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South Africa, Republic
Under "Commission Reports" you will find the annual reports and, until 2020, the DHET reports as national reports on higher education and vocational training. For 2008/2009 you can find another report under "Reports Doc Library", which comes from a time when the ministry was not yet divided into two ministries for basic and higher education (DoE Annual Report). You can also [...]

Spain
"The report "Facts and Figures on the Spanish University System" is a synthesis publication that presents the most relevant data on the Spanish University System, focusing on its structure (organisational and economic), access, students and staff." You can find reports starting in 2005. [Abstract: Site editors' information translated with DeepL and supplemented by editors of [...]

international
Founded in 2022, the German "Virtual Competence Center: Artificial Intelligence and Scientific Work (VK:KIWA)" offers a list of AI resources to support academic reading and writing processes. Although the site itself is only available in German, the resources listed are often international. You can find AI resources on: * Literature research * Text comprehension * Text [...]

international
The non-profit association Educause aims at advancing higher education through the use of information technology. Educause compiles information on the topic of artificial intelligence in higher education on the page we link to. Mostly these are their own articles, publications, reports, etc.; in some cases there are also links to external sources. [Abstract: Editors of [...]

international
"The EDUCAUSE Horizon Report profiles key trends and emerging technologies and practices shaping the future of higher education, and envisions a number of scenarios and implications for that future." The Horizon Reports have been published by the non-profit organisation EDUCAUSE since 2005. This page offers a list of all reports including links. [Abstract: Site editors' [...]

Ukraine
The article provides an overview of the Ukrainian education system, with a particular focus on the field of vocational education and training and the educational attainment of the Ukrainian population, as well as women's employment.

Europe; international
This project ist funded by the European Commission through the Erasmus+ programme from March 2021 to February 2023. It aims at analysing inclusion in the context of digital (higher) education. The project plans to publish a Handbook for Inclusive Digital Education, create Micro-Learning Modules on Inclusion in Digital Education Contexts, a "Digital Inclusion Course", as well [...]

Afghanistan
A list of universities in Afghanistan by province and in alphabetical order.

Afghanistan
This page provides an overview of the Afghan education system and offers an infographic with some statistical data. Reference is made to the international student mobility of Afghan students and teacher trainings, plus exemplary Afghan (degree) certificates can be viewed on this page. Also listed and linked are important institutions in the Afghan education system and further [...]

Afghanistan
The governmental Ministiry of Higher Education is in charge of regulating, expanding and developing Afghanistan's institutions of higher education. On their website you can find various information and documents, e.g. legal documents, an overview of universities in Afghanistan and academic programs such as research projects and e-learning programs. The ministry also publishes [...]

South Africa, Republic
An overview of the goals in the field of Education for South Africa, provided by the South African Government. Among other things you can find here the goals for the Basic Education sector, the Higher Education and Vocational Training sectors and also important role players in these fields. The website also includes a list of higher education institutions and additional links.

Europe; Netherlands; Germany; Croatia; United Kingdom
The aim of the project is to co-create, implement and share innovative pedagogies and aligned assessment for relevant and inclusive digital education in order to deal with the COVID-19 induced and similar crises and to support meaningful digital transformation of Higher Education. The Faculty of Organization and Informatics at the University of Zagreb is coordinating this [...]

international
The OPEN GAME project (Promoting Open Education through Gamification) aims to contribute to the uptake of Open Education Resources and Open Education Practices among educators in Higher Education in an innovative and motivating way, through the developing of a gamified and situated learning experience on Open Education. The project is promoted by the Europeen Commission.

Japan
The Open University of Japan (OUJ) was founded in 1983 by the Open University of Japan Foundation, under the auspices of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. It is an accredited educational institution open to all the people in Japan. OUJ utilizes broadcasting media and other means for [...]

Russian Federation
Unfortunately, there seems to be no English version of this website. The Ministry of Science and Higher Education was created in May 2018, as well as the Ministry of Education which is in charge of the general education. Before, both sections were united in one ministry. The Russian language version of the website consists of articles, news, important documents, [...]

Spain
Article in the online magazine Times Higher Education about the possible consequences of Catalan independence on higher education. [Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]

Spain
Website of the Catalan Education Ministry. Unfortunately, this website is only available in Catalan. To get an idea of the site's content, you can have a look at the English thematical pages of the Government of Catalonia ("Generalitat de Catalunya"): "Education and training" and "Universities". The links on the "Education and training" page mostly lead to content in Catalan [...]

Spain
This OECD report analyses the role of Catalan universities in supporting social, economic and cultural development in the region of Catalonia. The website provides the full report, an executive summary as well as many more informations and links on higher education in Catalonia. [Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]

Switzerland
Eurydice is the "Network on education systems and policies in Europe". Amongst others, it provides very comprehensive country profiles on on education systems in Europe (formerly know as "Eurypedia"). All areas of education are covered from early childhood to adult education, as well as overarching issues. Each country participating in Eurydice hosts a national unit [...]

France
The website of the French Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation, which unfortunately is only available in French, provides information on the three foci of the ministry, that is Higher Education, Research and Innovation. You will also find information on the ministry's strategy, on international cooperation, on questions concerning employees in this [...]

international
"University World News comprises a network of some five dozen education journalists based in more than two dozen countries (...)". Access is free of charge. Besides country specific news, you will find special reports on current topics, a events calendar, commentaries and much more. [Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]

international
The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) provides analyses of higher education, science and research for countries all over the world. The analyses are available in German only. [Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]

France; Germany
The website of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) provides ample information on academic exchange and cooperation with France. Information only available in German. [Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]

Georgia
The website offers data tables on: general education, professional education and higher education. All statistics can be downloaded as an xls-file.

Georgia
The website of the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia covers the issues general education, higher education, vocational education and science. For each topic there are news, facility registers, information on current projects, education programmes and further notes. All infrastructure projects are charted and catalogued, but they are only available in Georgian.

Georgia
The Country Fact Sheet Georgia offers broad information on all areas of (social) life. Therefore also the education system of Georgia is examined. The issues general education, higher education, vocational education, scholarships, entry into higher educational institutions and the evaluation system are discussed. There are several related links and contact information for most [...]

Netherlands
"Study in Holland" is a portal created by the organisation EP-Nuffic which supports internationalisation in education in the Netherlands. The website provides information on all aspects of studying in the Netherlands, as well as practical information on everyday life. Furthermore, you will find information on options after having studied, concerning the labour market or [...]

Belgium; Germany
The website of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) provides ample information on academic exchange and cooperation with Belgium. Information only available in German. [Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]

Belgium
The website on Higher Education in Flanders is run by the Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders (NVAO). You can find the following content on this website (see also Short introduction): * Information on studying in Flanders * Information on the higher education system in Flanders * Information on accredited programmes and institution in higher [...]

Belgium
These figures are published annually by the Flemish Ministry of Education and Training. They present the current statistical data for all education sectors in Flanders, Belgium. Furthermore, you can find the publications of former years down to 2007-2008. [Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]

Belgium
Eurydice is the "Network on education systems and policies in Europe". Amongst others, it provides very comprehensive country profiles on on education systems in Europe (formerly know as "Eurypedia"). All areas of education are covered from early childhood to adult education, as well as overarching issues. Each country participating in Eurydice hosts a national unit [...]

Netherlands; Germany
The website of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) provides ample information on academic exchange and cooperation with the Netherlands. Information only available in German. [Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]

Netherlands
Eurydice is the "Network on education systems and policies in Europe". Amongst others, it provides very comprehensive country profiles on on education systems in Europe (formerly know as "Eurypedia"). All areas of education are covered from early childhood to adult education, as well as overarching issues. Each country participating in Eurydice hosts a national unit [...]

United Kingdom; Germany
The website of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) provides ample information on academic exchange and cooperation with the United Kingdom. Information only available in German. [Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]

Argentina
The "Centre for Studies on State and Society" CEDES has different subject areas, one of them being higher education (Educación Superior). The area provides information on researcers, research projects and publications, many of them as fulltext documents. Under "iniciativas" you can find bigger, sometimes international research projects as well as real initiatives and demands [...]

South-East Asia
ASAIHL´s purpose is to assist member institutions to strengthen themselves through mutual self help and to achieve international distinction in teaching, research and public service. In so doing, the institutions contribute strength to their respective nations and to the entire region. Specifically, the Association exists to foster the development of the institutions [...]

Australia; New Zealand; Hong Kong; China, People's Republic of
The Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia is a scholarly society for people committed to the advancement of higher and tertiary education. It promotes the development of higher education policy, practice and the study of teaching and learning.

Indonesia; Germany
The website of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) provides ample information on academic exchange and cooperation with Indonesia. Information only available in German. [Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]

Europe
Videolectures offers free, open access to online lectures and courses in many languages, The lectures are given by distinguished scholars and scientists at the most important and prominent events like conferences, summer schools, workshops and science promotional events from many fields of Science. All lectures, accompanying documents, information and links are systematically [...]

Israel
Beit Issie Shapiro is one of the leading Israeli disabilities non-profit organizations, dealing with and supporting issues concerning persons with disabilities. "Since 2001, Beit Issie Shapiro has offered courses through the Inclusive University. This (...) program is given under the auspices of Beit Issie Shapiro’s Trump International Institute of Continuing Education in [...]

Finland; Germany
The website of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) provides ample information on academic exchange and cooperation with Finland. Information only available in German. [Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]

Finland
"FINEEC started its operations on 1 May 2014. It was formed by combining the evaluation activities of the Finnish Higher Education Evaluation Council, the Finnish Education Evaluation Council and the Finnish National Board of Education. (...) [FINEEC] is an independent government agency responsible for the evaluation of education [in Finland]". The website is divided into the [...]

Palestinian Territories
The website of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research provides information on educational goals and planning, statistics, laws and regulations, research, funding and scholarships, accreditation, exams and more. Unfortunately, most of the information is in Arabic - you will find some exceptions for example in the statistics (see single documents). [...]

Palestinian Territories; Germany
The website of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) provides ample information on academic exchange and cooperation with Palestine. Information only available in German. [Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]

Israel; international
"The MOFET Institute is a national intercollegial center for the research and development of programs in teacher education and teaching in the colleges. (...) It was founded by the Department of Teacher Education in the Ministry of Education in 1983 and is a Ministry of Education-funded non-profit organization." The English website is less comprehensive than the Hebrew one, [...]

Israel; international
The "Research Center for Innovation in Learning Technologies" was created in 2010 and replaced the "Chais Research Center for the Integration of Technologies in Education" (2004-2010). The centre conducts research on the use of new media and technologies in higher education. The website provides some annual reports and information on events (congresses, workshops etc.). The [...]

Israel; Germany
The website of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) provides ample information on academic exchange and cooperation with Israel. Information only available in German. [Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]

Austria
Universities Austria (UNIKO) is a non-profit association under private law. Its purpose is to assist the Austrian universities in the fulfilment of their tasks and responsibilities and thus to foster scholarship and research. Universities Austria handles the internal coordination of the 21 public Austrian universities, it represents them in national and international [...]

Switzerland
The program "Virtual Campus Switzerland" has the goal to make new communication technologies usable for the higher education system. To this purpose, the program promotes projects which develop high quality electronic dicactic materials. The web site describes the financinbg of the program and offers a direct link to Swiss Virtual Campus (http://www.virtualcampus.ch/)

Albania; Andorra; Armenia; Austria; Azerbaijan; Belgium; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Croatia; Cyprus, Republic of; Czechia; Denmark; Estonia; Finland; France; Georgia; Germany; Greece; Vatican City; Hungary; Iceland; Ireland; Italy; Kazakhstan; Latvia; Liechtenstein; Lithuania; Luxemburg; Malta; Moldova, Republic of; Montenegro; Netherlands; Norway; Poland; Portugal; Romania; Russian Federation; Serbia; Slovakia; Slovenia; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; North Macedonia; Turkey; Ukraine; United Kingdom; England; Northern Ireland; Scotland; Wales
This website is run by the "European Higher Education Area" and provides national reports on the status of the Bologna Process since 2003 from about 50 European countries. You can find the latest report at the top of the page of each member country. Older reports can be found at the bottom of the page in the menu bar on the right (under "related documents").[Abstract: Editors [...]

Greece
This article provides information on the reforms in the higher education sector in Greece, which were a consequence of the Greek government-debt crisis starting sometime in 2009/2010. The article was published in February 2013 on the website of ICEF GmbH: "Based in Bonn, Germany, ICEF GmbH (International Consultants for Education and Fairs) is the global market leader in [...]

Greece
The link leads you to a list of articles published by the website "University World News" about higher education in Greece from 2007 to 2015. "University World News" is run by the British company Higher Education Web Publishing Ltd based in London. The articles are written and gathered by a network of internationally operating journalists. [Abstract: Editors of Education [...]

Greece
EL.STAT offers data on following educational topics: school, vocational education and training, higher education and (non-formal) adult education.

Greece
The oldest institution of higher education in the modern Greek state is the National and Kapodestrian University of Athens, usually referred to simply as University of Athens (UoA). The UoA was founded in 1837 and unites today 8 departments of various faculties. The department for Educational Sciences for example consists of the Faculty of Primary Education and the Faculty of [...]

Ukraine; Germany
The website of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) provides ample information on academic exchange and cooperation with Ukraine. Information only available in German. [Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]

Europe
Overview of the European Commission on activities of the European Union in the field of Higher Education in Europe. The site provides introductions and links to activities, programes, strategies, agendas and more. [Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]

Germany; Russian Federation
The German House for Research and Innovation (DWIH) in Moscow act as forum for exchange and cooperation in science and research between Russia and Germany. The website provides ample information on research and innovation in Russia and Germany, on events and projects, on partner organisations as well as science news. [Abstract: Site editor’s information]

Russian Federation; Germany
The website of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) provides ample information on academic exchange and cooperation with Russia. Information only available in German. [Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]

Brazil
The official website of the Brazilian government provides a good overview over the Brazilian educational system, including links to further information. Content: - Educação básica - Educação infantil – Creche - Educação infantil – Pré-escola - Ensino fundamental - Ensino médio - Ensino superior - Ensino técnico - Educação no [...]

Germany; India
The website of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) provides ample information on academic exchange and cooperation with India. Information only available in German. [Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]

China, People's Republic of; Germany
The website of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) provides ample information on academic exchange and cooperation with China. Information only available in German. [Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]

South Africa, Republic; Germany
The website of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) provides ample information on academic exchange and cooperation with South Africa. Information only available in German. [Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]

South Africa, Republic
The website provides information on the structure and the work of the ministry. You will find documents (fulltext) on aims, programmes, strategies, reports, policies, legislation and more. Apart from the Ministry for Higher Education and Training there is also a Ministry for Basic Education (see for http://bildung-weltweit.de/bisy.html?spr=1&a=882). [Abstract: Editors of [...]

China, People's Republic of; Brazil
[Please note: As the original website is not available anymore, we link to a copy from the Internet Archive as of 2013] Short article by the China Scholarship Council on the China-Brazil Education Forum (Diálogo Brasil-China em Educação) held on 19-21.11.12 in Brazil. A focus was on higher education and languages. The forum doesn't have a website of its own. You will [...]

Germany; Brazil
The website of the DWIH in Sao Paulo provides information on the respective German and Brazilian Research and Innovation Landscape, as well as a Map of Science which shows existing cooperations in science and research between German and Brazilian institutions, a Science Calendar with Brazilian-German events and news and highlights in science and research. The German Houses for [...]

Brazil; Germany
The website of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) provides ample information on academic exchange and cooperation with Brazil. Information only available in German. [Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]

Brazil
Through its Country Dossiers, the International Bureau of Education (IBE) of the Unesco offers access to various information resources on education in its Member States. This compilation of facts and data from various sources will permit users to gain rapid access to information on each country`s state of education and plans for development, and provide insights into [...]

Sweden
The Swedish Council for Higher Education is a government agency whose responsibilities span across the education sector with the main focus on higher education. It is tasked with providing objective and relevant information about higher education and the Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test (högskoleprovet). The agency´s responsibilities include stimulating interest in higher [...]

Israel
The page provides information about the higher education system in Israel. It addresses students interested in studying in israel. On subpages information is provided about the structure of higher education in Israel, Degree Studies at Academic Colleges (in Hebrew), Degree Programs in English, Programs for Visiting Undergraduate and Graduate Students, summer programs, and [...]

India; Germany
The German Houses for Research and Innovation (DWHI) are installed by the German Government, with the support of the Federal Foreign Office (Auswärtiges Amt) and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung). The Institute in New-Delhi focuses especially on Indian students, researchers and potential project partners who are [...]

India
Under the section ´´Institutions´´Indian, the Ministry of Human Resource Development provides a register with names, postal codes and web links of central higher and secondary educational institutions. The right menu bar leads to more detailed lists of higher educational institutions like Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) and Management (IIM).

India
The section ´´Education´´ provided by the National Portal of India is organized by the topics elementary, secondary and higher secondary, higher and adult education. After your selection of interest you can find relevant links and short descriptions of websites from related educational institutions or about related educational informations. You can as well find a quick [...]

Israel
This page of the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs provides detailed information on programmes taught in English for students from abroad at undergraduate and graduate levels, and summer programs as well as scholarships offered by the Israeli government to foreign students. In addition, there are topical news on education in Israel.

Ireland
The agency is responsible for the National Framework of Qualifications and the quality assurance of further and higher education and training (including English language provision) in Ireland. Quality and Qualifications Ireland was established on 6 November 2012 under the Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Act 2012. The new Authority was created by [...]

international
The Center for International Higher Education defines its mission to be advancing knowledge about the complex realities of higher education in the contemporary world. It promotes the belief that an international perspective will foster enlightened policies and practices. To this end, the Center publishes International Higher Education, a book series on higher education, as [...]

Europe; Latin America
"The project intends to foster the adoption and pilot of open educational practices (OEP), and open educational resources (OER) in Latin America as a bottom-up approach to develop a common Higher Education Area. (...) The OportUnidad project is co-funded with support by the European Commission under the EuropeAidALFA III Programme." One of the main results is the trilingual [...]

Francophone Countries; France
In this article of 2009, the blog author Jean-Marie Gilliot gives a short overview over francophone information and projects in terms of OER. Gilliot is a researcher at Telecom Bretagne, a Grande École (specialised university) and research centre for engineering. [Source: Editors of Education Worldwide]

international; New Zealand; Australia; Canada
The OER Foundation was created by institutions / universities in New Zealand, Australia and Canada. Nevertheless, it aims at at international network and membership. The Foundation runs several projects, among which for example the creation of an OER University, the portals WikiEducator oder dem Portal or Learning4Content. All projects provide either OERs or information and [...]

Ireland
NAIRTL is financed by the Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF) of the Higher Education Authority Irlands and is an initiative of several Irish universities. NAIRTL aims at enhancing and improving the interaction and integration of research, teaching and learning in Higher Education. Students are meant to participate in the process, too, in order to guarantee a better education for [...]

Ireland; international
AISHE is a society for research in learning and teaching in higher education. The website of their conference, which takes place annually since 2008, offers information on the current as well as past conferences. Please find the conference themes here: 2012: Responding to Change: Effective Teaching and Learning in Higher Education 2011: The Challenge for Graduates in a [...]

Ireland
Educational Research at ESRI deals with a wide range of topics, covering all levels of the Irish educational system. A focus is on the following topics: * School organisation and process >> Project: Primary school outcomes: a European study * Provision for children with special educational needs (SEN) >> Project: Educational Needs of Young People in Care >> Project: The [...]

Palestinian Territories
The project "LifeLong Learning in Palestine" is a Tempus Project of the European Commission under the lead of the School of Education at the University of Glasgow with partner institutions in England, Malta and Palestine. The website offers a lot of fulltext documents and videos not only on lifelong learning but also on other educational topics in Palestine (e.g. civil [...]

Ireland
AISHE is a society for research in learning and teaching in higher education. It organises the annual "AISHE International Conference Series (AISHE-C)" and publishes the open access e-journal "All Ireland Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (AISHE-J)", the AISHE Readings (AISHE-R), an occasional series of scholarly publications, and their conference [...]

Ireland; international
The conference is meant for doctoral students in Ireland who do research on educational issues. In 2012, it took place for the 4th time. The theme of this 4th conference was: "Expanding the Horizon of Doctoral Research in Education - Comparing, Adapting, Advancing". You will find a programme for the conference that took place in 2011, listing the presentations that were given [...]

United States of America (USA); international
AHEAD is a professional membership organization for individuals involved in the development of policy and in the provision of quality services to meet the needs of persons with disabilities involved in all areas of higher education. Its membership is international. AHEAD is actively involved in all facets of promoting full and equal participation by individuals with [...]

United States of America (USA); United Kingdom
Education News is a US-American, freely accessible e-journal on Education Policy Technology, Higher Education, Online Schools, Parenting and K-12 issues. The articles' focus is on the USA, but you will also find some articles on the UK and international topics.

Honduras
The website presents a listing of the private and public universities of Honduras. Furthermore, there are a brief outline of the offered courses of study of the respective universities as well as links to the respective homepages.

Paraguay
The website offers a list of private and public universities of Paraguay. There are links to the homepages of the universities. Furthermore, the website contains a listing of the departments and the respective studies of all universities.

Uruguay
The University of the Republic of Uruguay (UDELAR) is the only public university and the most important higher education and research institution in the country. In collaboration with a large scale of institutional and social actors, it implements multiple activities oriented on the socially valuable use of knowledge as well as the dissemination of culture. The UDELAR is a [...]

Uruguay
Under the categorie "Sociodemográficos" - "Enseñanza" of the homepage of the National Statistics Institute (INE) of Uruguay, there are data about education. The website offers statistics about the litteracy rate, about private and public primary education, secondary education, higher education as well as about technical education and accomplished studies.

Sweden
The website contains all important informations for international students wishing to study in Sweden. Besides you find a description of the educational system in Sweden. A linklist shows the way to important websites, for example to application sites for courses and programmes.

Sweden
CSN is the Swedish Government authority in charge of financial aid for studies and home equipment loans. On this website you find all the relevant information on the subject.

Ecuador
The Evaluation, Accreditation and Assurance Counsil for the Quality of Higher Education (CEAACES) contributes to the guarantee of quality of the institutions, programs and careers which are integrated in the national higher education system. This is effected by the application of continuous processes of autoevaluation, external evaluation and accreditation.

Ecuador
The objective of the National Secretary of Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation (SENESCYT) is the management of public politics in the field of higher education, science, technology, innovation and ancestral knowledge as well as the coordination and articulation of actions between the public sector and the public as well as private productive sectors.

Ecuador
EducarEcuador is an education portal of the ministry of education. It is a working basis which supports all pedagogic issues of the teaching staff on the level of early education, basic education and secondary education. The portal is a virtual space which allows teachers to participate actively in learning processes and thereby contribute to the qualitative improvement of the [...]

international
The International Research Group on Physics Teaching (GIREP) is an international body of physics professors and teachers who want to cooperate in their work on physics teaching.

Bolivia; Colombia; Ecuador; Venezuela; Peru; Brazil; Cuba; Haiti; Puerto Rico; Dominican Republic; Costa Rica; Guatemala; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Panama; Argentina; Chile; Paraguay; Uruguay; Mexico; United States of America (USA); Caribbean
The Union of Universities of Latin America and the Caribbean (UDUAL) is an international organism founded with the objective to promote the universities of the member countries. The aim is the fostering of cooperation of Latin American and Caribbean universities amongst themselves as well as with other institutions and cultural organisations as the UNESCO; the cultural [...]

Panama
The homepage of the Statistics and Census Directorate (DEC) offers statistics about education in Panama under the category `Publicaciónes` - `Situación Social`. The statistics include the period from 2002 to 2006 and cover prescolar, primary, secondary as well as higher education, labour education and special education as well as education costs.

Costa Rica
The National Education Loan Commission (CONAPE) was founded in 1977 as governmental development entity and received the order to finance university carrers and postgraduate studies of Costa Rican students. Inicially, CONAPE was created as entirely subordinate to the Ministerio de Educación Pública; in 1985, it converted into a semi-autonomous institution of the state. [...]

Costa Rica
The National Accreditation System for Higher Education (SINAES) is an institution of the Costa Rican state entrusted with the objective to promote the constant improvement of the quality in the higher education sector of the country. The system has been adapted by governmental as well as private university and parauniversity higher education institutions, which obligated [...]

Tunisia
World Education News & Reviews provides a compact and informative overview of the Tunisian educational system.

Tunisia
The report on higher education in Tunisia by the EU's higher education programme TEMPUS initially provides a detailed description of the Tunisian higher education system. In further chapters it examines current challenges, such as the Bologna process, and participation in EU programs. TEMPUS is the European Union’s programme which supports the modernisation of higher [...]

Tunisia
The portal ​​by the Tunisian Ministry of Education serves the ministry for communication with students at any educational level. It provides overviews, practical information such as test criteria and information about projects of the Ministry of Education.

Latin America; Antigua and Barbuda; Argentina; Bahamas; Barbados; Belize; Bolivia; Brazil; Chile; Colombia; Costa Rica; Cuba; Dominica; Dominican Republic; Ecuador; El Salvador; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Guatemala; Guyana; Jamaica; Honduras; Mexico; Nicaragua; Panama; Paraguay; Peru; Puerto Rico; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Suriname; Trinidad and Tobago; Uruguay; Venezuela; France; United States of America (USA); Caribbean
The website of the Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC) offers extensive link lists to institutions and websites of the primary, secondary and higher education field as well as to language courses and to scholarships. The links are arranged by country or by category.

United Kingdom
Compilation of statistical releases on children, education and skills.

Argentina; Bolivia; Brazil; Chile; Colombia; Costa Rica; Ecuador; El Salvador; Cuba
The Red Iberoamericana para la Acreditación de la Calidad de la Educación Superior (RIACES) constitutes an instance to promote, between the Ibero-American countries, the cooperation and exchange in higher education evaluation and accreditation, and contributes to the Higher Education Quality guarantee in these countries. It promotes cooperation, information and experience [...]

Argentina
The "Joint work project of UNGS, ISFD and the middle schools for the improvement of the success in learning" (PROYART) was founded with the intention to ameliorate the quality of learning of the youth on polymodal level in the fields of mathematics and language. It developed a cooperative work model which connects the activities of the three involved institutions to offer [...]

Latin America
The RIEPESAL is an institutional network of researchers who do research on higher education policy. Unfortunately, RIEPESAL's website is outdated (last information from about 2011). The website provides information on conferences, publications and some Open Access articles published by RIEPESAL members. RIEPESAL was founded in 2004 and has its headquarter in the Instituto [...]

international
The International Federation of Catholic Universities (IFCU) is made up of some 200 Catholic universities and institutions of higher education. They have at their disposal a permanent secretariat tasked with implementing the orientations and policies as set forth by the General Assembly and the administrative bodies. In addition to administrative tasks and managing the [...]

Europe
A collection of statistics, data and indicators on education in 31 European countries. The search result offers all publications of the "Key data" series. The publications are available for download in serveral languages.

France
Created in 1945, and a national state organisation since 1987, the Centre international d'études pédagogiques (CIEP) is known in France and internationally for its skills in assessment, training and evaluation, and for its ideas in the field of international cooperation in education. A benchmark public-sector provider, it draws on a network of experts and national and [...]

France
The AFDECE, formerly founded as ADECE in 1998 and renamed in 2004, unites university and school teachers, school administrators and other relevant officials from the sector of school and higher education administration. The organization aims to promote the exchange and the cooperation between the different education systems and wants to animate to comparative research studies. [...]

Gabon
The portal provides information about the field of Gabonese higher education including its relevant institutions. The website offers details on the single universities, research institutes and Écoles Supérieres of the country, their activities, their administrative structur and official directives. Additionally, the site contains reports published by the Ministry of [...]

Zambia
The data in this statistical bulletin are official statistics for the Ministry of Education. The Educational Statistical Bulletin (ESB) is an important part of the Ministry of Education’s Education Management Information System (EMIS) that has developed over time. The Bulletin provides statistics that facilitate the formulation of informed decisions that effect the [...]

Burkina Faso
The official homepage of the ministry for secondary and higher education and scientific research presents the ministry with its political objectives, plans, laws and guidelines including administration data. Additionally, the site contains information and documents about the education system with its recently initiated reform process, about school and university institutions, [...]

Latin America; Chile; Argentina; Mexico; Spain; Portugal
The Latin-American Virtual Campus (CAVILA) is the establishment of a virtual space of higher education with the necessary teacher quality and research, to attain the common use of the scientific-technical asquisitions of each member university.

Liberia
The University of Liberia was established in 1862 as Liberia College and became a University in 1951. UL is the oldest degree-granting institution in West Africa. The university offers a great variety of study subjects ranging from Agriculture to Statistics.

Kenya
USIU is the oldest private university in Eastern Africa, founded in 1969.

international
The homepage "Conference Alerts" offers an overview of worldwide academical conferences. One list shows conferences by category, the other by country. Under the category "Education", conferences about the themes e-Learning, Higher Education, Lifelong Learning and Teaching and Learning can be found.

Northern Ireland; United Kingdom
The Education and Training Inspectorate provides inspection services for a number of organisations. These include the Department of Education, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Department of Employment and Learning, the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure and Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland. All Inspection Reports published by the [...]

Gambia
This is the web space of the University of The Gambia. The university was established by an Act of the National Assembly of the Gambia in March 1999. The university´s departments are Agriculture and Environment Sciences, Arts and Sciences, Business and Public Administration, Education, Engineering and Architecture, Law, Medicine and Allied Health Sciences. The homepage gives [...]

Rwanda
The mission of the Student Financing Agency for Rwanda (SFAR) is to contribute to the country's Human resource development through financing students in higher education, thus to finance all Rwandese pursuing higher education in recognized institutions within and outside Rwanda. The core factors for its success are to provide services to all Rwandese on equal basis, to [...]

East Africa; Burundi; Kenya; Rwanda; Tanzania; Uganda
The Inter-University Council for East Africa (IUCEA) is a regional inter-governmental organization established in 1980 by the three East African Partner States (Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda) with the aim of facilitating contact between the universities of East Africa, providing a forum for discussion on a wide range of academic and other matters relating to higher education, [...]

Rwanda
The Higher Education Council (HEC) is an independent Government Agency. It is responsible for ensuring the structure, organisation and functioning of higher education institutions, for monitoring and evaluating the quality and standard of provision and for ensuring the quality enhancement of teaching and research. It advises the Minister in charge of Higher Education on all [...]

Uganda
The National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) is a statutory agency, a supervisor for quality and relevant higher education established under the "Universities and Other Tertiary Institutions Act, 2001" to regulate higher education and to guide the country in the establishment of institutions of higher learning as well as ensure that quality and relevant education is [...]

Belgium
The interuniversitary council CIUF is the official platform for the fine tuning between the academic, student, political, economic and administrative fields. Its 39 members focus on higher education. The council aims to the promotion, maintaining and organization of the cooperation between the single participants of the higher education system of Belgium, esp. institutes, [...]

Spain
The ministry of education offers statistics on non-university and university education.

Estonia
The statistical office of Estonia offers statistics on the central areas of education.

Belgium
The Centre for Diversity and Learning is attached to Ghent University in Flanders. The principal goal of the SDL is to support the interculturalisation of the Flemish education world by providing a coherent and scientifically-based support to professionals and organizations active both inside and outside the field of education. The central subject of the CDL is the social and [...]

Estonia
The Estonian Ministry of Education and Research offers general information about the contents and goals of the country concerning the field of education policy and science research. Besides, in the sectors education, research, language, youth, ministry and minister, the website presents details on political conditions and laws, funding processes, programmes, statistics, [...]

Cameroon
The Interuniversity Centre for Information and Communication Technologies (CITI) promotes equal access and use of information and communication technologies for the higher education sector. It interconnects the public universities of Cameroon. This means also the providing of products, services and expertise adapted to the needs of the higher education sector.

Cameroon
The Interuniversity Centre of Documentary Resources (CIRD) is a support centre for the distribution and the production of documentary resources and the promotion of the utilization by the national university community. Its main objective is the contribution to a promotion of the capacities of the higher education sector by modernizing and ameliorating the univeristy [...]

Asia; Pacific Rim
APAIE is an international non-profit organisation whose goal is to activate and reinforce the internationalisation of higher education in the Asia-Pacific region and around the world, and to engage the professional challenges of individuals in international education. It has a steadfast membership of international education professionals - from professors to rectors to [...]

Cameroon
The minister of secondary and higher education and scientific research is charged, in relation to the according ministries, with the elaboration, the implementation and the follow-up of secondary and higher education and of scientific research in conformity with the orientations defined by the Supreme Council for the Restauration of Democracy.

Iraq
The website offers basic information about the Iraqi education system based on the British school system. The page gives an overview of general characteristics and indicators of the Iraqi education field. Additionally, it presents a list of the private and public universities and colleges of the country including addresses and degree courses.

Europe
This website offers a detailed overview of the EU legislation in the fields of education, training, youth and sport. It both describes, as reference point, the legal act and the specific political conditions of the EU for each of the four sectors, and shows a summary of the resulting consequences and measures. In this context, it analyses programmes and initiatives promoted [...]

Algeria
The Regional Conference of Western Universities (CRUO) consists of the following members: Responsible persons of higher education and research institutions which carry out relevant research for the Ministry for Higher Education and Scientifical Research, the representative of the general director of the national bureau for university work and the secretary of the CRUO. The [...]

Algeria
The Ministry for Higher Education and Scientific Research (MESRS) proposes changes on the field of higher education and assures their application in conformity with the law. Within the realm of applicable law and reglementations, the ministry aims at the studying of organisation and development measures on the different levels of higher education necessary for a global [...]

Slovakia
Education and learning statistics provide information on activities of state, private and church schools and schools establishments respectively. These include in particular data on kindergardens, primary schools, secondary schools and universities, feeding in schools, scholarships and school facilities. Data sources are state statistical surveys of the Ministry of Education [...]

Malta
MASE Mission Statement:“To stimulate and improve the teaching of Science in Malta, to coordinate the activities of its members, and to disseminate information related to Science teaching”. To enhance professional development and provide networking forums for Science educators, MASE intends to organise regular meeting during which lectures, presentations, demonstrations and [...]

Austria
The Austrian society for higher education didactics (ÖGHD) was founded in 1977. Since then, it has its headquarter in Vienna. The ÖGHD works primarily in German speaking area. Its goal is to document and to promote the discussion of the universities, the public and the society for the amelioration of university teaching. Its task area comprehends research of higher education [...]

Morocco
On this website, full texts inform about education in Morocco. Also, there is a link list with the Moroccan universities.

Morocco
The internet portal "L`Etudiant Marocain" informs about courses of studies in Morocco, tertiary education, studies abroad, scholarships and stages as well as professions. Also, information about publications and events which deal with higher education can be found.

international
On this website, IREX presents it`s activities concerning education programs in "Basic Education Development", "Higher education development", "International Education" and "Research Support".

Morocco
The department "directory for management training" of the Moroccan Ministry for national education, higher education, management training and scientific research offers students and pupils information about the Moroccan higher education system, about vocational training, studies abroad etc. In the rubric "bourses de cooperation", scholarships and background information (e.g. [...]

Croatia
This website of the croatian ministry of science, education and sports contains an overview of the education system in Croatia and its branches. Thus, there is information about "Preschool Education", "Elementary Education", "Secondary Education" and "Higher Education". In addition, there are indications about education programs and about education of national minorities.

Luxemburg
The task of the ministry for culture, higher education and research is among other things the planning and administration of the Luxembourgish education system. It facilitates the university access for the students, offers information about the lodging situation as well as scholarships etc. and maintains contacts to international education institutions.

Switzerland
This Swiss internet portal offers information and assistance regarding career choice (for example a list of interests with the corresponding career suggestions, a calendar for information events etc.), a list of the Swiss university environment including link lists for courses of studies of the different types of higher education as well as information to diverse higher [...]

Luxemburg
The higher education documentation and information centre (CEDIES) is a service provided by the ministry for culture, higher education and research. Its offers are adressed to grammar school pupils, future students, students and persons who want to resume their higher education. The CEDIES: * offers information and advices concerning higher education in Luxembourg and on [...]

Côte d'Ivoire
This website of the world bank presents statistical data regarding education in Côte d`Ivoire. Data from 1967 to 2009 can be looked at. Categories are for example number of women in education, enrollment in primary and secondary schools, secondary education etc. The data is presented both in numbers and in statistics.

Canada
The Canadian Federation of Students was formed in 1981 to provide students with an effective and united voice, provincially and nationally. The stated goal of the CFS is to work at the federal level and provincial levels for high quality, accessible post-secondary education.

Australia
The Group of Eight (Go8)is a coalition of leading Australian universities, intensive in research and comprehensive in general and professional education. The Go8 exists to: - enhance the contributions of its member universities to its nation's social, economic, cultural and environmental well-being and prosperity; - extend the contribution of its member universities to the [...]

Belgium
The federation of francophone students (FEF) is the biggest organisation which regroups student delegations of the French community in Belgium. Presently, it represents nearly houndred thousand students of more than thirty higher education institutions of the French community. The federation's aims are to represent the students on the niveau of the French community as well as [...]

France
The report offers an analysis of differences in education in France by department, region and local school administration from early childhood education to higher education. The data are organised by 30 indicators and presented in graphs and tables. The report is published every three years. For former reports starting in 1993, please follow the link at the end of the page. [...]

France
"Since its first edition in 1991, the State of Education reports on key indicators to analyse [the French] education system and assess the impact of policies implemented. Structured around the means used, conditions of schooling and pupil and student results, the publication highlights main developments and provides international comparisons." The issues [...]

Netherlands
Every year the Dutch Inspectorate of Education publishes the Annual Education Report on the state of education. This report outlines developments and key themes in Dutch education and includes findings for primary, secondary and higher education. An English summary informs about the most important subjects of the report. There is an extra website for the reports. [...]

Switzerland
According to their respective responsibilities both central government and the cantons provide for high quality and permeability in Swiss education. To fulfil this task the Swiss education system is monitored and checked on a regular basis. In December 2006 the first education report was published that contained edited data and information from statistics, research and [...]

Canada
The Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program (PCEIP) provides a statistical portrait of the elementary, secondary and postsecondary education systems. The Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program (PCEIP) draws from a wide variety of data sources to provide information on the school-age population, elementary, secondary and postsecondary education, transitions, and labour [...]

Canada
This report is a product of the Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program (PCEIP). It is intended to facilitate the comparison of educational systems in Canada's provinces and territories with those of countries that belong to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The document presents a series of indicators harmonized to the definitions and [...]

Canada
This publication is an annual review of statistics on Canadian education. It summarizes information on institutions, enrolment, graduates, teachers and finance for all levels of education and provides an analysis of the data. Ten-year time series are shown for most variables at the Canada level and five-year time series at the provincial level. The publication also provides [...]

United States of America (USA)
The Condition of Education is published annually since 1989 and summarizes important developments and trends in education using the latest available data. The report presents more than 40 indicators on the status and condition of education. Special analyses are conducted for each year focusing on a specific topic. The report covers all areas of education with special emphasis [...]

Luxemburg
The statistical office of Luxemburg offers statistics on the main education areas.

Mozambique
The Mozambican Government's site offers links to institutions of higher education in Mozambique.

international
Educations.com helps students who are interested in studying abroad to find information about education alternatives all over the world. The website contains a database on study courses and language courses, study guides on various countries of the world, a search facility for institutes and an international education dictionary that explains common terms and acronyms.

Côte d'Ivoire
The INP-HB was established as an Ivorian umbrella organisation for higher education institutions and vocational schools in the fields of business, technical, geological and administrative education. The institute intends to mediate between education policy and its practice and aims to improve the quality of professional qualifications in order to strengthening the Ivorian [...]

Sweden
The website offers a concise overview of the Swedish education system with brief information about: pre-school, childcare for schoolchildren, compulsory school, non-compulsory schooling, folk high schools (independent adult education colleges), higher vocational education, universities and university colleges. In addition, there is a presentation of the education system with [...]

Korea, Democratic People's Republic (North Korea)
The site provides extensive information about North Korea, based on studies of the Library of Congress dating from the 1990s. The description of the education system contains the followings chapters: the theme and method of education, primary and secondary schools, social education, higher education and education for adults.

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Country information for applicants for a study abroad in a Asia. In order to view them one has to select the respective country. There is an address of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), country information of the German Foreign Office, information about the education system and higher education, a specific link list, information about scholarship programmes and [...]

Korea, Republic of (South Korea)
The Homepage provides information on the Korean education system, study abroad in Korea and learning the Korean language. The site also offers lists of universities and information about working in Korea as well as culture and everyday life in Korea.

Korea, Republic of (South Korea)
The Korea Council for College Education (KCCE) promotes research on the education system, curriculum, teaching methods, evaluation and academic affairs of colleges, thus contributing to enhancing their independence and improving the quality of education. The full text reflects the present and future prospects of the colleges and universities in Korea with many statistics [...]

Uzbekistan
This portal of the Ministry of Higher and Secondary Specialized Education of the Republic of Uzbekistan gives information about the secondary and higher education system. Most of the information is only available in the native language.

Japan
This page gives information to students who are planning to stay in Japan for a longer or shorter study visit.

Europe
Each year the European Community concludes a number of Agreements with third countries, as well as with international organisations. These Agreements may be of an extensive nature, such as Trade, Cooperation and Development and Association Agreements or they may cover a wide range of specific subjects including: science and technology; transport; etc. Information concerning [...]

United Kingdom
The Russell Group is an association of 20 major research-intensive universities of the United Kingdom. Formed in 1994 at a meeting convened in Russell Square, the Group is composed of the Vice- Chancellors/Principals of the Universities. The website lists the member universities and contains statements on current issues in education policy.

Northern Ireland; United Kingdom
The government of Northern Ireland's department for employment and learning seeks to qualify young people for emplyoyment and to secure their participation in the labour force, it provides funding opportunities for further and higher education and training, statistics and research.

Scotland; United Kingdom
The SFC is in charge of distributing funds to colleges and universities in Scotland, it publishes and disseminates relevant information and statistics.

United Kingdom
The Higher Education Empirical Research (HEER) database comprises summaries of evidence-based published research on a range of topics related to higher education. It is intended for use by policy-makers, academics and researchers in higher education. The HEER database has been developed by the Centre for Higher Education Research and Information (CHERI) of The Open University.

Norway
The Norwegian Centre for International Cooperation in Education ( SIU) is a public Norwegian agency that promotes international cooperation in education and research.

Bulgaria
The national agency and contact point for programmes and projects conducted within the EU programme for Liflong Learning (2007-2013) in Bulgaria . It supports networking activities at home and abroad, including EUROPASS and EUROGUIDANCE activities

Isle of Man; United Kingdom
On this site you can find information about primary and secondary schools, along with further education institutions. There is also departmental information, a support section including information on grants, and school holiday dates.

United Kingdom
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) was created by the merger of the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) and the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR). Education-related policy areas of the department are further education and skills and higher education.

United Kingdom
The Office for Fair Access (OFFA) is an independent, non departmental public body which aims to promote and safeguard fair access to higher education for under-represented groups in light of the introduction of variable tuition fees in 2006-07.

Scotland; United Kingdom
The Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (The Framework) promotes lifelong learning in Scotland. The Framework: Describes the courses and programmes that lead to qualifications; Helps you develop ´progression routes´ for individual to follow; Allows individuals to make the most of the opportunities to transfer credit points between qualifications. The website is [...]

Northern Ireland; United Kingdom
On 1st August 2007, Northern Ireland's 16 further education colleges merged to create six new area-based FE colleges. The Association of Northern Ireland Colleges (ANIC) was established in 1998 to represent the newly independent 16 Colleges of Further and Higher Education and to be the voice of Further Education in Northern Ireland.

Scotland; United Kingdom
The GASHE project, which began in November 1999 and ended in October 2002, was based at the University of Glasgow and funded by the Research Support Libraries Programme (RSLP). It was designed to open up the outstanding collections of records produced by Higher Education Institutions in Scotland and to make them fully accessible on the web via an integrated gateway.

Switzerland
This portal gives an overview of sciences, employment, funding, research area, universities and other research institutions in Switzerland. myScience.ch provides also practical information about research mobility and living in Switerland including immigration, taxation, driving licenses and legal issues. It is intended for researchers and students, and all those who are [...]

Japan
The "Japan Handbuch" offers a extensive introduction to Japan. All fields, from applied geography to culture, are covered. The first 109 pages are assigned to the field of education.

Japan
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology ( MEXT) is one of the most important ministries in Japan. Information, statistics, research projects and outcomes are presented here. The National Institute for Educational Policy Research of Japan is affiliated to MEXT.

Japan
This website's mission is to help parents and educators who are seeking to provide their children with the best possible education while living in Japan. It offers detailed information on the school system, common leisure time activities, home schooling, international schools, etc..

Japan
The University of Tokyo, the Tokyo Daigaku, is Japan's most famous university. It includes a Graduate School of Education and an Institute of Social Science.

Japan
This Website is part of asahi.com one of the two most important Japanese daily newspapers. It offers addresses, information, news and links to and about Japan's universities.

Belgium
As part of the Flemish Interuniversity Council (VLIR), VLIR-UOS is responsible for the policy and management of the international cooperation between the 6 universities and 22 university colleges in Flanders, Belgium, and their partner universities in the South. The website offers information about the various scholarship programmes, also available as download.

international; Asia; Pacific Rim
APARNET was established to promote and facilitate discussion on qualifications recognition and related issues amongst the National Academic Recognition and Information Centres (NARICs) of the Asia- Pacific region.

Laos
This site gives a historical survey of Laotian education from the early period of temple schools up to the contemporary general education system. Information is given especially on the National University of Laos (NUOL) regarding its development and faculties.

Austria
The ministry is responsible for science and research and provides information about higher education and studying in Austria as well as current research topics. Gender aspects and international affairs are further focal themes.

Aruba; Netherlands Antilles; Netherlands
This site offers a list of educational institutions in Aruba and a list of mentors from universities in the Netherlands.

Rwanda
This is the official site of the Ministry of Education. It provides general information about the education system and the strategic priorities of the government.

Samoa
This is the official site of the national university of Samoa, it informs about the academic and vocational education programmes.

Iraq
This is the official site of the Kurdistan Regional Government's Ministry of Higher Education in Iraq. It provides information about the latest improvements at the universities in the region.

Aruba; Netherlands Antilles; Netherlands
This site offers a short overview of the education system in Aruba.

Andorra
This site provides an overview of the education system and its institutions.

Aruba; Netherlands Antilles; Netherlands
This is the official site of the university of Aruba. It provides information about the offered courses and the admission tests.

Iraq
This is the official site of the Iraq ministry for higher education and scientific research. It informs about the departments of the ministry and the higher education institutions in Iraq.

Afghanistan
This site presents a five-year strategic benchmark to rise the level of education in Afghanistan. It comprises the following programmes: 1. primary and secondary education, 2. higher education, 3. skills development and 4. culture, media, and sport.

Comoros
This site offers information about the educational system of the Comoros.

Comoros
This site offers you an overview of the educational system of the Cayman Islands and its facilities.

Iraq
This site offers you information about the seven universities in the Kurdistan Region in Iraq.

Hungary
Tempus Public Foundation (TPF) is a non-profit organization established in 1996 by the Hungarian government, with the task of managing international cooperation programmes and special projects in the field of education, training and EU-related issues. Among its many activities is also a guide on studying in Hungary.

Belgium
The site provides information on study opportunities in Flanders, Belgium: It answers questions about Flanders, living in Flanders, the education system of Flanders and funding opportunities. The database can be searched for study programmes or for Flemish higher education institutions. Besides, the brochure "Study in Flanders" is available for download.

Myanmar
Myanmar's Ministry of Education offers pages on the country's school and higher education system, lists of schools and higher education institutions as well as news on education policy. However, information is scarce.

Myanmar
The website offers an overview of Myanmar's history of education from the 19th century to the present day. Special emphasis is laid on the historical development of the higher education system and the raise of standards in general education. In recent years a system of open education has been established and regional human resource development centres have been set up.

international
The 2007 edition investigates the effects of expanding tertiary education on labour markets. Graduation rates from higher education have grown significantly in OECD countries in recent decades, but has the increasing supply of well-educated workers been matched by the creation of high-paying jobs? Or will everyone with a university degree some day work for the minimum wage? [...]

Denmark
A Danish-English educational glossary comprising 2000 terms.

Denmark
In the category "Education in Denmark", a brief overview of the Danish education system as well as a more detailled version, an explanation of Danish degrees as well as a listing of Danish higher education institutes can be read both in Danish and in English.

Denmark
Guide to more than 2.000 education programmes and jobs in Denmark. You will find special sub-sites for youth education, higher education, adult education and infirmation for parents.

Belgium
The Higher Education Register is a legal register that contains all the accredited higher education programmes in Flanders, Belgium. The search engine ('Find a programme') gives access to all these programmes. The Website provides also links and information about studying in Flanders, the degree structure, admission and visa requirements, institutions of higher education, [...]

Belgium
Whoever is interested in studying in Belgium gets advice as well as useful information on this web site, for example about the Belgian higher education system in general, university courses, application and funding. Furthermore the site provides an overview of seminars to studying in Belgium, which are organized by EDU-CON.

international
The International Society for Music Education was formed at a conference convened by UNESCO in 1953 'to stimulate music education as an integral part of general education'. ISME is the world wide network for music educators in all areas of education and offers publications, world conferences, regional conferences and seminars, networks, special commissions.

Norway
Through evaluation, accreditation and recognition of quality systems, institutions and course provisions, the purpose of NOKUT is to supervise and help to develop the quality of higher education in Norway. In addition, NOKUT considers individual applications for general recognition of foreign qualifications. As the Norwegian ENIC-NARIC center NOKUT is also responsible for [...]

Norway
This background report for the OECD-review of the Norwegian tertiary education system has been written by NIFU STEP, an independent research foundation, on behalf of the Ministry of Education and Research, January 2005. It describes among others the national context of higher education and the labour market tertiary education, gives an overall description of the tertiary [...]

Japan
The RIHE presents on its website as a National and International Center of for Research on Higher Education in Japan. The Institute functions as the central node of a network of research workers in higher education nationally and internationally. Over 400 researchers in higher education in Hiroshima and other universities are actively associated with the Institute. In [...]

Thailand
Beside a general overview of the Thai school and higher education system the following topics are discussed: language teaching in secondary schools, motives for or against studying abroad and available information resources, Thai students abroad, scholarships, internationalisation of the education system, experiences of students abroad as well as proposals to make Germany a [...]

China, People's Republic of
This website describes the process of development of the institute according to social and educational research needs in the country. Established in 1962, the institute changed its structure and name several times. It deals in particular with Japanese, Korean and Russian Education and the comparison of education systems with a focus on elementary and teacher education. The [...]

Thailand
The education system of Thailand is described briefly according to its history, organizational structure, features of primary curriculum, and the plans of the Thai government concerning educational programmes.

Thailand
The Learning Post is an English-language newspaper and part of the Bangkok Post. It contains a collection of articles on various aspects of the Thai education system.

Thailand
This site gives a detailed overview of education in Thailand according to the following regards: education in Thai history; administrative structure; formal education; non-formal education; special and welfare education; vocational schools and specialized institutes; higher education; international programmes in education; outlook for Thailand in the Seventh National Economic [...]

United States of America (USA)
In September 2006, Secretary Spellings announced her action plan to make higher education in the U.S. more accessible, affordable, and accountable. This site offers access to the announcement of Action Plan (September 26, 2006), fact-sheets and speeches, and to the commission on the future of higher education and its final report " A Test of Leadership: Charting the Future of [...]

Thailand
This site belongs to the Mahidol University's Web Server. It gives a survey of Tai education history and it contains information about modern education and high education in nowadays Thailand.

Armenia
With this detailed article the Armenian embassy in the USA provides information about history, structure and funding of the Armenian education system. Further issues like special education, collecting statistics or the introduction of an education information system are discussed, too.

Bhutan
"Bhutan Portal" is the official website of Bhutan's government. The section "Education, Learning And Employment" provides an overview of Bhutans school system. Different types and levels of school education are described. In addition, some information about vocational education and training and higher education is given.

Bulgaria
Eurydice is the "Network on education systems and policies in Europe". Amongst others, it provides very comprehensive country profiles on on education systems in Europe (formerly know as "Eurypedia"). All areas of education are covered from early childhood to adult education, as well as overarching issues. Each country participating in Eurydice hosts a national unit [...]

Turkey
Eurydice is the "Network on education systems and policies in Europe". Amongst others, it provides very comprehensive country profiles on on education systems in Europe (formerly know as "Eurypedia"). All areas of education are covered from early childhood to adult education, as well as overarching issues. Each country participating in Eurydice hosts a national unit [...]

Austria
The bilingual homepage offers apart from a graphical and descriptive presentation of the Austrian educational system links to school forms and types, qualifications, certificates and diplomas. Besides a glossary of educational terms is available.

Austria
doktorat.at is an open platform for doctoral candidates (PhD equivalent) and junior researchers, research and education policy makers and media. Its aims are: Introducing the interests of doctoral candidates in national and European research and education policy, pointing the attention to problems, to issues concerning doctoral candidates, suggesting solutions; providing [...]

Europe
EURODOC is the European Council of doctoral candidates and young researchers. It takes the form of a federation of national associations of Ph.D. candidates and young researchers. EURODOC's objectives are: To represent doctoral candidates and junior researchers at the European level in matters of education, research, and professional development of their careers. To advance [...]

United Kingdom; Gibraltar
Under the Constitution, the Minister for Education is responsible for education in Gibraltar. The Department of Education and Training, under the control of the Director of Education and Training, is responsible for the management of education, training and matters relating to youth and culture in Gibraltar. The website gives an overview of the education system in Gibraltar.

Russian Federation
The Multi-Portal KM.RU, sponsored by a major bank and therefore also advertising medium, offers information on almost all spheres of social life in the Russian Federation. It also provides a particular page on educational issues with articles in full text as well as sections with opinions and comments.

Russian Federation
The worldwide in the field of computer technology operating Intel Corporation (headquarters in the U.S.A.) presents itself as innovator and initiator of activities in the education system of the Russian Federation. Several links provide information about the areas and levels of Intel engagement and the educational programmes which are supported by the enterprise.

Russian Federation
This website offers a list of officially approved higher education institutions in the Russian Federation, including websites and contact information. The institution which is in charge of the accreditation is the National Information Center on Academic Recognition and Mobility, which belongs to the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation.

Russian Federation
This official website of the city of Nizhni Novgorod (the former Gorki), the third-largest town in Russia, offers comprehensive information related to the category "Education and Science". It comprises various sub- categories on different educational areas and issues.

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Currently country informations for applicants to study abroad in a European country are only available in German. In order to get this service you have to choose a specific country. At the country page you will find the address of the regional bureau of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), cultural and educational information, a link list as well as information about [...]

Eswatini; Eswatini
Focal point of this page is a portfolio of responsibilities of the Ministry of Education. It comprises all the levels and areas of the education system from early childhood education to vocational training or to studies at the University of Swaziland. Various links lead to detailed information on educational issues. It also includes an overview on the national education system.

Europe; international; Albania; Andorra; Austria; Belarus; Belgium; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Croatia; Bulgaria; Cyprus, Republic of; Czechia; Denmark; Estonia; Faroe Islands; Finland; France; Germany; Greece; Greenland; Hungary; Iceland; Ireland; Italy; Latvia; Liechtenstein; Lithuania; Luxemburg; North Macedonia; Moldova, Republic of; Monaco; Netherlands; Norway; Poland; Portugal; Romania; San Marino; Slovakia; Slovenia; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Russian Federation; Ukraine; United Kingdom; Vatican City; Turkey; Malta
This web site is a resource of the Center for Global Education. The site provides web links to colleges and universities in Europe. Along with links to the home language home pages, the site also provides direct links to an English Language Home Page and the Website of the International Relations Office. Through connection to resources like the International Association of [...]

Africa; international; Algeria; Angola; Botswana; Cameroon; Egypt; Ethiopia; Ghana; Kenya; Liberia; Morocco; Mozambique; Namibia; Nigeria; Somalia; South Africa, Republic; Sudan; Tanzania; Uganda; Zambia; Mauritius
This web site is a resource of the Center for Global Education. The site provides web links to colleges and universities in Africa. Along with links to the home language home pages, the site also provides direct links to an English Language Home Page and the Website of the International Relations Office. Through connection to resources like the International Association of [...]

Caribbean; international; Anguilla; Antigua and Barbuda; Bahamas; Barbados; Bermuda; Cuba; Dominica; Dominican Republic; Guadeloupe; Grenada; Haiti; Martinique; Montserrat; Puerto Rico; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Trinidad and Tobago; Turks and Caicos Islands; Jamaica; United Kingdom; France; United States of America (USA)
This web site is a resource of the Center for Global Education. The site provides web links to colleges and universities in the Caribbean. Along with links to the home language home pages, the site also provides direct links to an English Language Home Page and the Website of the International Relations Office. Through connection to resources like the International Association [...]

Central America; international; Belize; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Jamaica; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama
This web site is a resource of the Center for Global Education. The site provides web links to colleges and universities in Central America. Along with links to the home language home pages, the site also provides direct links to an English Language Home Page and the Website of the International Relations Office. Through connection to resources like the International [...]

Middle East; international; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Georgia; Iran; Iraq; Israel; Jordan; Kuwait; Lebanon; Oman; Palestinian Territories; Qatar; Saudi Arabia; Syria; Turkey; Yemen; Egypt; Bahrain; Cyprus, Republic of; United Arab Emirates
This web site is a resource of the Center for Global Education. The site provides web links to colleges and universities in the Middle East. Along with links to the home language home pages, the site also provides direct links to an English Language Home Page and the Website of the International Relations Office. Through connection to resources like the International [...]

Australia; Oceania; Fiji; Guam; Kiribati; Marshall Islands; Nauru; New Caledonia; New Zealand; Palau; Papua New Guinea; Solomon Islands; Tuvalu; Northern Mariana Islands; international; United States of America (USA); France
This web site is a resource of the Center for Global Education. The site provides web links to colleges and universities in Australia and Oceania. Along with links to the home language home pages, the site also provides direct links to an English Language Home Page and the Website of the International Relations Office. Through connection to resources like the International [...]

North America; international; Canada; United States of America (USA); Mexico
This web site is a resource of the Center for Global Education. The site provides web links to colleges and universities in North America. Along with links to the home language home pages, the site also provides direct links to an English Language Home Page and the Website of the International Relations Office. Through connection to resources like the International Association [...]

South America; international; Argentina; Bolivia; Brazil; Chile; Colombia; Ecuador; Guyana; Suriname; Uruguay; Venezuela; Paraguay; Peru; Latin America
This web site is a resource of the Center for Global Education. The site provides web links to colleges and universities in South America. Along with links to the home language home pages, the site also provides direct links to an English Language Home Page and the Website of the International Relations Office. Through connection to resources like the International Association [...]

Italy
Erasmus Mundus is a programme for the enhancement of quality in higher education and the promotion of intercultural understanding through cooperation with third countries. It selects and supports European master courses. The Erasmus Mundus National contact point Italy is the national organiser for the implementation of the programme.

Italy
The CRUI is the association of the rectors of Italian state and private universities. Since 2001, the Conference of Italian University Rectors has been flanked in its managerial and executive functions by the CRUI Foundation. The strategic instruments of the CRUI and the CRUI Foundation are as follows: The School for University Management and the Promotion of New Educational [...]

Italy
This web site is a valuable information tool for students wishing to attend higher education (H.Ed.) programmes in Italy, both at undergraduate and postgraduate level. It provides the following information: types of H.Ed. institutions (university and non-university sector), admission procedures, study programmes, university degrees, non-university H.Ed. qualifications [...]

Iceland
The full text presents results from a study on the national tertiary education system in Iceland, which were presented in September 2005, and refer to OECD guidelines. The following issues are addressed: the system of tertiary education in Iceland, regional aspects, tertiary education and the labour market, equity, research, quality assurance, and international aspects.

Italy
This brief country profile of Italy is offered by EuroEducation Net to provide useful information and to assist students in choosing academic courses in one of the educational institutions of this country. The information is structured as follows: education system; admission to higher education and recognition of foreign credentials; student life; international cooperation and [...]

India
On this website, the portal "academics-India" provides links to texts on Supreme Court rulings concerning (higher) education, e.g. ruling on the funding of private higher education institutions, and quotes for muslim students.

Australia
The Australian Universities Quality Agency (AUQA) is an independent, not-for-profit national agency that promotes, audits, and reports on quality assurance in Australian higher education. The website contains information on AUQA and gives access to full-text versions of its publications as well as to the Good Practice Database, which contains Good Practices in higher [...]

Switzerland
The web site lists the addresses and locations of the eight official and single privately run universities of applied sciences in Switzerland, the homepages can be accessed directly.

Australia
The Australian Disability Clearinghouse on Education and Training ( ADCET) is a web based information source that provides information about inclusive teaching, learning and assessment strategies, accommodations and support services for people with disabilities. Its aim is to encourage equitable, inclusive access to post secondary education and training for people with [...]

Australia
The Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations (CAPA) is the peak body representing Australia's 257,000 postgraduate students and seeks to coordinate postgraduate representation, advance the interests of postgraduate students, and defend postgraduate student rights nationally. The website provides information on CAPA and its activities and offers links to its member [...]

Australia
"The Creating Accessible Teaching and Support (CATS) Project has established a framework for good practice that provides information and resources to assist universities to create equitable access for students with disability and to comply with the Disability Discrimination Act and the Disability Standards for Education." The website offers entry points for various interest [...]

Australia; international
The Education Virtual Library provided by Charles Sturt University is a comprehensive, annotated index of educational resources on the Web. The entries can be searched or they can be listed according to education level, resources provided, type of site or country.

Australia
"AFUW is the voice of graduate women promoting the advancement of women worldwide and their equality of opportunity." Its website provides information on the AFUW, its activities and scholarships.

Liechtenstein
The website of the Educational Programme of the European Union SOKRATES for Liechtenstein contains adress lists, deadlines, forms and the description of the programmes and projects ARION, COMENIUS, ERASMUS, EURYDICE, GRUNDTVIG, LINGUA and MINERVA.

Dominica
"Dominica State College formed by an Act of Parliament in 2002, brought three major educational institutions together with an average of over 30 years experience." The founding institutions were: The Dominica Teachers Training College, The Clifton Dupigny Community College ( Academic and Technical Divisions) and The Princess Margaret School of Nursing. The college is now the [...]

United Kingdom
"The Universities Association for Lifelong Learning (UALL) is a national body, representing the interests of the Continuing Education/ Lifelong Learning community within Higher Education."

Belgium
This regional dossier, prepared by Mercator-Education the European Network for Regional or Minority Languages and Education, aims at providing concise descriptive information and basic educational statistics about minority language education, in this case the German language in education in Belgium. It comprises information on features of the educational system, recent [...]

China, People's Republic of
This homepage offers links to levels and areas of the chinese education system. Topics and categories arranged in modular form comprise: Reform and Development; Preschool Education; Primary Education and Secondary Education; Higher Education; Special Education; Vocational Education; Adult Education; Distance Education. Besides, the site provides information regarding other [...]

Malta
This site of the homepage of the Maltese government contains links to many pages that include lists of schools, the Exams Department, libraries and how to apply for a scholarship. The General section includes enrolment for evening classes, students' maintenance grants, resources for children and links to related publications.

Austria
The online full text "Bildungswegweiser Österreich" (education map Austria), authored by "Schulpsychologie-Bildungsberatung" (school psychology-educational guidance), offers a comprehensive and detailed survey of the Austrian educational system und additionally contains descriptions of diverse educational institutions' characteristics and curricula. By way of introduction it [...]

Austria
The website about paths of education in Austria, provided by the Federal Ministry of Education and Women's Affairs, begins with a schematic overview of the different, partly vocational school forms and of possible transitions between types of schools or educational attainments respectively. In the following text the particular types of school from the primary sector to [...]

Bulgaria
The website offers data tables on: kindergartens (pre-primary education), basic and secondary education, higher education, vocational training in Vocational Training Centers (VTS), Vocational Gymnasiums and Vocational Colleges, continuing vocational training, adult education, educational expenditures and general data on education. In addition, there is a list of publications [...]

Austria
The initiative "key2success" of the Federal Ministry of Education yields information, counselling and orientation for prospective candidates of the school leaving examination at general and vocational education schools. The site offers an internet course supporting the choice of studies or occupation, information about training and further education opportunities after the [...]

Austria
The study compass offers information about studies at Austrian scientific universities, academies and universities for applied sciences. The website is divided into faculties and subjects and informs about study options at the different universities. Regarding the subjects as such information is given on the content of studies, structure and duration, the qualification [...]

Mongolia
This NGO is active in Mongolia in the area of promoting access to international (higher) education, the home page lists links to information on scholarships, books, a monthly calendar and a link labelled "education systems". This provides a survey of the education systems of several countries.

Croatia
The report reflects the efforts of the Croatian government to strenghten the educational sector. Focal point will be the area of higher education regarding the following aims: acceptance of European standards; assurance of quality in teaching and research; increase in the number of students and the budgetary investment. This full text contains statements on the new Higher [...]

Japan
NIME is an autonomous body concerned with higher education in multimedia environments. It provides a search engine in order to find offers for multimedia and online learning.

Grenada
"TAMCC offers programmes in a wide range of disciplines spanning the Arts, Sciences and Technology. These programmes prepare individuals for advanced education as well as for direct entry into employment."

Grenada
The university has been offering courses in the field of medical studies since 1977 and has expanded its range of courses on other fields of study since 1996.

Commonwealth
"The Plan aims to provide a network of study opportunities throughout the Commonwealth. Although special emphasis is placed on the needs of developing nations, the scheme is intended as a genuine partnership, with opportunities and benefits for all member countries. Awards under the scheme are not made by any central body. It is for each Commonwealth country to decide whether [...]

India
NAAC is an autonomous body affiliated to the University Grants Council. It is concerned with the assessment and accreditation of financial support to higher education institutions such as grants, stipends and project financing. The home page outlines its primeval goal of developing quality criteria for higher education by evaluation and self assessment. The page provides links [...]

Belize
The faculties and facilities of the university are introduced. There is also information about research projects.

Belize
With this short text the government of Belize informs about school education, higher education and vocational training in Belize.

Barbados
The college offers study programmes and courses on academic and vocational levels for a variety of subjects.

Latin America; Spain
RISEU is a network of researchers on higher education from Latin America and Spain. Its main objective is to support the study of higher education, to constitute a space of academic dialogue, and to develop documentary resources. The website offers links to national research institutions on the same topic, to articles (fulltext), to some statistics, to conferences and [...]

India; Sri Lanka; Nepal; Bangladesh; Germany
"DAAD" stands for "Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst", also known as German Academic Exchange Service. DAAD is a joint organization of German institutions of higher education and student bodies. Their aim is to promote academic cooperation worldwide, especially through the exchange of students, scholars, academics, and scientists. The homepage provides links for South [...]

Mexico
The Mexican Association for International Education is a non-profit organization whose mission is to contribute to the academic quality of Mexican higher educational institutions through international cooperation. It supports academic exchange activities, the training of professionals and specialized workshops in Mexico and abroad. The website offers information about its [...]

Panama
The Counsil of Rectors of Panama has several functions to rise the quality of public and private universities and their administration, e. g.coordination and information of the member universities and developing regulations concerning minimal requirements for academic degrees. The web site provides information about these tasks, the organisation structure, projects and [...]

Caribbean; Jamaica; Barbados; Trinidad and Tobago
The University of the West Indies is an autonomous regional institution supported by and serving 15 different countries in the West Indies. Besides the three main campuses in Jamaica, Barbados and the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago the University has centres in all of its non-campus Caribbean countries..

Peru; Chile
The website of the international program of scholarships and grants of the Ford Foundation informs about regional programs in Peru and Chile.

Arab States
This is a collection of internet links to educational institutions, organisations and associations as well as to research institutes in Arab countries or where Arab is the language of communication. All educational levels and subject matters are included.

Spain
This web site of the Education Ministry provides answers to all questions of higher education, from higher education law, study courses, admission, research to evaluation and quality control.

Spain
This web site provides the text of the higher education reform law from 2001.

Latvia
This website provides information about the Latvian education and higher education system, higher education institutions and of the "Bologna- process" in Latvia.

Kiribati
This text describes the plans for the development of the entire Kiribati education sector. Current statistical data are mentioned.

Liechtenstein
This wetsite is part of the homepage "Portal des Fürstentums Liechtenstein". The website offers links to full texts about the following topics: Overview of the education system, general education, vocational education and training, vocational and academic guidance, scholarships, research.

Japan
This website provides a list of websites dedicated to Higher Education in Japan, each link is succinctly described by formal aspects and content. The links lead to information on private universities, specific subjects, and entry requirements for students.

Turkey
This website of the Union of Turkish-German businesspeople offers full texts dealing with the situation of Turkish migrants in professional education and business in Germany.

France
This website provides access to precise information on the French higher education system, study courses, preparation of a study sojourn for foreign applicants, opportunities of financing studies, promotion and advice, practical information and useful links.

Iran
This site provides texts about: A brief review of the Iranian educational system; History of higher education in Iran; and a link list of Iranian universities and scientific institutes.

Iran
Full text of the Iranian embassy in Norway describing school and higher education in Iran.

Australia
This site provides access to information about ongoing and completed research projects in the area of vocational education research. The university is situated in New South Wales.

Lithuania
The English version of the web site of the Lithuanian Ministry of Education provides an overview of the educational system, educational legislation, vocational training, higher and adult education, a link list of texts on educational reform (pdf and doc-files), statistical data (mainly enrollment) and general information about the country and its history. [ The version in [...]

Bahamas
The web site provides an overview of mission, policy and organizational structure of the Ministry and adjunct administrative bodies. Additional pages cover educational institutions in school, higher, vocational and adult education, loans applications, testing and evaluation, curriculum and learning resources.

Venezuela
This network of Venezolanian universities serves as a technical platform of communication between the Higher Education Ministry and the universities and of mutual communication between universities; its mission is to build up and facilitate the flow of information via telecommunication in an easy and efficient way. The contents of this flow are issues of administration and of [...]

Peru
This organization coordinates the four private universities in Peru. Its objective is to promote the quality of the universities' research and teaching through joint efforts in order to promote a modern development of the country. The homepage provides links to the four member universities, to the university network Red Universitaria para el Desarrollo (http:// [...]

Chile
This governmental commission has as its objective to establish a system of accreditation which secures quality in higher education. This system evaluates (on a voluntary basis) all programmes offered by Chilenian higher education institutions. The homepage provides information about contents and procedure of accreditation, criteria of evaluation, reference to legal texts and [...]

Latin America
This portal for university graduates provides access to various information which could be important for these persons: link lists of institutions, departments and institutes, lists of libraries and research institutions, advice for internet facilities and international contacts etc.

Spain
The web site of the "Education Ministry" of the province of Cantabria is divided into three parts: "Educación" provides general information about the school, higher and professional education sectors of the Cantabrian educational system; "Juventud" offers information for young people, e.g. a contest of youth fashion and the part of the Consejo Escolar describes the tasks and [...]

Spain
This web site provides information about the study courses, degrees and admission requirements of the virtual university. The programmes are obviously in nearly all fields except medical science and provide postgraduate and master degrees.

North America; Canada; Mexico; United States of America (USA); international
The Consortium for North American Higher Education Collaboration (CONAHEC) is a not-for-profit membership-based network of approximately 180 institutions of higher education in Canada, the United States and Mexico, as well as a select group of institutions from other parts of the world. CONAHEC seeks to advance the consolidation of the North American higher education community [...]

United Kingdom
The NPC was constituted to represent and support the growing number of post-graduate students in Britain. Besides facts and issues concerning postgraduates the site offers the Journal of Graduate Education as well as a discussion and mailing list.

United Kingdom
"The UKCGE serves to promote graduate education in all academic disciplines, by bringing experts together for specialist working groups, as well as organising regular conferences and workshops, conducting surveys and publishing policy documents."

international; Latin America
This organization is concerned with various topics of promotion and coordination of the tertiary institutions in the member states, their quality development, institutional empowerment of the universities, coordination and integration of study programs and research. The web site provides extensive information, documents, statistics, and links to institutions and programs

Chile
The general mission of this organization is to promote higher education as a basic prerequisite of the enhancement of social, scientific and technological progress and to disseminate knowledge into the society. The web site provides information about the corporation itself, a study program in "asentamientos humanos", publications (among them the journal "Estudios Sociales") [...]

Africa; Africa South of the Sahara
ANSTI, the African Network of Scientific and Technological Institutions, is an organ of cooperation that links African institutions engaged in university level training and research in the fields of science and technology. It was established in January 1980, through the financial support of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Educational, Scientific and [...]

Tajikistan
In this full text report to UNESCO the author provides an overview on the current development of higher technical education in Tajikistan and the efforts to improve the quality of education in all areas and at all levels of education. He refers to the socioeconomic framework conditions and focal points of higher educational policy in the country.

Costa Rica
The National Rectors Council (CONARE) is commissioned with the coordination and planning of higher education policy in Costa Rica - four tertiary institutions are the members of the body - they can be found on the homepage which provides information about structure and activities of the Council, its legal bases and various special programs, e.g. civic education, sustainable [...]

Ukraine
[Unfortunately, there is no English version of this website anmore since about 2015. You can have an idea of the ministry on an old English website as of about March 2015.] This website offers: information on the system of education in general and on the different levels and areas of education in particular; documents in full text on educational law and on issues of [...]

Cyprus, Republic of
Eurydice is the "Network on education systems and policies in Europe". Amongst others, it provides very comprehensive country profiles on on education systems in Europe (formerly know as "Eurypedia"). All areas of education are covered from early childhood to adult education, as well as overarching issues. Each country participating in Eurydice hosts a national unit [...]

international; Latin America
Educational information can be accessed from this web site by firstly clicking the respective country and then activating the link "Education and Research" in the country web site. This provides a list of educational and training institutions and other relevant organisations.

North Macedonia
Various menu buttons on the upper part of the homepage are offering access to information on the Ministerial Sector, the structure of the education system, the field of sciences, issues of recognition of qualifications as well as on investments. The page of the Department of Programmes informs about main tasks and priorities in the development of education.

international; Latin America
This association has as objective the information, coordination and cooperation of distance study institutions in Latin America. The following fields are concerned: research, training of professors, promotion of the use of new technologies in distance study, development of instructional material, promotion of and participation in evaluation, quality assurance and certification [...]

Trinidad and Tobago
This web site is a complimentary information service offered by the National Institute of Higher Education Research, Science and Technology (NIHERST) which is mandated to develop these areas, to coordinate training programs and popularise science and technology. The other main mission is the accreditation of post-secondary educational programmes. The homepage shows the [...]

Barbados
The web site provides short texts, addresses and links to educational institutions of Barbados.

Haiti
Currently, this web site provides a text about the history of education in Haiti and two links of contacts to the tertiary institutions.

Caribbean; international; Anguilla; Antigua and Barbuda; Aruba; Bahamas; Barbados; Belize; Bermuda; British Virgin Islands; Costa Rica; Dominica; Dominican Republic; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Guyana; Haiti; Jamaica; Cayman Islands; Cuba; Martinique; Mexico; Netherlands Antilles; Puerto Rico; Trinidad and Tobago; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; United Kingdom; France; Netherlands; United States of America (USA)
The list contains links to universities, colleges and schools in the Caribbean area. The navigation point "courses" offers links to alphabetically ordered study programs world wide.

Malta
This brief country profile of Malta is offered by EuroEducation Net to provide useful information and assist students in choosing academic courses in one of the educational institutions of this country. The information is structured as follows: education system; admission to higher education and recognition of foreign credentials; student life; international cooperation and [...]

Spain
The main objective of this administrative body is to promote and evaluate quality in higher education in Catalonia, based on the resp. law. Other objectives are assessment, accreditation and certification of study programmes and of academic degrees and evaluation of the teaching staff. The web site provides details concerning these tasks, links to publications (among others [...]

Spain
The Council's members are the persons responsible for higher education in the regional governments, the heads of the universities and 21 representatives of the society. It executes various functions of higher education policy, e.g. creation and accreditation of universities, planning of study programs and diplomas, regulation of admission etc. The homepage has navigation [...]

Saudi Arabia
This overview on the Saudi Arabian education system (not vocational education) provides short information on the education system as a whole (administration and finance, size, structure, private and public education, academic year, teacher education) and on its parts as there are primary, lower secondary, upper secondary and higher education. Each chapter comprises data on age [...]

Chile
The cooperation National University Network (REUNA) is a cooperation initiative which, occasioned by research and higher education institutions, presents the only technological infrastructure of academic networks which work with research, education and innovation in Chile. REUNA is connected with international academical networks worldwide. Over this connection, members can [...]

Pakistan
The Commission has been set up to facilitate the development of the universities of Pakistan to be world-class centres of education, research and development. The mandate of the HEC encompasses all degree granting universities and institutions, and supports the attainment of quality education in these institutions by facilitating and co-ordinating self-assessment of academic [...]

Philippines
The Commission is the governing body covering both public and private higher education institutions as well as degree-granting programs in all tertiary educational institutions in the Philippines. It shall promote quality education and take appropriate steps to ensure that education shall be accessible to all. The website provides information about: the higher education [...]

Bangladesh
The main objective of the Office is to collect, compile and disseminate all kinds of information and statistics relating to post primary stages of education in Bangladesh as well as in other countries. The homepage gives access to data about the educational structure of Bangladesh, key educational indicators, databases and specific data on: student enrollment, teaching and [...]

Trinidad and Tobago
The ministry was established in December 2001 and one of its primary responsibilities is the development of the national human resource through tertiary education and training in the areas of academics, technical vocational training, scientific research and discovery. The web site's major parts are about the ministry itself, its sub-units (research, planning and technical [...]

Nicaragua
The council, consisting mainly of the ten heads of the country's tertiary institutions, is the administrative body which coordinates and advises the functioning of the universities and works out propositions for higher education policy. The web site provides texts about objectives, vision and mission of the CNU, the text of a law concerning autonomy of higher education [...]

Dominican Republic
The homepage of the ministry shows, beside a box about the ministry itself, the following areas: higher education ( institutions, scholarships, information technology in higher education, service and counselling, virtual library); science and technology (projects, service); the national information system. Furthermore, there are numerous hints on national, international and [...]

Chile
The council of Chilenian university heads has as its main objectives to develop high quality research, to accredit the study programs and to create the prerequisites for a more equal access to higher education. The web site provides information about these objectives and the organisational structure of the council; mainly there are links to the member universities and to their [...]

Bolivia
The Deputy Ministry for Science and Technology (VCyT) is subordinate to the ministry of education of Bolivia. It is responsible for the planification and the support of research, development and innovation activities of the country. The web site provides descriptions of the three departments of the Ministry: general university education, technical and technological education [...]

Malta
Eurydice is the "Network on education systems and policies in Europe". Amongst others, it provides very comprehensive country profiles on on education systems in Europe (formerly know as "Eurypedia"). All areas of education are covered from early childhood to adult education, as well as overarching issues. Each country participating in Eurydice hosts a national unit [...]

Africa
This page is provided by the Africa Policy Information Centre. It contains starting points for sites and documents relevant to education in and about Africa, including selected sites relevant to general and university-level education, K-12 educational resources, and recommended meta-sites with even more links.

Djibouti
The homepage of this university which was founded in Oct. 2000 provides the usual information about its structure, study programs, administration and services.

Bahrain
The self-description of this web site says: Brief information about each level of pre-university formal education, its systems, curriculum, examination ...etc., as well as non-formal education, higher education, private education, and special education. It also includes the study plans for all levels of government schools, and other information concerned with the school year, [...]

Jamaica
The mission of UCJ is to increase the availability of University level training in Jamaica, through accreditation of institutions, courses and programmes for recognition and acceptability. The Council is empowered to confer degrees, diplomas, certificates and other academic awards and distinctions on those who have pursued courses approved by the Council at associated tertiary [...]

Chile
This web site provides comprehensive and detailed information about all issues of higher education. Particular features are: higher education statistics (see "SIES") and a searchable data base of all tertiary institutions ( see "directorio de instituciones").

Korea, Republic of (South Korea)
The website of the ministry offers a detailed description of the education system in South Korea, gives information about education policy and educational programmes in the school and higher education sectors and provides education statistics and statistics on science and technology.

Spain
This agency's task is to improve the quality of the tertiary system by making public its performance through evaluation and other measures leading to certification and accreditation. The web site shows a navigation point "programas" which provides information about the five tasks: institutional evaluation, certification, accreditation, evaluation ot the professorate and [...]

Switzerland
This site provides a comprehensive overview of the Swiss education system. For all levels texts are offered which describe the types of institutions, their development, statistical data, contents of learning, requirements, further education, and additionally information about federal / regional / local competencies in education policy and about educational expenditures. [...]

Spain
The two menue boxes on the homepage give access to information about die main fields of work of the institute and detailed information about study and postgraduate courses.

France; Europe
This text presents the most important organizations of the European Union in the field of education, to the European action programs and to various texts about a common European education policy, e. g. recognition of diploma and the construction of a European higher education space.

Ukraine
This full text provides information on aims, tasks, structure and organization of the Higher Education System of Ukraine. The State Higher Education System comprises 940 tertiary educational institutions, including technical and vocational schools as well as colleges and academies. The respective status of these institutions is set according to four levels which are mentioned [...]

Switzerland
The program "Virtual Campus Switzerland" has the goal to make new communication technologies usable for the higher education system. To this purpose, the program promotes projects which develop high quality electronic dicactic materials. The web site describes the financinbg of the program and offers a direct link to Swiss Virtual Campus (http://www.virtualcampus.ch/)

Czechia
This is a core document (Prague, 2001 submitted by the Centre for Higher Education Studies of the Czech Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports for the purpose of comparison with other European countries. This country report consists of six sections. Central part is section 3 on Higher Education which includes almost all essential aspects of this educational level: history, [...]

Papua New Guinea
The web site provides the usual information about structure, departments (schools) and study programs of the university.

Jordan
This website gives access to the documents of the conference mentioned in the title which was held in September 2002 in Amman. There are texts about primary, secondary and higher education and TVET.

Greece
Overview on the structure of the educational system in Greece (with a focus on secondary and higher education)

Italy
This regional dossier, prepared by Mercator-Education the European Network for Regional or Minority Languages and Education, aims at providing concise descriptive information and basic educational statistics about minority language education, in this case the German language in education in South Tyrol (Italy). It comprises information on features of the educational system, [...]

Cameroon
Cameroon's Ministry of Higher Education site provides detailed information about the ministry (address, duty, mission; the minister; news) and about the country's university system. Further sections also include practical and administrative information: Announcements (e.g. for scholarships), laws and regulations, equivalence of certificates.

Ireland
Qualifax is published by the Institute of Guidance Counsellors (IGC) and is available on the web and on CD. High-speed, searchable database of over 3,500 full time courses covering all Higher Education Institutions in all of Ireland (degree, diploma, certificate, PLC's). For each course, the following information is provided: 1. basic entry requirements, 2. detailed document [...]

Finland
In this report, the need to strengthen the international activities of institutions of higher education is justified by both the new challenges arising from the international operating environment and the need for domestic development. It provides a review of the present situation with respect to the international operations of institution of higher education and assesses the [...]

Finland
The official Finnish statistics agency provides statistics on all sectors of education in Finland. [Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]

Ireland
HEEU is a national body, established in 1992. The HEEU is funded by the HEA. Its role is to promote greater equality in Irish higher education institutions. Report on the College network, information on activities, recommendations, submissions. Free access to publications.

Belarus
This link list is structured as follows: 1) Education and training, 2) universities and higher education institutions, 3) colleges, schools and lyceums, 4) child and youth upbringing, students associations.

Poland
This website provides links to the following areas: institutions from various scientific domains, secondary schools, vocational schools, higher education institutions and technical universities, scientific institutes and libraries.

United Kingdom
"The purposes of the UK NARIC are: To give information and advice on the comparability of overseas qualifications with those from the UK; to promote British qualifications overseas. We inform and advise: UK higher and further education institutions; individuals seeking comparability information on international and UK qualifications; organisations receiving or advising [...]

Denmark
Information on the structure of the Danish education system with focus on school and higher education.

Cambodia
The text about the higher education system of the country largely is structured according to a common pattern for all RIHED Member States: types of higher education institutions, internal control, co-ordination, administration and governance of the institutions and remarks in higher education policy.

Laos
The text about the higher education system of the country largely is structured according to a common pattern for all RIHED Member States: types of higher education institutions, internal control, co-ordination, administration and governance of the institutions and remarks in higher education policy.

Philippines
The text about the higher education system of the country largely is structured according to a common pattern for all RIHED Member States: types of higher education institutions, internal control, co-ordination, administration and governance of the institutions and remarks in higher education policy.

Singapore
The text about the higher education system of the country largely is structured according to a common pattern for all RIHED Member States: types of higher education institutions, internal control, co-ordination, administration and governance of the institutions and remarks in higher education policy.

Thailand
The text about the higher education system of the country largely is structured according to a common pattern for all RIHED Member States: types of higher education institutions, internal control, co-ordination, administration and governance of the institutions and remarks on higher education policy.

Vietnam
The text about the higher education system of the country largely is structured according to a common pattern for all RIHED Member States: types of higher education institutions, internal control, co-ordination, administration and governance of the institutions and remarks on higher education policy.

Brunei Darussalam
The text about the higher education system of the country largely is structured according to a common pattern for all RIHED Member States: types of higher education institutions, internal control, co-ordination, administration and governance of the institutions and remarks in higher education policy.

Malaysia
The text about the higher education system of the country largely is structured according to a common pattern for all RIHED Member States: types of higher education institutions, internal control, co-ordination, administration and governance of the institutions and remarks in higher education policy.

Sweden
The Association was founded in 1995. Members are over 40 universities and university colleges in Sweden. The association aims at safeguarding the external interests of the institutions and at strengthening their internal co-operation. It co-operates with the European University Association (EUA), the Nordiska universitetssamarbetet (NUS) and the International Association of [...]

Iran
The ministry is responsible for management and planing of higher education of IRAN.Training of expertise in all levels from and first degree to Doctorate is organized under supervision of this ministry. The homepage provides access to texts about the higher education system in Iran and the policy of the Ministry, statistical data about higher education, a database consisting [...]

Ireland
Information on the federation and the point system for universities. List of publications, annual reports to download, links to legal statements, salary schemes and research information.

Argentina
The link "indice" provides full texts (pdf-files) about all levels and types of education in the country: socio-political background (policy, economy, state, administration, legislation, linguistic situation); history of education; legal basis and structure of the education system; educational administration and allocation of competencies; financing of education; initial [...]

Chile
The link "indice" provides full texts (pdf-files) about all levels and types of education in the country: socio-political background (policy, economy, state, administration, legislation, linguistic situation); history of education; legal basis and structure of the education system; educational administration and allocation of competencies; financing of education; initial [...]

Panama
The link "indice" provides full texts (pdf-files) about all levels and types of education in the country: socio-political background (policy, economy, state, administration, legislation, linguistic situation); history of education; legal basis and structure of the education system; educational administration and allocation of competencies; financing of education; initial [...]

Honduras
The link "indice" provides full texts (pdf-files) about all levels and types of education in the country: socio-political background (policy, economy, state, administration, legislation, linguistic situation); history of education; legal basis and structure of the education system; educational administration and allocation of competencies; financing of education; initial [...]

United States of America (USA)
The Center provides information and analysis for those involved in managing the higher education enterprise internationally through publications, conferences, and the maintenance of a database of individuals and institutions. It is especially concerned with creating dialogue and cooperation among academic institutions in the industrialized nations and those in the developing [...]

Switzerland
The web site provides an overview of higher education in Switzerland. Via a Swiss map one can connect to the web sites of the individual universities and technical colleges.

France
This regional dossier, prepared by Mercator-Education the European Network for Regional or Minority Languages and Education, aims at providing concise descriptive information and basic educational statistics about minority language education, in this case the German language in education in Alsace, France. It comprises information on features of the educational system, recent [...]

Malaysia
This link list contains the URL og the Ministry http://www.moe.gov.my/ , links to the departments and divisions under the Ministry, to universities, polytechnics and teacher training colleges.

Iran
This is a text about the education system of Iran and the tasks of the education and the higher education ministry in this context.

Cuba
The web site of the Ministry of Education of Cuba (URL: http://www.cubaeduca.rimed.cu or http://www.cubagob.cu/des_soc/mined/mined.htm) doesn`t exist at the moment (stand: September 2011). This website provides a description of the activities of the Ministry.

Malta
The website offers the usual information about study courses, faculties and institutes, especially also for foreign students (International Office). Library, support services are mentioned, too.

Lebanon; Middle East
This institution is the first Distance Learning academic institution in the Middle East. The academic program is fully online. The website provides the usual information texts about admission and application, faculty and staff, administration and library and the academic program ( bachellor, masters and doctoral degrees).

Switzerland
This page offers a link list and a search engine about all types of Swiss educational institutions such as schools, higher and adult education institutions etc. Furthermore, links are provided which concern web sites for school education and teaching (teaching and learning software, teaching aids etc), special servers and educational organizations.

France; Europe
This international institute regards itself as an experienced and innovative service provider in elaborating educational policy, the evaluation of educational reforms and the provision of education and training programs at European, national and institutional level. The focus of its work is education policy in a European context. The website compiles information about the [...]

Denmark
The action plan 'Better Education' published by the Danish government in 2002, should strengthen the proficiency and competence level in upper secondary education, in higher education and in adult and further education and continuing training. Access to the whole publication without or with illustration, the publication as PDF- file and to the table of contents.

Spain
The Conference of the Spanish University Principals in this website provides information about its mission and organization (commissions for many special agenda, e.g. student orientation), its political actions, the developments concerning the Higher Education Administration Law (LOU), international cooperation and statistical sources. Furthermore, there is a link list of all [...]

Norway
SIU is a Norwegian centre of expertise whose objective is to promote the participation of Norwegian educational and research institutions in international cooperation. It is the internationalisation arm of the Norwegian Council for Higher Education. Information on SIU, international cooperation, projects, programmes, publications and conferences. Access to various own [...]

Norway
The Norwegian Council for Higher Education was founded 8th May 2000 as a merger of the Norwegian Council of State Colleges and the Norwegian Council of Universities. It is a co-operative body for Norwegian universities, national schools of higher learning, and university colleges ( the former state colleges). The aim is to develop strategies for the Norwegian system of higher [...]

Australia
CSHE is a national and international leader in higher education policy research and educational development. CSHE provides independent, research-based advice and support on matters of teaching and learning, the student experience, professional development for academics, and quality assurance policies and processes. The website offers links to full texts (statements, research [...]

Switzerland
This site contains a link list of Swiss universities and links about studying, teaching and research in Swiss universities.

Canada
The mission of CAUCE is to enlarge the scope and quality of educational opportunities for adults at university level by enhancing the stature and expertise of those institutions and individuals devoted to providing those opportunities. A member directory with addresses and links is available. Access to information on research projects which have been funded (with links to [...]

Taiwan
The Republik of China yearbook - Taiwan 2002 contains a chapter on the education system which is electronically published on this site. It provides an overview on the Taiwanese education system and describes all levels from compulsory to special education as well as supplementary educational opportunities. The final part deals with current educational reforms and curricula [...]

Ireland
The Citizens Information website is an Irish e-government initiative providing information fur use by the general public. Under the topic 'education' information on all levels of the Irish education system is given in abstracts, summaries and commented links. Print versions of full-text documents exist.

United States of America (USA)
Established in 1990 by the American Association for Higher Education as a special project to encourage colleges and universities to support K-12 reform efforts. Since then, the Ed Trust has grown into an independent nonprofit organization working for the high academic achievement of all students at all levels, kindergarten through college. The Ed Trust focuses on the [...]

United States of America (USA)
Founded in 1915, the association has helped to shape American higher education by developing standards and procedures for quality education and academic freedom in American colleges and universities. Highly reputated publications as 'The Redbook' - Widely regarded as an authoritative source on sound academic practice (can be ordered from Johns Hopkins University Press); [...]

United States of America (USA)
HECSE is a private, non-profit organization representing colleges and universities which offer doctoral programs that prepare leaders for the fields of special education and early intervention. Information on mission, activities and programmes of HECSE. Links to information retrieval services and organisations in the field of special education.

South Africa, Republic
The Council on Higher Education is an independent statutory body established in 1998. It contributes to the development of the South African higher education system by providing advice to the Minister of Education, through the activities of its Higher Education Quality Committee (HEQC), and through the publication of relevant information. The website provides information about [...]

Ireland
The website presents the organisation AHEAD and offers access to their handbook for students with disabilities (full-text, HTML format, ' accessing third level education in Ireland'), an online guide to grants, scholarships and disability benefits, reports on third level options, Irish disability-related documents and organisations.

Ireland
Weboffer for students and graduates from 'The Association of Graduate Careers Services in Ireland (AGCSI) Several databases ( employers database, postgraduate courses, advice on jobs placements, student events, career services, academics-for academic staff working in higher education in Ireland).

Netherlands
NOWT was founded in 1992 by the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science to meet the need for comprehensive and systemic data on the performance and international standing of the Dutch S&T system. This summary version of NOWT's 2000 S&T Indicators Report is the fourth in its series. It provides a brief synopsis of the tables, graphs and related texts from the original [...]

Denmark
Education statistics of the Danish statistical office with a comprehensive collection of data tables on all education areas.

Netherlands
Internet portal of the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science with comprehensive information and links about the Dutch education system and the Dutch policy on education, culture and science. Also with practical information about going to school, studying and working in the Netherlands. Full texts are availbe as pdf-files to download.

Russian Federation
The Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug is located in the Middle of Russia. It occupies the central part of the West-Siberian plain. The page on Education comprises links to the following areas and levels of the education system: In-service educator training; Pre-school Education; Primary Education; General Secondary Education; National Schools; Initial Vocational Training; [...]

Canada
The section on post-secondary edcucation covers information on post-secondary institutions, apprenticeship and trades, certification, funding and financial information, research and innovation.

Canada
CAGS brings together Canadian institutions and organizations having an interest in postgraduate education. These include universities which have active post graduate programs, national graduate student organizations, and certain other organizations such as granting councils. CAGS is an Associate Member of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC). This site [...]

Spain
The homepage provides link lists and addresses of all educational institutions in the school, higher education, professional training (colleges for specific professions) and adult education sector which accept international students. Especially, language schools are listed. Furthermore, there is a link "country resources" with general information about the country.

Denmark
The Danish Agency for International Education is an authority within the Danish Ministry of Education with the aim to support the internationalisation of education and training in Denmark. The objective of the unit is to make it easier for persons with foreign credentials to enter the Danish labour market and higher education institutions. It is the place to contact in [...]

Russian Federation
The homepage provides link lists and addresses of all educational institutions in the school, higher education, professional training (colleges for specific professions) and adult education sector which accept international students. Especially, language schools are listed. Furthermore, there is a link "country resources" with general information about the country.

Slovakia
The homepage provides link lists and addresses of all educational institutions in the higher education sector which accept international students. Especially, language schools are listed. Furthermore, there is a link "country resources" with general information about the country.

Ukraine
The homepage provides link lists and addresses of all educational institutions in the school, higher education, professional training (colleges for specific professions) and adult education sector which accept international students. Especially, language schools are listed. Furthermore, there is a link "country resources" with general information about the country.

United Kingdom
The homepage provides link lists and addresses of all educational institutions in the school, higher education, professional training ( colleges for specific professions) and adult education sector which accept international students. Especially, language schools are listed. Furthermore, there is a link "country resources" with general information about the country.

United States of America (USA)
The homepage provides link lists and addresses of all educational institutions in the school, higher education, professional training (colleges for specific professions) and adult education sector which accept international students. Especially, language schools are listed. Furthermore, there is a link "country resources" with general information about the country.

Ireland
The homepage provides link lists and addresses of all educational institutions in the school, higher education, professional training (colleges for specific professions) and adult education sector which accept international students. Especially, language schools are listed. Furthermore, there is a link "country resources" with general information about the country.

Canada
The homepage provides link lists and addresses of all educational institutions in the school, higher education, professional training (colleges for specific professions) and adult education sector which accept international students. Especially, language schools are listed. Furthermore, there is a link "country resources" with general information about the country.

Malaysia
The homepage provides link lists and addresses of all educational institutions in the higher education, professional training (colleges for specific professions) and adult education sector which accept international students. Especially, language schools are listed. Furthermore, there is a link "country resources" with general information about the country.

China, People's Republic of
The homepage provides link lists and addresses of all educational institutions in the school, higher education, professional training (colleges for specific professions) and adult education sector which accept international students. Especially, language schools are listed. Furthermore, there is a link "country resources" with general information about the country.

Sweden
The homepage provides link lists and addresses of educational institutions in the school, higher education, professional training and adult education sector which accept international students. Especially, language schools and international schools are listed. Furthermore, there is a link "country resources" with general information about the country.

Yugoslavia; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Croatia; Montenegro; Serbia; Slovenia; Kosovo; North Macedonia
The homepage provides link lists and addresses of all educational institutions in the higher education, professional training (colleges for specific professions) and adult education sector which accept international students. Especially, language schools are listed. Furthermore, there is a link "country resources" with general information about the country.

Europe; Canada
The EU-Canada Programme funds joint study and training programmes allowing transatlantic exchanges between European and Canadian education institutions. The Agreement focuses on four activities to benefit higher education students, vocational education and training teachers, trainers and administrative staff: development of curricula, including development of double/joint [...]

Sweden
The STINT Foundation was established in 1994 by the government. The mandate is to support the internationalisation of Swedish research and higher education and has two main components: to enhance the quality of Swedish research and higher education and to advance Sweden´s relations with other nations, culturally, economically and scientifically. The homepage links to [...]

Norway
NSD, established in 1971, is a national multidisciplinary research service facility under the Research Council of Norway with a strategic responsibility for maintaining data resources and data access for Norwegian research. NSD has established e.g. the Norwegian Research Database (NFI) and a national database for statistics on higher education. The homepages gives access to [...]

Netherlands
Comprehensive, detailed internet guide (as of August 2003) on general education, studies, practical training, vocational training, work and vocational guidance in the Netherlands. Many links and some fulltexts ( brochures) for download.

Australia
The Education Portal is the online entry point to a comprehensive array of Commonwealth Government information and services concerning all aspects and levels of education in Australia. It also provides links to key education and training sites at the national, state and territory level.

Australia
This internet portal offers two search facilities 1. to find information about courses offered by Australian education institutions, 2. and/or education institutions themselves. The search can be defined and limited through offered search criteria. The results the databases are supplying are: 1. overview of all search results with the headings links, provider, course degree, [...]

Australia
The Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education was established in 2002 assuming the responsibilities of the former Australian Universities Teaching Committee (AUTC). Its aim is to promote and support strategic change in higher education institutions for the enhancement of learning and teaching, including curriculum development and assessment. Its website [...]

Australia
The report has three main purposes. It provides: an overview of the higher education sector in 2001, including new government policies and initiatives; a review of the performance of higher education institutions and information on the allocation of funding for the 2002-2004 triennium. The report, the executive summary, references and an index can each be downloaded as [...]

Hungary
The homepage provides link lists and addresses of all educational institutions in the school and higher education, ( also colleges for specific professions) sector which accept international students. Some language schools are listed. Furthermore, there is a link "country resources" with general information about the country.

Latvia
The homepage provides addresses of all educational institutions in the higher education, (colleges for specific professions) sector which accept international students. Furthermore, there is a link "country resources" with general information about the country.

Netherlands
The homepage provides link lists and addresses of all educational institutions in the school, higher education, professional training (colleges for specific professions) and adult education sector which accept international students. Several international secondary schools are presented, too. Furthermore, there is a link "country resources" with general information about the [...]

Norway
The homepage provides link lists and addresses of all educational institutions in the school, higher education, professional training (colleges for specific professions) and adult education sector which accept international students. Especially, language schools are listed. Furthermore, there is a link "country resources" with general information about the country.

Poland
The homepage provides addresses of all educational institutions in the school, higher education, professional training (colleges for specific professions) and adult education sector which accept international students. Especially, language schools are listed. Furthermore, there is a link "country resources" with general information about the country.

Portugal
The homepage provides link lists and addresses of all educational institutions in the school, higher education, professional training ( colleges for specific professions) and adult education sector which accept international students. Especially, language schools are listed. Furthermore, there is a link "country resources" with general information about the country.

Belarus
The homepage provides link lists of all educational institutions in the higher education sector which accept international students. Furthermore, there is a link "country resources" with general information about the country.

Bulgaria
The homepage provides link lists of all educational institutions in the higher education sector which accept international students. Furthermore, there is a link "country resources" with general information about the country.

Czechia
The homepage provides link lists of all educational institutions in the school and higher education sector which accept international students. Especially, language schools are listed. Furthermore, there is a link "country resources" with general information about the country.

Denmark
The homepage provides link lists of all educational institutions in the s higher education, professional training and adult education sector ( also colleges for specific professions)which accept international students. Furthermore, there is a link "country resources" with general information about the country.

Estonia
The homepage provides link lists of all educational institutions in the higher education and professional training sector which accept international students. Especially, one language school is listed. Furthermore, there is a link "country resources" with general information about the country.

Austria
This site is provided by "World Wide Classroom", a consortium for international education and multicultural studies, located in Milwaukee (WI) with more than 3000 member organisations in 109 countries. The homepage provides link lists of all educational institutions in the school, higher education, professional training and adult education sector (also colleges for specific [...]

Ireland
Summary of education statistics for Ireland 1998-2000, featuring figures from first to third level education and for teachers.

Singapore
The institute is the sole teacher training institute in Singapore; it is part of the Nanyang Technological University. The web-site provides numerous facts about the courses, graduate and continuing education programs, admission, information for students, research programs and centres.

Sri Lanka
At time being the list includes 13 universities.

Ireland
The NQAI established in February 2001 has three principal objects: 1) to establish and maintain a framework of qualifications for education and training 2) to establish and improve standards of awards of the further and higher education and training sector 3) to liaise with bodies outside the State for the mutual recognition of awards at transnational level. Comprehensive [...]

Laos
The website of the university provides informative texts about its organizational structure, departments and study programs and practical information about admission, fees, scholarships, special programs and services.

Ireland
The study examines access by mature and disadvantaged students and students with disabilities to third level education. Chapter 1 explores definitions of access and illustrates why access by underrepresented groups to third level education should be improved. Chapter 2 considers the need to increase representation by students from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds. [...]

Ireland
The Department of Education and Skills has the overall responsibility for education in Ireland. This document gives an introduction to the structure and programmes in the higher education sector.

Ireland
"Educationmatters" is Irelands foremost monthly educational journal, published as print version, in the Internet and can be obtained via Email. The Internet homepage provides up to date national and international information in all educational fields.The comprehensive information is offered mostly in short articles or fulltexts (only a few for download. A forum provides the [...]

South Africa, Republic
At the web site of the South African Government Information also the texts of all White Papers of the Government from 1994 to 2002 are listed; those dealing with education matters are: Early childhood development (2001); Special needs education (2001); Further education and training (1998); Higher education (1997); Public service training ( 1997); Education 1 and 2 (1995/96).

Grenada
This is a listing of Portals and Websites that provide links to resources relating to education for Grenada, selected by subject experts of Library of Congress in 2001. One of these links at the country-specific homepage refers to "education".

Croatia
The homepage describes the educational system of Croatioa and has lists and links to the academic or scientific institutions located in the indicated cities. Links to the universities are shown separately.

Czechia
This is a listing of Portals and Websites that provide links to resources relating to education for the Czech Republic, selected by subject experts of Library of Congress in 2002. One of these links at the country-specific homepage refers to "education" with mainly academic URLs.

Georgia
The website is under construction and offers now (11-2003) only a full text about history and organization (faculties) of the university - see "about".

Spain
This is a listing of Portals and Websites that provide links to resources relating to education for Spain, selected by subject experts of Library of Congress in 2001. One of these links at the country-specific homepage refers to "education" which is rather comprehensive.

Sweden
The website of the Ministry of Education and Research informs about people working there and the organisation of the ministry. Latest news are available as well as the latest publications or press releases. Areas of responsibility: education and research, gender equality, policy for civil society, youth policy.

Madagascar
This institution is responsible for the evaluation od all public and private higher education institutions. The homepage has links to descriptive texts about organization, mission, members and methods of evaluation.

Bulgaria
This link list provides the access to the homepages of the most important universities in Bulgaria. Some homepages offer their information only in bulgarian.

United Kingdom
"Education UK is the British Council’s official website for international students who are interested in a UK education. In 2012, the website received two million unique visitors worldwide. The British Council’s Education UK team connects international students with UK education". [Abstract: Site editor’s information]

Finland
The Finnish National Board of Education offers comprehensive information about the Finnish Education System. The detailed description from preschool up to adult education provides a broad overview of the Finnish system as well as of Finnish education policy. Detailed information, statistics and other sources can be obtained through further links. [Abstract: Editors of [...]

Slovenia
Education statistics covers all levels of education: kindergartens, elementary schools, upper secondary schools with all education programs, post-secondary vocational colleges, higher education institutions with all education programs and all continuing education programs.

Spain
The National Statistical Institute offers a large collection of data on the following topics: university education, transition to the labour market, adult education, education expenditure, pre-university education, information technology in education.

Bulgaria
The Centre for Higher Education Research is one of the structural units of the National Institute of Education, established in 1998. The mission of the Centre for Higher Education Research is to support reform efforts in higher education with its information, research and advisory activities.

Austria
The website offers data on the following topics: formal education (child care, school education, higher education, educational expenditure, teaching staff), adult education, further training, lifelong learning, educational attainment and culture.

Argentina
Educ.ar is the Argentinian education server which provides information about school and higher education and offers a digital library covering all disciplines (including education). Various ways of interactive participating communication are accessible, too.

Switzerland
study in switzerland+ is a service provided by swissuniversities, the Rectors’ Conference of Swiss Higher Education Institutions. Prospective students find information on living in Switzerland, the university system and on all matters concerning studying.

Argentina
This website of the Argentinian Education Ministry provides information about all issues of studying in Argentina and the higher education system. An index of the services offered and a thematic index give access to the texts.

Argentina
The National University Evaluation and Accrediation Committee (CONEAU), part of the Education Ministry, is responsible for questions of evaluation and accreditation within the higher education system of Argentina. The website provides full texts with descriptions and basic texts regarding external evaluation, accreditation of curricula and courses, postgraduate study and [...]

India
The UGC is a national body for the coordination, determination and maintenance of standards of University education. It serves as a vital link between the Union and State Governments and the institution of higher learning. In addition to its role of giving grants to universities and colleges, it also advises Central and State Governments on the measures necessary for the [...]

Jamaica
This web site provides a description of the Jamaican education system and the mission and objectives of educational policy in each of the educational levels.

Cuba
From the index page one can choose links from the headline "Desarrollo Social" which provide full texts, created by the Education Ministry, about the entire education system as well as general information about the social conditions of the country.

Barbados
The Government Information Service of Barbados offers an overview of the school and higher education system with some remarks about vocational education.

Barbados
Besides links to vocational and higher education institutions the website provides information about scholarship programmes in Barbados.

Mozambique
The link list has three parte: ministries, higher education, research.

Namibia
The button "Faculties" provides a link list of the various faculties and institutes with their study courses, among others a Faculty of education [http://www.unam.na/faculties/education/index.html]. The other services of the university (staff services, computer centre, library etc., are also represented

Ethiopia
The homepage provides links to the departments, faculties, institutes and sub-institutions with their study courses.

Mozambique
The website of the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology provides full texts with plans and statements concerning higher education policy and legislation and science policy, the organization structure and mission of the Ministry and educational legislation.

Latvia
Eurydice is the "Network on education systems and policies in Europe". Amongst others, it provides very comprehensive country profiles on on education systems in Europe (formerly know as "Eurypedia"). All areas of education are covered from early childhood to adult education, as well as overarching issues. Each country participating in Eurydice hosts a national unit [...]

Slovakia
The homepage of the Slovak PHARE project on recognition of higher education diploma contains full text information about the education system, the higher education system, the legislative framework and the access to higher education in the Slovak Republic.

Poland
Info-Poland is the Website of the Polish Academic Information Center and at the same time a result of U.S.-American and Polish co-operation in higher education. This homepage offers links to the following categories: Education System; Higher Education; Learning Polish; Primary and Secondary School; Scholarships.

Poland
This Academic Glossary contains brief explanations of Polish terms, including academic degrees and titles related to Polish universities and other higher education institutions in Poland.The page is a service of the Polish Academic Information Center in co-operation with a U.S.- American university.

United States of America (USA)
This is the website of the Wisconsin Center for Education Research which is one of the oldest, largest, and most efficient education research centers in the world. As a part of the University of Wisconsin- Madison's School of Education, WCER provides a productive environment where some of the country's leading scholars conduct basic and applied education research. The WCER [...]

Hungary
The Hungarian Ministry for National Ressources informs about the Hungarian system of higher education. It offers a wide range of links to higher education institutions and related websites.

Commonwealth; international
"The Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) is a voluntary society, founded in 1913, which is registered as a Charity and governed by its member institutions through an elected council. Among its key activities are: assisting members to develop the capacity of their human resources; promoting, through several programmes, the movement of academic and administrative [...]

United Kingdom
"HERO is the official gateway site to the UK's universities, colleges and research organisations. HERO is organised into six zones that cover the key areas of higher education (Studying, Research, Business, Inside HE, Culture and Sport, Universities and Colleges)".

Colombia
The Colombian Association of Universities (ASCUN) is the national non-governmental organization representing Colombian institutions of higher education; it cares for higher education policy, the cooperation of universities, improvement of higher education and higher education research. The web-site provides a directory of member institutions, information about the organization [...]

Thailand
Quality assurance in Thai higher education refers to activities as a mechanism, planning, and systematic activities implemented. The homepage provides texts about quality assurance policy and processes / methods and quality assurance reports of each single higher education institution in Thailand.

Mauritius
Clicking on the first coloured symbol (= education) a link list of mainly tertiary education institutions is provided.

Australia
This website provides a comprehensive overview of the Australian education system. It covers the topics of Higher education, Technical and vocational Training, Secondary school, Higher education, Teacher education, School education

Europe
This is the homepage of the GD Education and Culture of the European Commission in Brussels. The website provides information on: Programmes and strategic initiatives; eLearning - Designing tomorrow's education; Lifelong learning; Higher Education in Europe; Language teaching and learning; European associations and social; partners in the field of education; Evaluation of [...]

Canada
iStudent Canada is the CBIE's (Canadian Bureau for International Education) website that is directed at international students studying in Canada and Canadian students studying or working abroad. It provides the information needed from the application phase to graduation, but also an unprecedented level of peer interactivity in the form of blogs, forums, and online events.

Canada
List of Canadian univeersities by province.

Liberia
This university was founded by the Anglican Episcopal Church and has a long history. The texts of the web-site describe history and present status of university life and studies.

Mauritius
This web-site provides the usual information texts about the university, its academic programs and courses, research programs, admission, student services, and in this case also about distance education programs.

Sierre Leone
This is the web-site of the Njala University in Sierra Leone, reopened in 2005 after having been heavily damaged during the civil war in the 1990s. The university provides academic programmes in agriculture, education, technology, community health services, social sciences and environmental sciences. The university campus is still in its initial stages and depends on support [...]

Tanzania
The university presents itself with the usual information texts as: a general overview and history, academic programs, admission, administration and library. A navigation bar with links leads to other Tanzanian institutions of higher education.

Zambia
The homepage provides links to the administrative bodies of the university, inclusive entrance requirements, the schools and departments, (among others a School of Education) and the libraries.

Zimbabwe
The homepage provides the usual links to the sites of the administration, including registry, of the faculties departments and institutes, (among others an education faculty), research activities, libraries and the supporting service organizations.

Hungary
This website provides information on: educational terminology, translated credentials, figures and trends of Hungarian education, facts on Hungarian higher education, system of academic degrees, higher education and further research credentials and degrees (before and after 1993), grading scale, Hungarian higher education institutions.- OSEAS, an acronym which stands for [...]

Latvia
Latvian Academy of Sport Education (LASE) was founded in 1921. It provides education and research in sport pedagogy. LASE trains specialists for physical and health education, sports teachers, coaches and sports managers. This website informs about aims, structure, organisation, admission criteria and degrees regarding studies in this institution.

Colombia
The index point "Sociales" has a link "educación formal" which provides statistical tables (in Excel) with numbers of students, teachers and schools and the private higher education sector.

United Kingdom
ALT is an educational organisation which seeks to bring together all those with an interest in the use of learning technology in higher and further education.- This website provides information on ALT-activities, in particular on conferences and workshops, and the respective results.

Spain; Latin America; United States of America (USA); Puerto Rico; Caribbean
Today (stand: March 2012), the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) represents more than 300 colleges and universities committed to Hispanic higher education success in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Latin America and Spain. Its mission is to promote the development of member colleges and universities and to improve access to and the quality of post-secondary [...]

Greece
Under "Population and Social Conditions" EL.STAT offers data on following educational topics: Primary Education, Secondary Education, Post-secondary Education, Tertiary Education, Special Education, Education expenditure, Lifelong learning. [Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]

Thailand
The homepage provides link lists of all educational institutions in the school, higher education, professional training (colleges for sprecific professions) and adult education sector which accept international students. Especially, language schools are listed. Furthermore, there is a link "country resources" with general information about the country.

Poland
The above description of the Polish system of education has been prepared for the needs of the implementation of the Diploma Supplement in Poland. The text provides detailed information on the recognition of diplomas and other qualifications.

United Kingdom
"Teaching Times is Questions Publishing's daily online news service dedicated to bringing you the latest stories from the educational sector. We gather stories on everything from nursery education to adult learning". In addition there are various materials for teachers and a job search database.

Scotland; United Kingdom
The site provided by the British Council offers information on all possibilities of education in Scotland and includes a database for course search.

Brazil
This is the Website of the Secretaria de Estado da Educação (State Secretariat of Education)of the Brazilian federal state Acre. It is, so to speak, the "Ministry of Education" or "Department of Education" of this State, one of the 26 federal states of Brazil. The homepage offers above all links to matters of public school education, but also to other levels and areas of [...]

Brazil
This is the Website of the Secretaria de Estado da Educação (State Secretariat of Education) of the Brazilian federal state Distrito Federal. It is, so to speak, the "Ministry of Education" or "Department of Education" of this State, one of the 26 federal states of Brazil. The homepage offers above all links to matters of public school education, but also to other levels and [...]

Brazil
This is the Website of the Secretaria de Estado da Educação (State Secretariat of Education) of the Brazilian federal state Pernambuco. This is, so to speak, the "Ministry of Education" or "Department of Education" of this State, one of the 26 federal states of Brazil. The homepage offers above all links to matters of public school education, but also to other levels and [...]

Brazil
This is the Website of the Secretaria de Estado da Educação (State Secretariat of Education) of the Brazilian federal state Rio de Janeiro. It is, so to speak, the "Ministry of Education" or "Department of Education" of this State, one of the 26 federal states of Brazil. The homepage offers above all links to matters of public school education, but also to other levels and [...]

Brazil
This is the Website of the Secretaria de Estado da Educação, Cultura e Desportos (State Secretariat of Education, Culture and Sports) of the Brazilian federal state Rio Grande do Norte. It is, so to speak, the "Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports" or "Department of Education, Culture and Sports" of this State, one of the 26 federal states of Brazil. The homepage offers [...]

Brazil
This is the Website of the Secretaria de Estado da Educação (State Secretariat of Education) of the Brazilian federal state Rio Grande do Sul. It is, so to speak, the "Ministry of Education" or "Department of Education" of this State, one of the 26 federal states of Brazil. The homepage offers above all links to matters of public school education, but also to other levels [...]

Brazil
This is the Website of the Secretaria de Estado da Educação, Cultura e Desportos (State Secretariat of Education, Culture and Sports) of the Brazilian federal state Santa Catarina. It is, so to speak, the "Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports" or "Department of Education, Culture and Sports" of this State, one of the 26 federal states of Brazil. The homepage offers [...]

Brazil
This is the Website of the Secretaria de Estado da Educação (State Secretariat of Education) of the federal state São Paulo. It is, so to speak, the Brazilian "Ministry of Education" or "Department of Education" of this State, one of the 26 federal states of Brazil. The homepage offers above all links to matters of public school education, but also to other levels and areas [...]

Brazil
This is the Website of the Secretaria de Estado da Educação (State Secretariat of Education) of the Brazilian federal state Tocantis. It is, so to speak, the "Ministry of Education" or "Department of Education" of this State, one of the 26 federal states of Brazil. The homepage offers above all links to matters of public school education, but also to other levels and areas [...]

Brazil
This is the Website of the Secretaria de Estado da Educação (State Secretariat of Education), of the Brazilian federal state Minas Gerais. It is, so to speak, the "Ministry of Education" or "Department of Education" of this State, one of the 26 federal states of Brazil. The homepage offers above all links to matters of public school education, but also to other levels and [...]

Brazil
This is the Website of the Secretaria de Estado da Educação (State Secretariat of Education), the Brazilian "Ministry of Education" or "Department of Education" of this State, one of the 26 federal states of Brazil. The homepage ( organigramme) offers above all links to matters of public school education, but also to other levels and areas of education. Besides information [...]

Turkmenistan
This comprehensive country study for Turkmenistan was elaborated by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress in 1996. It provides a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, cultural, economic and political conditions in this country. The table of contents includes a section on "education" (education system; curriculum; higher [...]

Europe
ENQA is a European Network to disseminate information, experiences, good practices and new developments in the field of quality assessment and quality assurance in higher education between interested parties: public authorities, higher education institutions and quality assurance agencies.- The Website aims at assisting the enqa member agencies find and share information about [...]

Poland
The website comprises statistics on school education, higher education and vocational education and training.

Korea, Republic of (South Korea)
The university is a training institution for teachers of all levels, from pre- school teachers to teachers of all school levels; it also has a graduate school for training future educational leaders. The website provides in short texts information about the training and research centres and the attached institutes, such as services, library, media centre etc. The information [...]

international
This database is produced by the Unesco Education Documentation Service (www.unesco.org/education/) in cooperation with 12 participant organizations. It includes some 25. 000 references since 1988 on higher education systems, administration, planning and policy, costs and finances, evaluation of higher education, issues related to staff and students, cooperation, mobility and [...]

Turkey
Using a search engine to search "education" and "Turkey" resulted in website and webpage hits nearly exclusively from this university; this is the reason why we included it in this database. The homepage of the university provides the usual information about studying there.

Turkey
The homepage provides link lists of all educational institutions in the school and higher education, sector which accept international students. Furthermore, there is a link "country resources" with general information about the country.

Turkey
The original source of this full text is a database of the Turkish Foreign Office which was not accessible. The local copy in this URL provides information about die education system, financing, the Education Ministry, content of education programmes, evaluation, text books and teaching materials, educational legislation, international activities and higher education. [This [...]

Netherlands
EP-Nuffic formed in 2015 out of a fusion of the organisations Nuffic (founded in 1952) and EP (founded in 1990). Nuffic and EP respectively supported internationalisation in higher education and in primary and secondary education. Now, EP-Nuffic provides detailed information on internationalisation in all spheres of education. Information is given as well for Dutch people who [...]

Sweden
The website offers a database of distance study courses at Swedish universities and institutions of adult education.

Sweden
The operations of Universitetskanslersämbetet (the Swedish Higher Education Authority) comprise three main areas: Quality assurance of higher education and appraisal of the degree-awarding powers of public-sector higher education institutions. Legal supervision of higher education. Monitoring efficiency, follow-up and horizon scanning as well as responsibility for statistics [...]

Korea, Republic of (South Korea)
The Korean Council for University Education (KCUE) is a central advisory agency of Korean universities to enhance the quality of university education and cooperation among member institutions. It is an intermediate organization between government and university community. KCEU has made efforts to promote the development of Korean higher education by expanding university [...]

international
On this page the International Association of Universities (IAU) offers links to full texts which provide descriptions of higher education systems of 180 countries worldwide. These overviews are part of the World Higher Education Database (WHED) which is also published on a CD-ROM. The texts are provided for download in RTF format. Each text is structured as follows: [...]

Tunisia
Website of the Tunisian Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.

Scotland; United Kingdom
SCRAN is the history and culture site which lets you learn directly by accessing images, movies, sounds and virtual reality. There are one million heritage records from museums, galleries, archives and media. Searches can be made in 1 million records. The point "education" in the navigation bar provides ready a huge variety of copyright-cleared resources for educational use. [...]

Africa
This site is useful for anyone who is involved or interested in education and development in Africa. The site mainly comprises annotated lists of links to relevant sites of interest, and the emphasis is on distance education. Main sections are: institutions, associations and resources of distance education, education research for quality of life, journals and distance [...]

Hungary
Eurydice is the "Network on education systems and policies in Europe". Amongst others, it provides very comprehensive country profiles on on education systems in Europe (formerly know as "Eurypedia"). All areas of education are covered from early childhood to adult education, as well as overarching issues. Each country participating in Eurydice hosts a national unit [...]

Slovenia
This full text published by Albert Mrgole bears the heading "Perspectives for Multicultural Co-operation in Slovenian Education: Framework for a Country-Wide Report". It is one of the country reports from the series "Education and Media in Southeast Europe". The text is subdivided into four main sections: Part 1: European and Multicultural Perspectives in Elementary and Middle [...]

France
This national institution enables about 70,000 adults per year to complement their vocational qualification in 7 occupational areas on an university level. Additionally, eight comprehensive research fields are operated; the third basis of CNAM is a museum and a scientific - technological library. The homepage presents a full text with integrated links containing all relevant [...]

France
This URL provides the entry to all information about the teacher education institutes at universities: the courses of study, educational and documentary resources (teaching material in a broad sense), the IT facilities, research and international contacts. Additionally there are links to discussion lists and search engines. A country map provides links to the local IUFMs.

Africa; Africa South of the Sahara
This distance university uses modern information and communication technologies to give the countries of sub-Saharan Africa direct access to some of the highest quality academic faculty and learning resources throughout the world. World-class professors from universities around the globe deliver classes from a studio classroom. The website provides the program schedules in [...]

Israel
This brief presentation of the education system in Israel was taken from the "Wörterbuch der Pädagogik" (Dictionary of Pedagogy/ Edition 2000) by kind permission of the publishers Taschenbuch Verlag. After providing general information on the country an overview on the education system is given referring to the following areas: educational administration, pre- school [...]

Iceland
This brief presentation of the education system in Iceland was taken from the "Wörterbuch der Pädagogik" (Dictionary of Pedagogy/ Edition 2000) by kind permission of the publishers Taschenbuch Verlag. After providing general information on the country an overview on the education system is given referring to the following areas: educational administration, pre- school [...]

France
This brief presentation of the education system in France was taken from the "Wörterbuch der Pädagogik" (Dictionary of Pedagogy/ Edition 2000) by kind permission of the publishers Taschenbuch Verlag. After providing general information on the country an overview on the education system is given referring to the following areas: educational administration, pre- school [...]

Malta
This brief presentation of the education system in Malta was taken from the "Wörterbuch der Pädagogik" (Dictionary of Pedagogy/ Edition 2000) by kind permission of the publishers Taschenbuch Verlag. After providing general information on the country an overview on the education system is given referring to the following areas: educational administration, pre- school [...]

Luxemburg
This brief presentation of the education system in Luxemburg was taken from the "Wörterbuch der Pädagogik" (Dictionary of Pedagogy/ Edition 2000) by kind permission of the publishers Taschenbuch Verlag. After providing general information on the country an overview on the education system is given referring to the following areas: educational administration, pre-school [...]

Belarus
This brief presentation of the education system in Belarus was taken from the "Wörterbuch der Pädagogik" (Dictionary of Pedagogy/ Edition 2000) by kind permission of the publishers Taschenbuch Verlag. After providing general information on the country an overview on the education system is given referring to the following areas: educational administration, pre- school [...]

Liechtenstein
This brief presentation of the education system in Liechtenstein was taken from the "Wörterbuch der Pädagogik" (Dictionary of Pedagogy/ Edition 2000) by kind permission of the publishers Taschenbuch Verlag. After providing general information on the country an overview on the education system is given referring to the following areas: educational administration, pre-school [...]

Romania
This brief presentation of the education system in Romania was taken from the "Wörterbuch der Pädagogik" (Dictionary of Pedagogy/ Edition 2000) by kind permission of the publishers Taschenbuch Verlag. After providing general information on the country an overview on the education system is given referring to the following areas: educational administration, pre-school [...]

Japan
This brief presentation of the education system in Japan was taken from the "Wörterbuch der Pädagogik" (Dictionary of Pedagogy/ Edition 2000) by kind permission of the publishers Taschenbuch Verlag. After providing general information on the country an overview on the education system is given referring to the following areas: educational administration, pre- school [...]

Korea, Republic of (South Korea)
This brief presentation of the education system in the Republic of Korea was taken from the "Wörterbuch der Pädagogik" (Dictionary of Pedagogy/ Edition 2000) by kind permission of the publishers Taschenbuch Verlag. After providing general information on the country an overview on the education system is given referring to the following areas: educational administration, [...]

Lithuania
This brief presentation of the education system in Lithuania was taken from the "Wörterbuch der Pädagogik" (Dictionary of Pedagogy/ Edition 2000) by kind permission of the publishers Taschenbuch Verlag. After providing general information on the country an overview on the education system is given referring to the following areas: educational administration, pre-school [...]

Poland
This brief presentation of the education system in Poland was taken from the "Wörterbuch der Pädagogik" (Dictionary of Pedagogy/ Edition 2000) by kind permission of the publishers Taschenbuch Verlag. After providing general information on the country an overview on the education system is given referring to the following areas: educational administration, pre- school [...]

Russian Federation
This brief presentation of the education system in the Russian Federation was taken from the "Wörterbuch der Pädagogik" ( Dictionary of Pedagogy/ Edition 2000) by kind permission of the publishers Taschenbuch Verlag. After providing general information on the country an overview on the education system is given referring to the following areas: educational administration, [...]

Sweden
This brief presentation of the education system in Sweden was taken from the "Wörterbuch der Pädagogik" (Dictionary of Pedagogy/ Edition 2000) by kind permission of the publishers Taschenbuch Verlag. After providing general information on the country an overview on the education system is given referring to the following areas: educational administration, pre-school [...]

Slovakia
This brief presentation of the education system in the Slovak Republic was taken from the "Wörterbuch der Pädagogik" (Dictionary of Pedagogy/ Edition 2000) by kind permission of the publishers Taschenbuch Verlag. After providing general information on the country an overview on the education system is given referring to the following areas: educational administration, [...]

South Africa, Republic
This brief presentation of the education system in South Africa was taken from the "Wörterbuch der Pädagogik" (Dictionary of Pedagogy/ Edition 2000) by kind permission of the publishers Taschenbuch Verlag. After providing general information on the country an overview on the education system is given referring to the following areas: educational administration, pre-school [...]

Czechia
This brief presentation of the education system in the Czech Republic was taken from the "Wörterbuch der Pädagogik" (Dictionary of Pedagogy/ Edition 2000) by kind permission of the publishers Taschenbuch Verlag. After providing general information on the country an overview on the education system is given referring to the following areas: educational administration, [...]

Turkey
This brief presentation of the education system in Turkey was taken from the "Wörterbuch der Pädagogik" (Dictionary of Pedagogy/ Edition 2000) by kind permission of the publishers Taschenbuch Verlag. After providing general information on the country an overview on the education system is given referring to the following areas: educational administration, pre- school [...]

United States of America (USA)
This brief presentation of the education system in the United States was taken from the "Wörterbuch der Pädagogik" (Dictionary of Pedagogy/ Edition 2000) by kind permission of the publishers Taschenbuch Verlag. After providing general information on the country an overview on the education system is given referring to the following areas: educational administration, [...]

Canada
This brief presentation of the education system in Canada was taken from the "Wörterbuch der Pädagogik" (Dictionary of Pedagogy/ Edition 2000) by kind permission of the publishers Taschenbuch Verlag. After providing general information on the country an overview on the education system is given referring to the following areas: educational administration, pre- school [...]

Northern Ireland; United Kingdom
This brief presentation of the education system in Northern Ireland was taken from the "Wörterbuch der Pädagogik" (Dictionary of Pedagogy/ Edition 2000) by kind permission of the publishers Taschenbuch Verlag. After providing general information on the country an overview on the education system is given referring to the following areas: educational administration, [...]

Egypt; Ethiopia; Algeria; Angola; Argentina; Australia; Bahamas; Bahrain; Bangladesh; Barbados; Belarus; Belgium; Belize; Benin; Bhutan; Botswana; Brazil; Bulgaria; Burkina Faso; Burundi; Chile; China, People's Republic of; Costa Rica; Denmark; Germany; Dominican Republic; Ecuador; Eritrea; Estonia; Finland; France; Gabon; Gambia; Ghana; Guatemala; Grenada; Greece; Guinea; Guyana; Haiti; India; Indonesia; Iraq; Iran; Israel; Italy; Jamaica; Japan; Yemen; Jordan; Cambodia; Cameroon; Canada; Kazakhstan; Qatar; Kenya; Colombia; Congo, Republic of the (Congo-Brazzaville); Congo, Democratic Republic of the (Congo-Kinshasa); Korea, Republic of (South Korea); Croatia; Cuba; Kuwait; Laos; Lesotho; Latvia; Lebanon; Libya; Lithuania; Luxemburg; Madagascar; Maldives; Malawi; Malaysia; Mali; Malta; Morocco; Mauritania; North Macedonia; Mexico; Mongolia; Montenegro; Mozambique; Myanmar; Namibia; Nepal; New Zealand; Nicaragua; Netherlands; Niger; Nigeria; Norway; Oman; Austria; Pakistan; Paraguay; Peru; Philippines; Poland; Portugal; Rwanda; Romania; Russian Federation; Zambia; Saudi Arabia; Sweden; Switzerland; Senegal; Serbia; Zimbabwe; Slovakia; Slovenia; Spain; Sri Lanka; Saint Lucia; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Sudan; South Africa, Republic; Suriname; Syria; Eswatini; Eswatini; Tanzania; Thailand; Togo; Trinidad and Tobago; Chad; Czechia; Turkey; Tunisia; Ukraine; Hungary; Uruguay; Uzbekistan; Vanuatu; Venezuela; United Arab Emirates; United Kingdom; Vietnam; Central African Republic; Cyprus, Republic of; international
The International Bureau of Education der UNESCO (IBE) provides country dossiers focussed on education. They provide information on statistics (from the World Data on Education – WDE), national education reports, documents from educational policy, planning and administration, bibliographies (partly with fulltext documents) as well as links to futther resources. [Abstract: [...]

Albania
This brief presentation of the education system in Albania was taken from the "Wörterbuch der Pädagogik" (Dictionary of Pedagogy/ Edition 2000) by kind permission of the publishers Taschenbuch Verlag. After providing general information on the country an overview on the education system is given referring to the following areas: educational administration, pre-school [...]

Belgium
This brief presentation of the education system in Belgium was taken from the "Wörterbuch der Pädagogik" (Dictionary of Pedagogy/ Edition 2000) by kind permission of the publishers Taschenbuch Verlag. After providing general information on the country an overview on the education system is given referring to the following areas: educational administration, pre-school [...]

Brazil
This brief presentation of the education system in Brazil was taken from the "Wörterbuch der Pädagogik" (Dictionary of Pedagogy/ Edition 2000) by kind permission of the publishers Taschenbuch Verlag. After providing general information on the country an overview on the education system is given referring to the following areas: educational administration, pre- school [...]

Bulgaria
This brief presentation of the education system in Bulgaria was taken from the "Wörterbuch der Pädagogik" (Dictionary of Pedagogy/ Edition 2000) by kind permission of the publishers Taschenbuch Verlag. After providing general information on the country an overview on the education system is given referring to the following areas: educational administration, pre-school [...]

China, People's Republic of
This brief presentation of the education system in China was taken from the "Wörterbuch der Pädagogik" (Dictionary of Pedagogy/ Edition 2000) by kind permission of the publishers Taschenbuch Verlag. After providing general information on the country an overview on the education system is given referring to the following areas: educational administration, pre- school [...]

Estonia
This brief presentation of the education system in Estonia was taken from the "Wörterbuch der Pädagogik" (Dictionary of Pedagogy/ Edition 2000) by kind permission of the publishers Taschenbuch Verlag. After providing general information on the country an overview on the education system is given referring to the following areas: educational administration, pre- school [...]

Finland
This brief presentation of the education system in Finland was taken from the "Wörterbuch der Pädagogik" (Dictionary of Pedagogy/ Edition 2000) by kind permission of the publishers Taschenbuch Verlag. After providing general information on the country an overview on the education system is given referring to the following areas: educational administration, pre- school [...]

Greece
This brief presentation of the education system in Greece was taken from the "Wörterbuch der Pädagogik" (Dictionary of Pedagogy/ Edition 2000) by kind permission of the publishers Taschenbuch Verlag. After providing general information on the country an overview on the education system is given referring to the following areas: educational administration, pre-school [...]

India
This brief presentation of the education system in India was taken from the "Wörterbuch der Pädagogik" (Dictionary of Pedagogy/ Edition 2000) by kind permission of the publishers Taschenbuch Verlag. After providing general information on the country an overview on the education system is given referring to the following areas: educational administration, pre- school [...]

Indonesia
This brief presentation of the education system in Indonesia was taken from the "Wörterbuch der Pädagogik" (Dictionary of Pedagogy/ Edition 2000) by kind permission of the publishers Taschenbuch Verlag. After providing general information on the country an overview on the education system is given referring to the following areas: educational administration, pre-school [...]

Italy
This brief presentation of the education system in Italy was taken from the "Wörterbuch der Pädagogik" (Dictionary of Pedagogy/ Edition 2000) by kind permission of the publishers Taschenbuch Verlag. After providing general information on the country an overview on the education system is given referring to the following areas: educational administration, pre- school [...]

Argentina
This brief presentation of the education system in Argentina was taken from the "Wörterbuch der Pädagogik" (Dictionary of Pedagogy/ Edition 2000) by kind permission of the publishers Taschenbuch Verlag. After providing general information on the country an overview on the education system is given referring to the following areas: educational administration, pre-school [...]

Austria
This brief presentation of the education system in Austria was taken from the "Wörterbuch der Pädagogik" (Dictionary of Pedagogy/ Edition 2000) by kind permission of the publishers Taschenbuch Verlag. After providing general information on the country an overview on the education system is given referring to the following areas: educational administration, pre-school [...]

Australia
This brief presentation of the education system in Australia was taken from the "Wörterbuch der Pädagogik" (Dictionary of Pedagogy/ Edition 2000) by kind permission of the publishers Taschenbuch Verlag. After providing general information on the country an overview on the education system is given referring to the following areas: educational administration, pre-school [...]

Denmark
This brief presentation of the education system in Denmark was taken from the "Wörterbuch der Pädagogik" (Dictionary of Pedagogy/ Edition 2000) by kind permission of the publishers Taschenbuch Verlag. After providing general information on the country an overview on the education system is given referring to the following areas: educational administration, pre-school [...]

England; Wales; United Kingdom
This brief presentation of the education system in England and Wales was taken from the "Wörterbuch der Pädagogik" (Dictionary of Pedagogy/ Edition 2000) by kind permission of the publishers Taschenbuch Verlag. After providing general information on the country an overview on the education system is given referring to the following areas: educational administration, [...]

Iran
This brief presentation of the education system in Iran was taken from the "Wörterbuch der Pädagogik" (Dictionary of Pedagogy/ Edition 2000) by kind permission of the publishers Taschenbuch Verlag. After providing general information on the country an overview on the education system is given referring to the following areas: educational administration, pre-school education, [...]

Croatia
This brief presentation of the education system in Croatia was taken from the "Wörterbuch der Pädagogik" (Dictionary of Pedagogy/ Edition 2000) by kind permission of the publishers Taschenbuch Verlag. After providing general information on the country an overview on the education system is given referring to the following areas: educational administration, pre-school [...]

Netherlands
This brief presentation of the education system in the Netherlands was taken from the "Wörterbuch der Pädagogik" (Dictionary of Pedagogy/ Edition 2000) by kind permission of the publishers Taschenbuch Verlag. After providing general information on the country an overview on the education system is given referring to the following areas: educational administration, pre-school [...]

Norway
This brief presentation of the education system in Norway was taken from the "Wörterbuch der Pädagogik" (Dictionary of Pedagogy/ Edition 2000) by kind permission of the publishers Taschenbuch Verlag. After providing general information on the country an overview on the education system is given referring to the following areas: educational administration, pre-school [...]

Portugal
This brief presentation of the education system in Portugal was taken from the "Wörterbuch der Pädagogik" (Dictionary of Pedagogy/ Edition 2000) by kind permission of the publishers Taschenbuch Verlag. After providing general information on the country an overview on the education system is given referring to the following areas: educational administration, pre-school [...]

Slovenia
This brief presentation of the education system in Slovenia was taken from the "Wörterbuch der Pädagogik" (Dictionary of Pedagogy/ Edition 2000) by kind permission of the publishers Taschenbuch Verlag. After providing general information on the country an overview on the education system is given referring to the following areas: educational administration, pre-school [...]

Spain
This brief presentation of the education system in Spain was taken from the "Wörterbuch der Pädagogik" (Dictionary of Pedagogy/ Edition 2000) by kind permission of the publishers Taschenbuch Verlag. After providing general information on the country an overview on the education system is given referring to the following areas: educational administration, pre-school [...]

Ukraine
This brief presentation of the education system in the Ukraine was taken from the "Wörterbuch der Pädagogik" (Dictionary of Pedagogy/ Edition 2000) by kind permission of the publishers Taschenbuch Verlag. After providing general information on the country an overview on the education system is given referring to the following areas: educational administration, pre-school [...]

Hungary
This brief presentation of the education system in Hungary was taken from the "Wörterbuch der Pädagogik" (Dictionary of Pedagogy/ Edition 2000) by kind permission of the publishers Taschenbuch Verlag. After providing general information on the country an overview on the education system is given referring to the following areas: educational administration, pre-school [...]

Cyprus, Republic of
This brief presentation of the education system in Cyprus was taken from the "Wörterbuch der Pädagogik" (Dictionary of Pedagogy/ Edition 2000) by kind permission of the publishers Taschenbuch Verlag. After providing general information on the country an overview on the education system is given referring to the following areas: educational administration, pre-school [...]

Latvia
This brief presentation of the education system in Latvia was taken from the "Wörterbuch der Pädagogik" (Dictionary of Pedagogy/ Edition 2000) by kind permission of the publishers Taschenbuch Verlag. After providing general information on the country an overview on the education system is given referring to the following areas: educational administration, pre-school [...]

Scotland; United Kingdom
This brief presentation of the education system in Scotland was taken from the "Wörterbuch der Pädagogik" (Dictionary of Pedagogy/ Edition 2000) by kind permission of the publishers Taschenbuch Verlag. After providing general information on the country an overview on the education system is given referring to the following areas: educational administration, pre-school [...]

Barbados
The Cave Hill Campus is one of the three campuses of the University of the West Indies (UWI). The other two are in Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago. The website informs about the academic programme and facilities of this campus.

Guyana
The web-site provides full texts about the history and profile of the university, admissions, faculties (including the faculty of education) and their study courses and about library and computer centre.

Uruguay
The homepage provides link lists of all educational institutions in the higher education, professional training and adult education sector (also colleges for specific professions) which accept international students. Especially, language schools are listed. Furthermore, there is a link "country resources" with general information about the country.

Puerto Rico; United States of America (USA); Caribbean
The homepage provides link lists of all educational institutions in the higher education sector which accept international students. Furthermore, there is a link "country resources" with general information about the country.

Venezuela
The homepage provides link lists of all educational institutions in the school, higher education, professional training and adult education (also colleges for specific professions) sector which accept international students. Especially, language schools are listed. Furthermore, there is a link "country resources" with general information about the country.

Peru
The homepage provides link lists of all educational institutions in the school, higher education, professional training and adult education sector (also colleges for specific professions) which accept international students. Especially, language schools are listed. Furthermore, there is a link "country resources" with general information about the country.

Costa Rica
The homepage provides link lists of all educational institutions in the school, higher education, professional training and adult education sector (also colleges for specific professions) which accept international students. Especially, language schools are listed. Furthermore, there is a link "country resources" with general information about the country.

Colombia
The homepage provides link lists of all educational institutions in the higher education, professional training and adult education sector ( also colleges for specific professions) which accept international students. Especially, language schools are listed. Furthermore, there is a link "country resources" with general information about the country.

Brazil
The homepage provides link lists of all educational institutions in the school, higher education, professional training and adult education sector (also colleges for specific professions) which accept international students. Especially, language schools are listed. Furthermore, there is a link "country resources" with general information about the country.

El Salvador
The homepage provides link lists of all educational institutions in the higher education, professional training and adult education sector ( also colleges for specific professions) which accept international students. Especially, language schools are listed. Furthermore, there is a link "country resources" with general information about the country.

Mexico
The homepage provides link lists of all educational institutions in the school, higher education, professional training and adult education sector (also colleges for specific professions) which accept international students. Especially, language schools are listed. Furthermore, there is a link "country resources" with general information about the country.

Nicaragua
The homepage provides link lists of all educational institutions in the higher education, professional training and adult education sector (also colleges for specific professions) which accept international students. Especially, language schools are listed. Furthermore, there is a link "country resources" with general information about the country.

Paraguay
The homepage provides link lists of all educational institutions in the school, higher education, professional training (colleges for specific professions) and adult education sector which accept international students. Especially, language schools are listed. Furthermore, there is a link "country resources" with general information about the country.

Bolivia
The homepage provides link lists of all educational institutions in the higher education, professional training (colleges for specific professions) and adult education sector which accept international students. Especially, language schools are listed. Furthermore, there is a link "country resources" with general information about the country.

Chile
The homepage provides link lists of all educational institutions in the school, higher education, professional training and adult education sector (also colleges for specific professions) which accept international students. Especially, language schools are listed. Furthermore, there is a link "country resources" with general information about the country.

Cuba
The homepage provides link lists of all educational institutions in the school, higher education, professional training and adult education sector (also colleges for specific professions) which accept international students. Especially, language schools are listed. Furthermore, there is a link "country resources" with general information about the country.

Dominican Republic
The homepage provides link lists of all educational institutions in the school, higher education, professional training and adult education sector ( also colleges for specific professions) which accept international students. Especially, language schools are listed. Furthermore, there is a link "country resources" with general information about the country.

Ecuador
The homepage provides link lists of all educational institutions in the school, higher education, professional training and adult education sector (also colleges for specific professions) which accept international students. Especially, language schools are listed. Furthermore, there is a link "country resources" with general information about the country.

Guatemala
The homepage provides link lists of all educational institutions in the higher education, professional training and adult education sector (also colleges for specific professions) which accept international students. Especially, language schools are listed - in this link list of Guatemala they are remarkably numerous. Furthermore, there is a link "country resources" with [...]

Portugal
Eurydice is the "Network on education systems and policies in Europe". Amongst others, it provides very comprehensive country profiles on on education systems in Europe (formerly know as "Eurypedia"). All areas of education are covered from early childhood to adult education, as well as overarching issues. Each country participating in Eurydice hosts a national unit [...]

Lithuania
Eurydice is the "Network on education systems and policies in Europe". Amongst others, it provides very comprehensive country profiles on on education systems in Europe (formerly know as "Eurypedia"). All areas of education are covered from early childhood to adult education, as well as overarching issues. Each country participating in Eurydice hosts a national unit [...]

Latin America; Caribbean
This homepage is arranged in four categories: distance education, higher education, language programs, primary and secondary education. Within these categories the links to the listed educational institutions are arranged according to the countries.

Latin America; Caribbean; Virgin Islands of the United States; Argentina; Barbados; Belize; Bolivia; Brazil; Chile; Costa Rica; Dominican Republic; El Salvador; Ecuador; Guadeloupe; Guatemala; Guyana; Honduras; Jamaica; Colombia; Cuba; Martinique; Mexico; Nicaragua; Panama; Paraguay; Peru; Puerto Rico; Suriname; Trinidad and Tobago; Uruguay; Venezuela; United States of America (USA); France
This list provides, first, links to the higher education institutions in the countries (alphabetically arranged), followed by links to international higher education resources, international educational exchanges and to information about scholarships and grants.

Ireland
This brief presentation of the education system in Ireland was taken from the "Wörterbuch der Pädagogik" ( Dictionary of Pedagogy/ Edition 2000) by kind permission of the publishers Taschenbuch Verlag. After providing general information on the country an overview on the education system is given referring to the following areas: educational administration, pre-school [...]

Oman
The Ministry is entrusted with the task of supervising higher education institutions and overseas scholarships and following up research activities and higher studies. It also works towards promoting external scientific and cultural relations in the field of higher education.- This website defines the function of the Ministry and names the various public and private colleges [...]

Slovenia
Eurydice is the "Network on education systems and policies in Europe". Amongst others, it provides very comprehensive country profiles on on education systems in Europe (formerly know as "Eurypedia"). All areas of education are covered from early childhood to adult education, as well as overarching issues. Each country participating in Eurydice hosts a national unit [...]

Slovakia
Eurydice is the "Network on education systems and policies in Europe". Amongst others, it provides very comprehensive country profiles on on education systems in Europe (formerly know as "Eurypedia"). All areas of education are covered from early childhood to adult education, as well as overarching issues. Each country participating in Eurydice hosts a national unit [...]

Thailand
This list provides links to secondary schools, colleges and universities in Thailand.

Sri Lanka
LEARN ist the Sri Lankan provider for Internet and e-mail services. The list includes: educational institutions (with e-mail addresses), mainly the universities (if available with the URLs of their faculties), Research and Development institutions.

Thailand
The clearly arranged homepage provides full text information about the history of higher education in Thailand since 1889, the education system and the education and university administration. Comprehensive information about the Ministry, its mission and policies in several areas is also provided.

Sri Lanka
The list comprises the Universities and High Schools, the Lanka Educational Academic and Research Network and institutes of research and development, professional and other academic institutes.

Singapore
At the bottom of the homepage there is a bar of pictures: by clicking "study" a site is provided with information about studying and studying conditions, financing, fees and scholarships and international schools in Singapore. The link "Centre of educational excellence" provides short descriptions of the country's universities (partly with links); "Overview of education" [...]

Singapore
This site of the Education Ministry provides overviews of the education system in Singapore concerning the levels which are characterized through the above key words. The homepage also has navigation buttons for programmes, educational institutions, examinations and syllabuses, resources.

Singapore
The homepage provides links to texts about admissions (information on undergraduate and postgraduate admissions, bursaries and scholarships and fee payment schemes); information on faculties and Graduate Schools, their programmes and curricula; on research, publications, resources and practical advice for students.

Czechia
The Homepage of ENIC Czech Republic leads to the site of the Centre for Higher Education Studies. This Centre was established in 1991 as a state-funded institution by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports. Its mission is to collect, analyze, collate and disseminate information concerning higher education and research policy. The main activities of the centre are directed [...]

Panama
Link list of higher education institutions resident in Panama, including the "colegios" an distance study institutions.

international; Canada; United States of America (USA); Latin America; Caribbean
As the only university organization that spans the entire continent of the Americas, the Inter-American Organization for Higher Education (IOHE) is engaged in promoting establishment of academic collaboration between its member universities by fostering mutual support and exchange of information and aims to contribute by this to the sustainable development of the quality of [...]

Qatar
The website provides information about the university profile, courses of study (among others a College of Education), graduation, service for students, research centres and library service.

Mexico
The list is structured according to the administrative units of Mexico. Another list which is in alphabetical order can be found via http://www. unam.mx/cesem/uni.htm.

Malaysia
The web-site provides links to the courses of vocational training offered in Malaysia across various occupational fields and levels and to the training providers.

Nigeria
The homepage shows a link list of the two universities and other higher education institutions of Nigeria; each link has a short description of the site.

Malaysia
The mission of the Department is the planning and development of private education (schools and higher education). The homepage provides links to texts about the organisational structure and a description of the objectives of the Department. The link "PHEI" shows a link list of private higher education institutions; the link "statistics" shows statistical tables about [...]

Malaysia
The site provides comprehensive information for study applicants in Malaysia. The homepage contains a study guide and course directory for the public and private higher education institutions of the country, information about financing of studies, financial resources and scholarships. A link list of the individual universities and their study courses is provided.

Lebanon
Nearly all of the links are classified as "possible unreachable"; our sample test proved that this is partly true.

Iceland
The office is a service organisation promoting international cooperation in the field of education. The services include assistance to academic and administrative University staff involved in international cooperation programmes. The office provides services for students who are leaving on exchange as well as foreign students coming to Iceland as exchange students. The [...]

Korea, Republic of (South Korea)
Link list of the South-Korean higher education institutions; most of the websites are (also) in English. The first link "Korea education guide" provides another link list of higher education institutions.

Ghana
Text of an article about higher education in Ghana published in "The Commonwealth Universities Year Book 1997-98"; Vol.1; pp 649-656.

Chad
The index list on the homepage provides fulltexts about education in Chad, though updated 1988.

Costa Rica
The link "indice" provides full texts (pdf-files) about all levels and types of education in the country: socio-political background (policy, economy, state, administration, legislation, linguistic situation); history of education; legal basis and structure of the education system; educational administration and allocation of competencies; financing of education; initial [...]

Cuba
The link "indice" provides full texts (pdf-files) about all levels and types of education in the country: socio-political background (policy, economy, state, administration, legislation, linguistic situation); history of education; legal basis and structure of the education system; educational administration and allocation of competencies; financing of education; initial [...]

Ecuador
The link "indice" provides full texts (pdf-files) about all levels and types of education in the country: socio-political background (policy, economy, state, administration, legislation, linguistic situation); history of education; legal basis and structure of the education system; educational administration and allocation of competencies; financing of education; initial [...]

El Salvador
The link "indice" provides full texts (pdf-files) about all levels and types of education in the country: socio-political background (policy, economy, state, administration, legislation, linguistic situation); history of education; legal basis and structure of the education system; educational administration and allocation of competencies; financing of education; initial [...]

Spain
The link "indice" provides full texts (pdf-files) about all levels and types of education in the country: socio-political background (policy, economy, state, administration, legislation, linguistic situation); history of education; legal basis and structure of the education system; educational administration and allocation of competencies; financing of education; initial [...]

Mexico
The link "indice" provides full texts (pdf-files) about all levels and types of education in the country: socio-political background (policy, economy, state, administration, legislation, linguistic situation); history of education; legal basis and structure of the education system; educational administration and allocation of competencies; financing of education; initial [...]

Paraguay
The link "indice" provides full texts (pdf-files) about all levels and types of education in the country: socio-political background (policy, economy, state, administration, legislation, linguistic situation); history of education; legal basis and structure of the education system; educational administration and allocation of competencies; financing of education; initial [...]

Peru
The link "indice" provides full texts (pdf-files) about all levels and types of education in the country: socio-political background (policy, economy, state, administration, legislation, linguistic situation); history of education; legal basis and structure of the education system; educational administration and allocation of competencies; financing of education; initial [...]

Uruguay
The link "indice" provides full texts (pdf-files) about all levels and types of education in the country: socio-political background (policy, economy, state, administration, legislation, linguistic situation); history of education; legal basis and structure of the education system; educational administration and allocation of competencies; financing of education; initial [...]

Venezuela
The link "indice" provides full texts (pdf-files) about all levels and types of education in the country: socio-political background (policy, economy, state, administration, legislation, linguistic situation); history of education; legal basis and structure of the education system; educational administration and allocation of competencies; financing of education; initial [...]

Bolivia
The link "indice" provides full texts (pdf-files) about all levels and types of education in the country: socio-political background (policy, economy, state, administration, legislation, linguistic situation); history of education; legal basis and structure of the education system; educational administration and allocation of competencies; financing of education; initial [...]

Colombia
The site provides information about all levels and types of education in the country: socio-political background (policy, economy, state, administration, legislation, linguistic situation); history of education; legal basis and structure of the education system; educational administration and allocation of competencies; financing of education; initial education; compulsory [...]

Latin America
The links are structured in 4 separate lists: distance study (institutions, on-line courses, journals and writings, other resources), higher education, international co-operation, scholarships), language programs (studying Latin American languages in the countries) and primary and secondary education (school inventories and children's literature). The lists are structured [...]

Chile
The Centre for investigation and development of education is anssion is the promotion of equal educational opportunities and active participation, mainly of the poor classes, by research, teaching and service. The homepage leads to full texts about the working fields and action programs: sc organisation of private law linked to the Jesuits. Its mihools and educational [...]

Ireland
This White Paper sets out a blueprint for the future development and expansion of adult education. (224 pages, pdf-file to download).

Australia
On this site, the Government of New South Wales offers a compilation of links to information on all aspects of education that can be found on its websites. It is organised according to level of education.

United States of America (USA)
This association is dedicated to the professional development of all who participate in decision-making related to higher education. Its members are similar associations from all over the world. This website of the AIR offers resources for educational research, an on-line journal and fulltexts of papers presented in its annual forum.

Australia
The AVCC is the peak organisation representing Australian universities nationally and internationally. It seeks to advance higher education through voluntary, cooperative and coordinated action. Besides a description of AVCC, its policies and actions, the website provides information about Australian universities (overview of the university system, links to individual [...]

Europe
The main aim of the European Association for International Education is to stimulate and facilitate the internationalisation of higher education in Europe and to enhance the quality of international education.- This website provides information on forthcoming annual conferences and current training courses and publishes a newsletter and papers on issues of concern to those [...]

France
This link list gives a rather heterogeneous impression. It lists resources from official bodies (ministries, national organizations) and from "other resources". By clicking "edu" in the navigation bar at the top of the homepage a link list for education is provided.

international
The menu of the country names leads to the URLs of the higher education institutions of the resp. country.

Africa South of the Sahara; Africa; international; Angola; Equatorial Guinea; Ethiopia; Benin; Botswana; Burkina Faso; Burundi; Djibouti; Côte d'Ivoire; Eritrea; Gabon; Gambia; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Cameroon; Cape Verde; Kenya; Comoros; Congo, Democratic Republic of the (Congo-Kinshasa); Congo, Republic of the (Congo-Brazzaville); Lesotho; Liberia; Madagascar; Malawi; Mali; Mauritania; Mauritius; Mozambique; Namibia; Niger; Nigeria; Rwanda; Zambia; Sao Tome and Principe; Senegal; Seychelles; Sierre Leone; Zimbabwe; Somalia; South Africa, Republic; Sudan; Eswatini; Eswatini; Tanzania; Togo; Chad; Uganda; Central African Republic
Country information for applicants for a study abroad in an African country (Sub-Sahara region). In order to view them one has to select the respective country. There is an address of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) , country information of the German Foreign Office, information about the education system and higher education, a specific link list, information [...]

Poland
Eurydice is the "Network on education systems and policies in Europe". Amongst others, it provides very comprehensive country profiles on on education systems in Europe (formerly know as "Eurypedia"). All areas of education are covered from early childhood to adult education, as well as overarching issues. Each country participating in Eurydice hosts a national unit [...]

Finland
KOTA is a statistical database maintained by the Finnish Ministry of Education. It contains data describing university performance by institutions and by fields of study from 1981 until 2009. Data from 2010 onwards will be shown on a new reporting system due to be released in 2011.

Sweden
The statistics shed light on Sweden's entire education system: pre-school, compulsory school, upper-secondary school, different forms of adult education, higher education and research, and the transition from school to working life.

Ecuador
The non-governmental organisation Cooperation for the Development of University Education (CODEU) has the objective to support the academic staff of Ecuador in improving their didactic and pedagogic capacities. The website gives information about various support projects, e.g. distance study for professors and the program RTAC-II which, in co-operation with USAID, distributes [...]

Slovenia
This website of the Ministry of Education Science and Sport in Slovenia contains for buttoms, which lead to information (with links) on the organisation of the ministry, on education, science and sport in Slovenia.

Iceland
The statistical office of Iceland offers statistics on pre-primary institutions, compulsory schools, upper secondary schools and universities.

Slovenia
The Eurydice report offers a detailed survey on the education system in Slovenia: political and economic background, general organisation of the education system, pre-school, primary, secondary and higher education, adult education, teachers and education staff, evaluation of the education system, European dimension of education.

Cyprus, Republic of
Key figures on general education, schools, higher education and adult education.

Sri Lanka
This site offers links to 4 statistical tables about numbers of schools, pupils and teachers. Furthermore, there are pdf-files with the preliminary results of the school census (130 KB), school and university statistics (12 KB) and the performance of candidates plus admissions to universities.

Spain
The information provided on this website of the Higher Education Department of the Education Ministry includes information about all issues of higher education policy such as legislation, evaluation of higher education staff and other evaluation issues, congresses, research etc.

Pakistan
Link list of the institutions of higher education in Pakistan, ordered by regions of the country.

Algeria
Text of the decree from 16th April 1976 on general and vocational education in Algeria. It serves as the basis for the Algerian education system until a respective act has passed.

Peru
The Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas e Informática (INEI), the central statistical office in Peru, offers education statistics on its website. The topics dealt with are analphabetism, teacher statistics, curricula, alumni and years of study in Peru. These educational statistics are accessible via the following path: Peru en cifras - indicadores sociales - educación.

Venezuela
The National Higher Education Council is the central office for higher education planning in Venezuela. At the homepage one can click: 1) a the results of the admission process to higher education, 2) statistics (until 1998) about numbers of students, teaching personnel and degrees, 3) information about the Council and some links.

Croatia
The site gives an overview of the Universities and Institutions of Higher Education in Croatia in the following cities: Osijek, Rijeka, Split, Zagreb, Dubrovnik.

Trinidad and Tobago
Vision 2020 is the strategic plan of the government to improve people's living conditions in various areas. These include pre-primary education, primary and secondary education, tertiary education, skills, development and training, youth and sport. The central aim is the creation of equal opportunities.

Brazil; international
Here you will find a collection of educational websites from Brazil and other countries. It ist subdivided into 38 categories. There are also links to projects, which have keywords and provide a contact-mail. Focal points are evaluation and education statistics.

Brazil
The homepage of the Ministry of Education in Brazil leads to the organizational structure of educational administration, to actions and programmes and to research. There are also navigation facilities to different areas of education (higher education, postgraduate studies, vocational training, distance education, special education, school education, elementary education, youth [...]

Haiti; Caribbean
This website provides information about the programs and activities of the francophone distance education institution AUF in the Caribbean, especially in Haiti.

Cambodia
The site of the Cambodian branch of the University Agency of the Francophony offers links around the topic of studying in French in Cambodia: a political action plan aiming at the promotion of the French language, French language courses for university students, links to universities and other institutions of higher education, scholarships, online ressources and a labour board [...]

international
The International Student Exchange Program (ISEP) is a membership organization of nearly 220 higher education institutions in the United States and 35 other countries that are committed to international exchange. ISEP serves its member institutions and their students by facilitating affordable university-level exchanges on a reciprocal basis. ISEP is committed to international [...]

United Kingdom
"The Professional Association of Teachers (PAT) is an independent trade union and professional association for teachers, head teachers, lecturers; education support staff (PAtT) and, in our Professional Association of Nursery Nurses (PANN) section, nursery nurses, nannies and other childcarers". The site informs about the organisations activities and sub-sections.

Uruguay
The Academical Network of Uruguay (RAU) is an association of the faculties and institutes of the National University and ov numerous other institutions of education and research. One focus is the promotion of the use of information technologies and the Internet for academic purposes. The site provides access to institutions with similar missions and to national, Latin-American [...]

Latvia
A comprehensive country study on education in Latvia is offered on this website. The education system is described in the context of its socioeconomic framework conditions and the history of the country. A graph regarding the structure of the education system is included. A particular section informs about the development of legislation in the field of education.

Europe
This database provides a collection of definitions on specific terms on the European dimension of education. These definitions were selected from various national and European sources and comprise programmes, projects, networks and organizations as objects of explanation. All terms are available in three languages (DE, FR, EN). For the most part definitions are also given in [...]

Panama
Link list of public and private higher education institutions and colleges in Panama. The main text of the homepage contains annotated links of further education related institutions.

Bolivia
The Executive Committee of the Bolivian University (CEUB) is the central joint body of the Bolivian universities and represents them against the state and abroad. The web site of this organization provides full texts about the structure and missions of the CEUB, documents mainly about study courses and degrees, university admission (also for foreigners), statistics and various [...]

Colombia
The National Accreditation Council (CNA) is responsible for the accreditation of institutions and programs of higher education; the result of the evaluation process is a proposal about the accreditation which is given to the Education Ministry if the program seems appropriate. The website provides information texts about the structure and mission of CNA, the standards used, [...]

Haiti; Caribbean; Martinique; Guadeloupe; Guyana; France
This site shows links for universities and other tertiary institutions in Haiti and one responsible for the Antilles and Guyana.

Scotland; United Kingdom
A wide range of statistical data and information on important aspects of the Scottish education system.

Wales; United Kingdom
The Welsh Government offers basic data on the Welsh education system.

Nepal
This website offers a lot of information on education and the educational system in Nepal (see esp. the tab "Educate Resources"). The site is run by the Nepalese IT company Spiral Venture.

Estonia
Eurydice is the "Network on education systems and policies in Europe". Amongst others, it provides very comprehensive country profiles on on education systems in Europe (formerly know as "Eurypedia"). All areas of education are covered from early childhood to adult education, as well as overarching issues. Each country participating in Eurydice hosts a national unit [...]

Romania
Eurydice is the "Network on education systems and policies in Europe". Amongst others, it provides very comprehensive country profiles on on education systems in Europe (formerly know as "Eurypedia"). All areas of education are covered from early childhood to adult education, as well as overarching issues. Each country participating in Eurydice hosts a national unit [...]

Switzerland
The Swiss Federal Statistical Office offers in the subject area "Education and Sciences" plenty of up-to-date statistical data referring to all levels of education. These surveys provide an overall information on Switzerland but also on the single cantons. Almost all of these statistics can be downloaded.

France
The web-site provides information about study courses, continuing education, research and library services of this college for library and information sciences. An electronic journal "Bulletin des Bibliothèques de France" is accessible.

Hungary
This brief country profile of Hungary is offered by EuroEducation Net to provide useful information and assist students in choosing academic courses in one of the higher education isntitutions of the country. The information ist sturctured as follows: structure of the education system (types of schools and leaving certificates, types of higher education institutions); higher [...]

France
This site provides all important information useful for foreign students and researchers who intend to study or do research in France. The homepage has the following links: 1) The French higher education system, 2) course catalogue, 3) French society, 4) living in France, 5) preparing your visit, 6) EGIDE services and actualities. [English version with extension uk/home. htm]

France
List of public institutions in higher education and research in France that are subject to the Ministry of Education. [Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]

Austria
Eurydice is the "Network on education systems and policies in Europe". Amongst others, it provides very comprehensive country profiles on on education systems in Europe (formerly know as "Eurypedia"). All areas of education are covered from early childhood to adult education, as well as overarching issues. Each country participating in Eurydice hosts a national unit [...]

France
This web-site offers information for applicants which are valuable for beginning a study time in France. The website contains information about "studies and employment" and includes, among others, links concerning studies abroad; other sections are "leisure time and culture" and information concerning the "daily life" of the prospective students. Places for work and practical [...]

France
This is a link list for all courses of studies and other training programs for academic professions in France, including distance studies; the web-sites of higher education institutions and of the secondary schools are searchable. There is also a glossary, and the button "SCUIO" opens the addresses of the guidance offices of the universities.

Iceland
Eurydice is the "Network on education systems and policies in Europe". Amongst others, it provides very comprehensive country profiles on on education systems in Europe (formerly know as "Eurypedia"). All areas of education are covered from early childhood to adult education, as well as overarching issues. Each country participating in Eurydice hosts a national unit [...]

Liechtenstein
Eurydice is the "Network on education systems and policies in Europe". Amongst others, it provides very comprehensive country profiles on on education systems in Europe (formerly know as "Eurypedia"). All areas of education are covered from early childhood to adult education, as well as overarching issues. Each country participating in Eurydice hosts a national unit [...]

Czechia
Eurydice is the "Network on education systems and policies in Europe". Amongst others, it provides very comprehensive country profiles on on education systems in Europe (formerly know as "Eurypedia"). All areas of education are covered from early childhood to adult education, as well as overarching issues. Each country participating in Eurydice hosts a national unit [...]

Greece
Eurydice is the "Network on education systems and policies in Europe". Amongst others, it provides very comprehensive country profiles on on education systems in Europe (formerly know as "Eurypedia"). All areas of education are covered from early childhood to adult education, as well as overarching issues. Each country participating in Eurydice hosts a national unit [...]

Netherlands
Eurydice is the "Network on education systems and policies in Europe". Amongst others, it provides very comprehensive country profiles on on education systems in Europe (formerly know as "Eurypedia"). All areas of education are covered from early childhood to adult education, as well as overarching issues. Each country participating in Eurydice hosts a national unit [...]

France
This brief country profile of France is offered by EuroEducation Net to provide useful information and assist students in choosing academic courses in one of the higher education isntitutions of the country. The information is structured as follows: structure of the education system ( types of schools and leaving certificates, types of higher education institutions); higher [...]

United Kingdom
A compact overview of the British education system with emphasis on higher education.

Ireland
This brief country profile of Estonia is offered by EuroEducation Net to provide useful information and assist students in choosing academic courses in one of the educational institutions of this country. The information is structured as follows: education system; admission to higher education and recognition of foreign credentials; student life; international cooperation and [...]

Chile
The CNED is a public and autonomous institution with the mission of accreditation, control, evaluation and quality assurance of the private higher education sector (strongly represented in Chile). The homepage leads to full texts about the accreditation process, its legal basis (regulations), implementation, methods, instruments (handbooks) and to a guide for students and [...]

Mexico
The Centre for Research and Business Education is a higher education institution specialized in the field of social sciences. For more than 25 years experiences have been gained which are utilized to acquire and spread knowledge on essential issues of contemporary social reality. Providing specific and modern core programmes of high quality and priority a contribution is to be [...]

Mexico
INEGI provides geographic, demographic, social (including educational) and economic information on Mexico. It provides the public service of statistical and geographic information.

Madagascar
The homepage of the Higher Education Ministry leads to full texts about structure and mission of the Ministry and of other organizations of research and higher education, to the web-sites of the 6 universities and of private institutions. Additional current information.

Norway
SOFF is the National Advisory Board for the Ministry of Education, Research and Church Affairs in the field of Distance Education. The Executive Board consists of seven members representing colleges, universities and independent Distance Education institutions. SOFF was established in order to coordinate and stimulate the development of distance education in Norway. Its [...]

Ireland
The Higher Education Authority is the statutory planning and development body for higher education and research in Ireland. The HEA has wide advisory powers throughout the whole of the third-level education sector. In addition it is the funding authority for the universities, institutes of technology and a number of designated higher education institutions. The research [...]

France
The Guilde is an association in the Internet which provides information and resources devoted to PhD-training in France. The homepage has links to information texts about doctoral training, the thesis, labour opportunities for graduates, additional useful links, a search engine, discussion list and journal. (Abridged versions of the French web-site are available in English, [...]

Ireland
Eurydice is the "Network on education systems and policies in Europe". Amongst others, it provides very comprehensive country profiles on on education systems in Europe (formerly know as "Eurypedia"). All areas of education are covered from early childhood to adult education, as well as overarching issues. Each country participating in Eurydice hosts a national unit [...]

France
Eurydice is the "Network on education systems and policies in Europe". Amongst others, it provides very comprehensive country profiles on on education systems in Europe (formerly know as "Eurypedia"). All areas of education are covered from early childhood to adult education, as well as overarching issues. Each country participating in Eurydice hosts a national unit [...]

Luxemburg
Eurydice is the "Network on education systems and policies in Europe". Amongst others, it provides very comprehensive country profiles on on education systems in Europe (formerly know as "Eurypedia"). All areas of education are covered from early childhood to adult education, as well as overarching issues. Each country participating in Eurydice hosts a national unit [...]

Qatar
This homepage presents in particular the address of the Ministry of Education in Doha, including phone and fax numbers as well as the name of the Minister of Education. A link to "Arab World Online" offers internet access to Arab associations, societies, clubs and organizations.

Palestinian Territories
We provide the link to the Minister od Education as we could not find a website for the Ministry of Education. [Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]

Cuba
This website offers an overview regarding the mission of the Ministry od Higher Education in Cuba. Its main functions and objectives in view of personality development of undergraduates are explained in fulltexts. In this context politico-ideological values as well as aspects concerning the economic development of the country play an important role.

Bulgaria
This Homepage of the Ministry of Education and Science offers links to the various educational institutions, to educational administration, educational laws in the nineties and educational statistics. Other links lead to networks and projects, publications and to a summary of government priorities in the education sector.

Tanzania
The site of this ministrycan be accessed through a selection list. The first section of homepage provides the user with a detailed listing of senior officials in the Ministry, and key functions of the Ministry and its three departments for science and technology, technical and vocational education and higher education. It is followed by a fulltext which gives an overview on [...]

Europe
The Centre was created in 1972 to contribute to the development of higher education in UNESCO Member States of the Europe Region by promoting international co-operation in this field.The activities of CEPES are supervised by an Advisory Board consisting of prominent academics and active observers representing non-governmental and inter- governmental international organizations [...]

Belgium
The site offers some short texts about the education system in Flanders (compulsory education, higher education, funding education, educational networks, school and academic year) and links to Flemish universities and colleges.

Algeria
The National Statistics Office offers, under the categorie "Education", tables about the student numbers, the infrastructure, the teachers, of exam results and about vocational training of Algerian education institutions. There are data sets of 1994-2000 as well as of 2000-2005. The statistical data is only available in French language.

Wales; United Kingdom
The Welsh Government provides ample information on education and skills on its topic site.

Saint Lucia
The homepage of the Statistics Department has a link "education statistics" (see this URL). Besides links to short texts on the education and school system an extensive collection of statistics is offered (pre-school to tertiary sector) . More detailed information can be obtained by a link "education statistics digest". The statistical data are updated up to the current year.

Africa
These "international linkages on African education" permit to reveal internet information about all aspects and institutions of education in Africa, for example: universities and other national educational institutions, African Studies and Africa-related institutions, research, indexes of online journals and radio programmes, further link collections about research and [...]

Spain
This website provides a searchable database and link list through which all educational institutions in Spain can be found. The homepage shows four groupings: higher education, postgraduate studies, "Colegios" (i.e. pre-school and school), vocational education. Additionally, there are various services and information about special areas e.g. e-learning

Australia
The Victorian Office of Training and Tertiary Education provides information for students and job-seekers, about training providers, links to Victorian and Australian further education institutions, a directory and a section for news and publications.

Benin
The homepage of the University of Benin shows links which lead to full texts about entrance regulations, departments, institutes, rectorship and library. Two other links lead to texts about research (database of researchers in their institutes) and two subject courses of the university.

Colombia
The Colombian Institute for the Promotion of Higher Education is subordinate to the Education Ministry and responsible for planning and implementing all higher education policy initiatives. The homepage has 4 links which lead to full text information: 1) The institute: its departments and mission, including research and information. 2) Online services: the information system [...]

Israel; China, People's Republic of; India
"The Council for Higher Education (CHE) was established in accordance with the Council for Higher Education Law 5718-1958, as the State institution in Israel responsible for higher education. The goal was to establish a public, apolitical, independent and professional body to stand between the Government and the institutions of higher education and to deal with all issues [...]

South Africa, Republic
This website provides access first to detailed information on the policy and key activities of the institution in the field of open learning and distance education. SAIDE has instigated in a number of initiatives across the various sectors of education, mainly adult basic, further, teacher, and higher education. Other information sections are services and projects.

Bolivia
Statistical tables with data from 1992 to 2008 can be reached from the homepage of the National Statistical Institute via the path "estadisticas sociales" - "educación". The information can be specified in view of the theme, the space of time, the period and the characteristica.

Norway
News, general information and documents relating to education and research are provided by the Norwegian Government and its ministries.

Norway
The website offers numerous statistical data on all areas of education as well as links to further statistical resources.

Mexico
The Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México is one of the leading institutions at tertiary level in this country. It is famous for its high standards in view of teaching and research, particularly in the field of educational sciences and culture.- On this website the university provides information characterizing its profile: the provision of Open Education; Distance [...]

United States of America (USA)
Most important US journal on Higher Education. Subscription USD 82, 50 per year. Some parts of the site are free to all. They include: Colloquy, an open forum on issues in higher education and a searchable job database.

Argentina
The homepage of the Ministry of Culture and Education has full texts, graphs and links referring to the following areas: education system, educational law, structure and organization of primary, secondary and tertiary education and fields of international cooperation as well as adult education. A comprehensive educational reform in 2000 changed the structure and contents in [...]

Canada
Find the right university, college, career college, language school, secondary (high) school or elementary school for you. Students interested in learning English as a second language can find out about ESL and TOEFL scores. Post-secondary programs such as MBA, computer science, engineering and business are also featured. Learn about visas, tuition, application requirements [...]

United Kingdom
"The Agency's main business is to review the performance of universities and colleges of higher education. It does this by visiting institutions to audit their overall academic management, including arrangements for collaboration with overseas partners; and to assess the quality and standards of teaching and learning at subject level". The reports of the agency are available [...]

Switzerland
As the Confederation’s specialised agency for the ERI system, State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation has the following remit: Establishing a strategic overview of the Swiss education, research and innovation system and preparing federal performance and resource plans. Pursuing international networking activities and ensuring that Switzerland remains [...]

Finland
FUNET is a super-speedy data communications network that serves the Finnish scientific community and connects over 80 research organizations and some 350 000 users in Finland. All types of data communication is offered, including modern communications services: Video conferences, media services, wireless network roaming. The homepage provides detailed information on the FUNET [...]

Canada
The ministry´s website offers information on kindergarten to grade 12 education, advanced learning (vocational training, higher and adult education) as well as reports, research and action plans.

Malta
The ministry is responsible for the following sectors: Education, childcare and early education, compulsory education, higher education, university, vocational education and training institutions, life-long learning, examinations, employment and training, public broadcasting services, libraries, national archives, social policy, family policy, child policy, social security, [...]

New Zealand
This is the website of New Zealand's official data agency for the topic "education". Unfortunately, the site doesn't provide many reports and statistics, nor are they very much up to date. You can find information on the "data tools" the agency uses. The agency means to change their tools. A beta version will be released in July 2023.

New Zealand
Comprehensive background information, statistics, strategies and policies, full text material, consultation regarding education sectors (early childhood, primary and secondary education, tertiary education, Maori education, international aspects), budget, teacher employment.

Belgium
This website contains general information about the Dutch education in Brussels. It addresses to parents of students in elementary and secondary education, seeking information on the Dutch education in Brussels, and to students wishing to study in the Dutch higher education system in Brussels. Furthermore it adds link references for school teachers, headmasters and in the [...]

Canada
The website is intended for foreigners who want to study or work in Canada. It gives detailed information about the application procedure for study and work permits.

international; Francophone Countries
Due to its presence on nearly every continent, AUF (Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie) is considered as a worldwide network of higher education and research institutions in the French-speaking countries. Piloted by its head office in Montréal (Canada) and supported by the central service office in Paris (France), this university association is operating under several [...]

United Kingdom; Europe
"UKRO is a subscriber based organisation providing information & advice primarily to UK organisations on European Union funded opportunities for research & higher education". Access to detailed information is only available for subscribers.

Austria
Exhaustive contributions to the Austrian higher educaton system, studying, course guidance, colleges of technology, scholarships, higher education law, and information for international students. Moreover a list with contact information in the university sphere is offered, e.g. for the topics of women´s promotion, international science relations, studying with disabilities, [...]

United Kingdom; Scotland
Universities Scotland, formerly The Committee of Scottish Higher Education Principals (COSHEP), unites the Scottish higher education institutions and "exists to promote their good work, to argue for the public support needed to maintain and build on their achievements, and to develop policy on Scottish higher education issues".

Switzerland
Information is offered about the structure and tasks of the Swiss University Presidents Conference in various fields of higher education policy. Beside actualities and publications links are offered to the member universities, institutions of higher education policy in Switzerland and abroad and to a sister organization, the Swiss University Conference.

Canada
Universities Canada (formerly The Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC)) is considered to be the national voice for Canadian universities, representing many public and private not-for-profit universities and university degree-level colleges. As an organization its mission is to foster and promote the interests of higher education and university research. By [...]

Australia; international
"UltiBASE is a peer-reviewed e-journal and resource for tertiary teachers. Its aim is to promote teaching best practice in the Humanities, Social Sciences and Education in all tertiary settings." The journal is no longer published, but its archive containing issues from December 1996 till November 2003 is still accessible.

Cyprus, Republic of
This homepage of the Ministry offers information on tasks, duties and the structure of this governmental institution as well as information on the structure of the education system, on developments and innovations in the educational sector. It also informs on programmes ( SOCRATES) and projects.- There are a number of links to other educational institutions in Cyprus.

Canada
Colleges and Institutes Canada is the national, voluntary membership organization representing colleges, institutes and polytechnics in Canada and internationally. The Secretariat represents members with the federal government and industry. It also organizes conferences and workshops for college staff, students and board members to facilitate networking and participation in [...]

United States of America (USA); international
The U.S. Network for Education Information (USNEI) was created in 1996 as a national information and referral service to assist American educators, students, and parents with access to reliable information about international education and provide basic information and referral contacts to resources within US education. The site gives access to a well-structured link database [...]

United Kingdom
"UCET acts as a national forum for the discussion of matters relating to the education of teachers and to the study of education in the university sector and contributes to the formulation of policy in these fields. Its members are the universities in England, Wales and Northern Ireland involved in teacher education, and a number of colleges of higher education in the [...]

Canada
CMEC is the national voice for education in Canada. It is the mechanism through which ministers consult and act on matters of mutual interest, and the instrument through which they consult and cooperate with national education organizations and the federal government. The site provides information on: CMEC (Departments and Ministries of Education), Curriculum, Official [...]

Canada
The website of the Ontario Ministry of Education and Training provides the most up-to-date information about education and training in Ontario today, including: information about the ministry and its various agencies; the latest news releases and statements by the minister; ministry publications and connections to related websites.

Canada
The ministry is responsible for early learning, kindergarten to grade 12, post- secondary education, adult learning and offers information on education programmes, the curriculum, reports and funding.

United Kingdom
"This site contains the latest comprehensive range of official UK statistics and information about statistics as well providing free access to a selection of recently released publications in downloadable pdf format". The statistics offered comprise all areas of general education and vocational education and training.

United Kingdom
THE replaced the famous THES magazine in 2008. It provides information about the British and international higher education system and academical job market. The website contains also an archive of back issues from October 1994 onwards. For full access registration is necessary, a free issue is available.

Australia
"Open Universities Australia is Australia's national specialist distance education agency. It is owned and partnered by seven universities. It handles student registration and provides a range of support services." Its website provides information on the 700 individual units from 70 different subject areas that are offered by over 20 Australian universities as well as [...]

Norway
Eurydice is the "Network on education systems and policies in Europe". Amongst others, it provides very comprehensive country profiles on on education systems in Europe (formerly know as "Eurypedia"). All areas of education are covered from early childhood to adult education, as well as overarching issues. Each country participating in Eurydice hosts a national unit [...]

Sweden
Eurydice is the "Network on education systems and policies in Europe". Amongst others, it provides very comprehensive country profiles on on education systems in Europe (formerly know as "Eurypedia"). All areas of education are covered from early childhood to adult education, as well as overarching issues. Each country participating in Eurydice hosts a national unit [...]

United States of America (USA); international
The American Council on Education (ACE),founded in 1918, is the nation's umbrella higher education association. It's members include accredited, degree-granting colleges and universities from all sectors of higher education and other education and education-related organizations. ACE is a forum for the discussion of major issues related to higher education. ACE maintains [...]

Hungary
This website of the Ministry of Education of the Repubic of Hungary is subdivided into the following main topics: Education in Hungary; Higher Education; Hungarian Equivalence and Information Center (HEIC) - recognition of certificates and degrees; Research and Development. The homepage offers search facilities and links to the Hungarian Government Portal and the Commissioner [...]

Finland
Eurydice is the "Network on education systems and policies in Europe". Amongst others, it provides comprehensive country profiles on education systems in Europe (formerly Eurypedia". All areas of education are covered from early childhood to adult education, as well as overarching issues. Each country participating in Eurydice hosts a national unit responsible for regularly [...]

Ireland
The Department is involved in the provision of education at the following levels: pre-school, primary school, post-primary school, universities and third level colleges, adult education and further education.

France
This institution examines and evaluates universities, schools and other (cultural) establishments in charge of the Education Ministry. It prepares recommendations for improving quality and efficiency of the French education system. The homepage contains links to: a description of CNE, contact addresses, phone numbers and e-mail numbers of CNE, full-text information of [...]

France
The office, founded unter the protection of the French Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Higher Education and Research, is the official information centre concerning school issues, studies, professions and vocational training. The information relates to most of the professions for which training is available. An "atlas" describes the school and higher education [...]

Russian Federation
The Centre for Informatization of the Russian Ministry of Education is the guiding institution for the partial programme "Informatization of higher education institutions, development of the system of education and training on the basis of modern information technologies". There are 14 links on this website mainly providing information on: the structure of the education [...]

Lithuania
The yearly review is intended for politicians, education managers, scholars, and everyone interested in the country´s education and the context of education. The publication presents key statistical indicators related to the international education indicator systems (UNESCO, OECD, and EU) as well as short explanations of the said indicators.

United States of America (USA)
U.S. News & World Report's exclusive college rankings are taken from the printed edition of America's Best Colleges. The rankings allow to sort schools based on the criteria most important to the interested student, e.g. lowest acceptance rate, highest graduation rate etc. Furthermore, a school directory contains key statistics for more than 1, 400 accredited colleges and [...]

Finland
This is the website of the joint Ministry of Education and Culture of Finland. The homepage has links to texts about mission and working fields of the Ministry: education (also one text about the education system), research, culture, copyright, youth, sports, church affairs and libraries. [Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]

Europe
Eurostat is the statistical office of the European Union situated in Luxembourg. Its task is to provide the European Union with statistics at European level that enable comparisons between countries and regions. Beside statistical data on all areas of education Eurostat particularly provides statistics for the monitoring of the social dimension and mobility of the Bologna [...]

Portugal
Overview of the Portuguese higher education system, public and private universities, post-graduate studies, scholarships and funding, teaching personnel and higher education laws and regulations.

Romania
This website provides an overview on the structure of the Ministry of Education offering access to the different departments of the Ministry. A list of educational institutions and subordinated institutions is presented without links, however for the time being only in Romanian language. Besides a short link list to educational institutions abroad ( EU, Germany, Austria, [...]

United Kingdom
"The mission of the JISC is to stimulate and enable the cost effective exploitation of information systems and to provide a high quality national network infrastructure for the UK higher education and research councils communities". JISC services and programmes are being introduced with links to institutions and projects. There are also publications, conferences and a [...]

United Kingdom
This site contains detailed information about the student loan scheme for higher education. It is explained who is eligible, how to apply for a loan, repayment etc.

Italy
Eurydice is the "Network on education systems and policies in Europe". Amongst others, it provides very comprehensive country profiles on on education systems in Europe (formerly know as "Eurypedia"). All areas of education are covered from early childhood to adult education, as well as overarching issues. Each country participating in Eurydice hosts a national unit [...]

United Kingdom; international
"The BUBL Mission Statement...is: To provide value-added access to Internet resources and services of academic, research, and professional significance to the UK Higher Education community". There are numerous links on education.

United Kingdom; international
"SOSIG is an online catalogue of thousands of high quality Internet resources relevant to social science education and research. Every resource has been selected and described by a librarian or subject specialist". The emphasis is on the UK with a growing number of international links. There are also conferences, courses and full texts on subject guides for downloading.

United Kingdom; international
"The ICDL is a documentation centre specialising in collecting and disseminating information on distance education worldwide. ICDL is part of the Open University Institute of Educational Technology, which received world class rating in the 1992 and 1996 Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) Research Assessment Exercises". It offers databases on distance [...]

United Kingdom
"A centre of international excellence, for the teaching research and development of technology in the service of student learning. We work in collaboration with Open University Faculty and Regional Colleagues. For Practitioners worldwide we offer: Professional development in educational technology, Postgraduate qualifications in open & distance education, International centre [...]

United Kingdom
"SEDA is the professional association for staff and educational developers in the UK, promoting innovation and good practice in higher education, and was formed in 1993 by the merger of the Standing Conference on Educational Development (SCED) and the Staff Development Group of the Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE). The Association for Education and Training [...]

United Kingdom
"The Society for Research into Higher Education, established in 1965, exists to stimulate and co-ordinate research into all aspects of higher education. It aims to improve the quality of higher education through the encouragement of debate and publication on issues of policy, on the organisation and management of higher education institutions, and on the curriculum, teaching [...]

United Kingdom; England
"The Council's main function is to distribute funds provided by the Secretary of State for Education and Employment. The Council funds education and research at 136 universities and higher education colleges in England. It also funds courses at 74 further education colleges, who receive their main funding from the Further Education Funding Council". There are full texts on [...]

Australia
IDP Education Australia Limited (IDP) is a global organisation with more than 70 locations with activities in 54 countries. It provides services and information for students who want to study in Australia, develops and manages a diverse range of technical assistance projects, tests English language proficiency, organizes exhibitions, seminars and conferences and provides [...]

Norway
The English homepage of the Norwegian Education Ministry provides comprehensive information about its organisational structure, education policy, various data and full texts about the education system, as well as access to full-texts on education and research in Norway.

Germany
The German Education Server (eduserver) is an information portal maintained by the federal authorities and the sixteen federal states in the Federal Republic of Germany. The eduserver provides access to information on the education system of the Federal Republic of Germany. The eduserver makes the high-quality information available through a system of databases. The range of [...]

Denmark
Responsibilities of the Danish Ministry of Education cover all levels and areas of education. Therefore this website provides the respective links to vocational training, adult education and higher education. Besides the site offers facts about the education system in Denmark, information on projects and instructions for the introduction and utilization of new educational [...]

Belgium; Bulgaria; Cyprus, Republic of; Czechia; Denmark; Estonia; Finland; France; Germany; Switzerland; Greece; Hungary; Ireland; Iceland; Italy; Latvia; Liechtenstein; Lithuania; Luxemburg; Malta; Netherlands; Norway; Croatia; Poland; Portugal; Romania; Slovakia; Slovenia; Spain; Sweden; Turkey; Europe; Austria
Eurydice (formerly Eurypedia and Eurybase) is a network of national units based in all countries of the Erasmus+ programme. [Its] task is to explain how education systems are organised in Europe and how they work. Eurydice publishes descriptions of national education systems, comparative reports devoted to specific topics, indicators and statistics, as well as news and [...]

France
The National Centre for Distance Studies is the greatest of its sort in the francophone area. The homepage gives access to comprehensive information about tasks and activities concerning distance learning focussing on distance courses for school and high education and vocational training.

United Kingdom
"CVCP (The Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals of the Universities of the United Kingdom) is now to be known as Universities UK, a new name that reflects its direction as the representative organisation of heads of universities in the UK and higher education colleges in Scotland and Wales". The site informs about higher education and higher education policy.

Denmark
Eurydice is the "Network on education systems and policies in Europe". Amongst others, it provides very comprehensive country profiles on on education systems in Europe (formerly know as "Eurypedia"). All areas of education are covered from early childhood to adult education, as well as overarching issues. Each country participating in Eurydice hosts a national unit [...]

Netherlands
The Dutch search item "onderwijs" or the English item "education" give access to a comprehensive link list for all matters of education and science in the Netherlands.

United States of America (USA)
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education. NCES is located within the U.S. Department of Education and the Institute of Education Sciences.

United States of America (USA)
This is a link list of professional associations in the USA which represent the personnel working in higher and continuing education.

United States of America (USA); international
NAFSA: Association of International Educators promotes the exchange of students and scholars to and from the United States. The Association sets and upholds standards of good practice, and provides professional education and training that strengthen institutional programs and services related to international educational exchange. NAFSA provides a forum for discussion of [...]

Spain
Eurydice is the "Network on education systems and policies in Europe". Amongst others, it provides very comprehensive country profiles on on education systems in Europe (formerly know as "Eurypedia"). All areas of education are covered from early childhood to adult education, as well as overarching issues. Each country participating in Eurydice hosts a national unit [...]

United Kingdom; Wales; Scotland; Northern Ireland; England
The website gives a detailed overview of study opportunities in the UK for foreign students, including English language courses, choice of courses

United Kingdom; international
"The magazine is designed to act as: a resource for Educational Developers, Librarians and Academic Staff, with material arranged by Discipline and by Educational Issue; a forum for readers to discuss and develop ideas, and identify resources that will aid their work. Content includes: evaluated case studies of teaching and learning in subject discipline areas; contact lists [...]

United Kingdom
"The Institute is the largest institution in the United Kingdom devoted to the study of education and related areas...The Institute of Education' s mission is to pursue excellence in education by engaging in: research and scholarship of national and international significance, which builds on the Institute's strong research base; high quality, innovative postgraduate and [...]

Australia
The Australian Government Department of Education and Training is responsible for national policies and programmes that help Australians access quality early childhood education, school education, higher education, vocational education and training, international education and research.

United Kingdom
"The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) is a central body responsible for collecting and compiling statistical data on Higher Education establishments in the UK". The focus is on data on students, staff and finances. There are a linklist to higher education institutions and press releases as full texts.

Australia
The role of the National Centre for Education and Training Statistics, which is based at the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), is to provide timely and relevant data covering a wide range of education and training issues, and to coordinate the development and provision of national statistics in the field of education and training. Its website provides access to these [...]

Scotland; United Kingdom
"The Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council (SFC) is the body that distributes funding for teaching and learning, research and other activities in Scotland's colleges and universities. There are 43 colleges and 20 higher education institutions in Scotland funded by SFC. The SFC also provides colleges with bursary, hardship and childcare funding for their [...]

Spain
The National University of Distance Education (UNED) was established in 1972. Its central administration is located in Madrid. UNED maintains 117 study centres in Spain, 5 in cities of other European countries (Bonn, Brussels, Geneva, London, Paris) and 4 in Latin America. Study courses offered also include sciences of education.

Spain
The Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports in Spain is responsible for all areas and levels of education in the country. There is an organizational chart of the Ministry on the website. According to the different responsibilities of this governmental institution links to educational institutions in the field of vocational training and adult education are available as well [...]

United Kingdom; Scotland
"This web site hosts the reports we submitted to the Secretaries of State for Education and Employment, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland in July 1997. Our Committee was appointed with bipartisan support on 10 May 1996 to make recommendations on how the purposes, shape, structure, size and funding of higher education, including support for students, should develop to meet [...]

Scotland; United Kingdom
Responsibilities include: Further and higher education, science and lifelong learning, school education, training and skills, HM Inspectorate of Education and the Scottish Qualifications Authority, nurseries and childcare, children's services, children's hearings, social work and HM Social Work Inspectorate.

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