International Association of Universities
| International Association of Universities (IAU) |
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| Seat |
Paris , France
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| founding | 1950
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| Manager | Hilligje van't Land |
| Members | 592 universities as member institutions and 27 university associations as member organizations (2015) |
| Website | iau-aiu.net |
The International Association of Universities (IAU) was founded in 1950. It is a UNESCO affiliated organization with members from over 120 countries and sees itself as a global education network . The International Universities Bureau , the permanent seat of the IAU, is located at UNESCO in Paris .
Members
Membership is open to universities and national and international institutions in the field of higher education. The IAU has 592 universities as member institutions and 27 university associations as member organizations (2015).
World Higher Education Database (WHED)
The IAU maintains a worldwide database of colleges and university institutions ( Worldwide Database of Higher Education Institutions, Systems and Credentials ; WHED), which was published on CD-ROM until 2013 . In September 2014 the WHED database was put online with its own public portal. It contains information from over 180 countries and over 18,000 institutions.
WHED is based on information provided by national authorities and higher education institutions, which conforms to the IAU data collection rules. The admission criteria in WHED include, in particular, that a higher education institution must offer at least one postgraduate course or a recognized / accredited four-year course and that at least three cohorts of students have completed this.
Web links
- Official website of the International Association of Universities (English and French)
- Members - International Association of Universities (English and French)
- Worldwide Database of Higher Education Institutions, Systems and Credentials (WHED) - Portal of the International Association of Universities (IAU) (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Secretary General - IAU. Accessed September 4, 2018 .
- ^ A b Institutions, International Association of Universities . In: www.iau-aiu.net . Archived from the original on May 1, 2013. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
- ^ A b Organizations, International Association of Universities . In: www.iau-aiu.net . Archived from the original on March 7, 2015. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
- ^ Members
- ↑ a b IAU Annual Report 2014 ( Memento from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ The IAU World Higher Education Database (WHED) Portal is Launched . In: www.iau-aiu.net . September 1, 2014. Archived from the original on October 3, 2014. Retrieved January 26, 2015.
- ^ WHED Portal, International Association of Universities . In: www.iau-aiu.net . Archived from the original on October 25, 2014. Retrieved January 20, 2015.