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

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