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

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