora stands for Pan Asia Networking distance and open resource access, a study project
  210. PLATO stands for ICT Platform for Online Learning and Experiences Accreditation in the Mobility Programme
  211. PnM or PNM stand for Pick&Mix
  212. PNU stands for Payame Noor University (Iran)
  213. PUP OUS stands for Polytechnic University of the Philippines Open University System
  214. PROMETEUS stands for PROmoting Multimedia access to Education and Training in EUropean Society
  215. PRTVU stands for one of the provincial-level Radio & TV universities in China
  216. PSU stands for Pennsylvania State University (US) - see Penn State World Campus
  217. PUW stands for Polski Uniwersytet Wirtualny, the Polish Virtual University
  218. QAA stands for Quality Assurance Agency (for Higher Education in the UK)
  219. QCA stands for Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (UK)
  220. QOU stands for Al-Quds Open University (Palestine)
  221. QUADEM stands for Quality Assessment of Digital Educational Materials
  222. QUAL-E-LEARNING stands for La qualité de l'eLearning
  223. REVE stands for REal Virtual Erasmus
  224. RIO stands for Reusable Information Object (as at Cisco)
  225. RLO stands for Reusable Learning Object (as at Cisco)
  226. RMIT stands for Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (former name for RMIT) (Australia)
  227. RRU stands for Royal Roads University (Canada)
  228. RUC stands for Roskilde University (Denmark)
  229. SCONUL stands for Society of College, National and University Libraries
  230. SCORM stands for Sharable Course (or Courseware or Content) Object Reference Model
  231. SCQF stands for Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (UK)
  232. SCRTVU stands for Sichuan Radio & TV University (China) -- see also SRTVU
  233. SDU stands for University of Southern Denmark (Denmark)
  234. SEEL stands for Supporting Excellence in eLearning
  235. SEEQUEL stands for Sustainable Environment for the Evaluation of Quality in eLearning
  236. SFC stands for the Scottish Funding Council (UK)
  237. SFEFC stood for the former Scottish Further Education Funding Council, now part of the Scottish Funding Council (UK)
  238. SFU stands for Simon Fraser University, in Vancouver, Canada
  239. SHEFC stands for the former Scottish Higher Education Funding Council, now part of the Scottish Funding Council (UK)
  240. SHTVU stands for Shanghai TV University -- see also STVU
  241. SHU stands for Sheffield Hallam University (UK)
  242. SRTVU stands for Sichuan Radio & TV University (China) -- see also SCRTVU
  243. SREB stands for Southern Regional Electronic Board (Electronic Campus)
  244. STOU stands for Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University (Thailand)
  245. STVU stands for Shanghai TV University -- see also SHTVU
  246. SURF stands for the Dutch educational network (Netherlands)
  247. SURFnet stands for SURF network (Netherlands)
  248. VŠERS stands for College of European and Regional Studies (Czech Republic)
  249. VSZDRAV stands for College of Nursing and Midwifery (Czech Republic)
  250. SVC stands for Swiss Virtual Campus
  251. SVU stands for Syrian Virtual University
  252. SXRTVU stands for Shaanxi Radio and Television University (China)
  253. SYTVU stands for Shenyang Radio & TV University (China)
  254. TechBC stand for the former Technical University of British Columbia, Canada
  255. TÉLUQ (and various variants) stands for the Télé-université du Québec, now part of the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
  256. TGOU stands for the The Global Open University of Zambia
  257. TJRTVU stands for Tianjin Radio & TV University, China
  258. TKK stands for Helsinki University of Technology (Teknillinen korkeakoulu)
  259. TLTP stands for Teaching and Learning Technology Programme (UK)
  260. TNOU stands for Tamil Nadu Open University (India)
  261. TQEF stands for Teaching Quality Enhancement Fund (UK)
  262. TRU stands for Thompson Rivers University (Canada)
  263. U21 stands for Universitas 21
  264. UAb stands for Universidade Aberta (Portugal), the Portuguese Open University
  265. UAE stands for United Arab Emirates (the country)
  266. UB stands for University of Baltimore (US)
  267. UCAS stands for Universities and Colleges Admissions System (UK)
  268. UCC stands for University College Copenhagen (Denmark)
  269. UCF stands for University of Central Florida (US)
  270. UCISA stands for the Universities and Colleges Information Systems Association (UK)
  271. UCSJ stands for University College Sealand (Denmark)
  272. ULC stands for University College Lillebaelt (Denmark)
  273. UCJ stands for Jutland University College (Denmark)
  274. UCN stands for University College of Northern Denmark (Denmark)
  275. UCSouth stands for University College South (Denmark)
  276. UEF stands for the University of Eastern Finland
  277. Ufi (or sometimes UFI) stands for University for Industry, who deliver learndirect (UK)
  278. UHI stands for University of the Highlands and Islands (Scotland) (UK)
  279. UKeU is the UK e-University, more properly called UK eUniversities Worldwide Limited
  280. UKEU stands for UKeU
  281. UKOLN stands for UK Office for Library and Information Networking (UK)
  282. UKOU stands for UK Open University
  283. UNE stands for University of New England (US)
  284. UMUC stands for University of Maryland University College (US)
  285. UNE stands for University of New England (US)
  286. UNED stands for Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (Spain)
  287. UNINETT is the National Education and Research Network for Norway
  288. UniSA stands for University of South Australia
  289. UNESCO stands for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
  290. UNISIM or UniSIM stands for SIM University (Singapore)
  291. UOC stands for Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, the Open University of Catalonia
  292. UOPX stands for University of Phoenix (US)
  293. UPM stands for Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, the Technical University of Madrid (Spain)
  294. UPRTOU stands for U.P. Rajarshi Tandon Open University (India)
  295. UQAM stands for the Université du Québec à Montréal (Canada)
  296. USP stands for the University of the South Pacific (online learning)
  297. USQ stands for University of Southern Queensland
  298. UT stands for University of Twente (Netherlands) but also Universitas Terbuka (Indonesia) - do not use
  299. UTPL stands for Universidad Tecnica Particular de Loja (Ecuador)
  300. UUK stands for Universities UK
  301. UVF stands for Université Virtuelle Francophone
  302. UVT stands for Université Virtuelle de Tunis
  303. VCSE stands for Virtual Campus for A Sustainable Europe
  304. VEBS stands for Virtual European Banking School
  305. VENUS stands for Virtual and E-mobility for Networking Universities in Society
  306. VHB stands for Bavarian Virtual University (Germany)
  307. ViCaDiS stands for Virtual Campus for Digital Students
  308. VICTORIOUS stands for VIrtual Curricula ThrOugh Reliable InterOperating University Systems
  309. VIPA stands for VIrtual campus for virtual space design Provided for european Architects
  310. VMOUstands for Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University (India)
  311. VU stands for Pakistan Virtual University or Virtual University of Pakistan
  312. VUSME stands for Virtual University for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises
  313. WCET stands for Western Cooperative for Educational Telecommunications
  314. WGU stands for Western Governors University
  315. WHOLE stands for Web-based health Organisations Learning Environment
  316. WTO stands for World Trade Organisation
  317. XML stands for Extensible Markup Language
  318. YCMOU stands for Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University (India)
  319. YRTVU stands for Yunnan Radio & TV University (China)
  320. ZFH stands for Zentralstelle für Fernstudien an Fachhochschulen (Germany)
  321. ZOU stands for Zimbabwe Open University

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