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International Handbook of Universities Twenty-first Edition The most comprehensive guide to university and university-level education worldwide, providing detailed information on higher education institutions that offer at least a post-graduate degree or a four-year professional diploma Representative: Over 14,000 institutions in 183 countries listed alphabetically, including division by Private and Public institutions where available Authoritative: Information selected according to official sources in each country and collated by the International Association of Universities/UNESCO Information Centre on Higher Education Up to date: Information provided direct from institutions as well as from national higher education authorities to create an unrivalled, annually updated reference source Includes single-user access to World Higher Education Database Online for one year following publication; see the sticker on the front of volume one for your unique access code The Handbook includes: For Education Systems: * Description of the higher education system of each country * Information on stages of studies as well as information on distance education * Admission criteria, including information for foreign students * Details of 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, special facilities and publications * Degrees and diplomas offered at each level of study * Description of faculties, schools and departments * Valuable information on academic year, admission requirements and tuition fees * Key personnel, including principal academic and administrative officers, and academic staff and student numbers Indexes * Alphabetical list of all institutions * Index of Fields of Studies * Index of Fields of Studies across all institutions * List of International and Regional Organizations www.whed-online. com

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Author:   International Association of Universities
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   21st Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 32.00cm , Height: 23.00cm , Length: 24.50cm
Weight:   11.100kg
ISBN:  

9780230209190

ISBN 10:   023020919
Pages:   5128
Publication Date:   27 August 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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A Note on the International Association of Universities Preface Guide to the Entries The International Association of Universities Officers of the International Association of Universities IAU List of Publications Index of Regional/International Higher Education Organizations Universities Listed Alphabetically by Country Index to Higher Education Institutions List of Fields of Study Index to Fields of Study

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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, and provides a wide variety of services to Member Institutions and to the international higher education community at large.

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