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