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 |