International Handbook of Universities - Hardcover

Universities, International Association Of

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0230223478 ISBN 13: 9780230223479

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011

Synopsis

Twenty-third Edition

The most comprehensive guide to university-level education worldwide, providing comparable detailed information on higher education institutions that offer at least a post-graduate degree or a four-year professional diploma

Representative: Over 15,000 institutions in over180 countries listed alphabetically

Authoritative: Information selected according to official sources (higher education authorities and institutions) in each country and collated by the International Association of Universities/UNESCO Information Centre on Higher Education

Up to date: An unrivalled, annually updated reference source

The Handbook includes:
For Education Systems:
Short description of the higher education system of each country
Information on stages of studies
Admission criteria, including information for foreign students
Quality assurance and recognition systems
Contact details for national bodies

For Institutions:
Contact details for every institution: name, address, telephone, fax, e-mail, website
Information on historical background
Degrees/diplomas and fields of study
Description of faculties, schools and departments
Academic year, admission requirements and tuition fees
Details of key personnel

Academic staff and student numbers

Indexes:
Alphabetical List of Institutions
List of Fields of Study
Index to Fields of Study across all institutions

List of International and Regional Organisations

Includes single-user access to World Higher Education Database Online (in which you can find additional information on the higher education system of each country while benefiting from quick and advanced search options on a vast array of fields); see the sticker on the front of volume one for your unique access code

www.whed-online.com

About this title

Book Description:

The unique reference resource providing full and comprehensive information on all universities featured and includes individual online access to whed-online.com

About the Author:

The INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES (IAU), founded in 1950, is a worldwide organization, with Member Institutions in some 150 countries, which co-operates with a vast network of international, regional and national bodies. Its permanent Secretariat, the International Universities Bureau, is located at UNESCO, Paris, France, and provides a wide variety of services to Member Institutions and to the international higher education community at large.

About this edition

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0230223478
• ISBN 13: 9780230223479
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 5224