International Handbook of Universities 2012 by International Association of Universities
	List Price:   $800.00 Unit Price:   $640.00 You Save:   $160.00 (20%) ISBN-10:   0230223478 ISBN-13:   9780230223479 Publisher:   Macmillan; Palgrave Category:   Reference Pub. Date:   September 2011 Pages:   5096
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The INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES (IAU), founded in 1950, is a worldwide organization, with Member Institutions in some 150 countries, which co-operates with a vast network of international, regional and national bodies. Its permanent Secretariat, the International Universities Bureau, is located at UNESCO, Paris, France, and provides a wide variety of services to Member Institutions and to the international higher education community at large. The most comprehensive guide to university-level education worldwide, providing comparable detailed information on higher education institutions that offer at least a post-graduate degree or a four-year professional diploma Representative: Over 15,000 institutions in over180 countries listed alphabetically Authoritative: Information selected according to official sources (higher education authorities and institutions) in each country and collated by the International Association of Universities/UNESCO Information Centre on Higher Education Up to date: An unrivalled, annually updated reference source The Handbook includes: For Education Systems: Short description of the higher education system of each country Information on stages of studies Admission criteria, including information for foreign students Quality assurance and recognition systems Contact details for national bodies For Institutions: Contact details for every institution: name, address, telephone, fax, e-mail, website Information on historical background Degrees/diplomas and fields of study Description of faculties, schools and departments Academic year, admission requirements and tuition fees Details of key personnel Academic staff and student numbers Indexes: Alphabetical List of Institutions List of Fields of Study Index to Fields of Study across all institutions List of International and Regional Organisations Includes single-user access to World Higher Education Database Online (in which you can find additional information on the higher education system of each country while benefiting from quick and advanced search options on a vast array of fields); see the sticker on the front of volume one for your unique access code www.whed-online.com