Founded in 1836, The University of London is one of the largest and most prestigious universities in the UK. It has over 100,000 students in total, plus an additional 40,000 external students in over 180 countries.
The university is recognized internationally as a centre of academic excellence and it has produced over 55 Nobel Prize winners to date. Its famous alumni include the Prime Minister of Mozambique, President of South Africa, President of Zimbabwe, to name a few.
The university is a federation of 20 leading Colleges and a number of specialist Institutes. Following are some of the University of London Federal Colleges:
London Business School
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Queen Mary
University College London
School of Oriental & African Studies – SOAS
Kings College London
Institute of Education
Royal Holloway
London School of Economics and Political Science – LSE
Royal Academy of Music
According to “The Best and Worst Online Degree Programs 2007″, the University of London is ranked Number One in the world for its best online degree programs. It offers over 100 distance qualifications through the University of London External Programme (now known as the University of London External System). The External System offers a variety of undergraduate and postgraduate programs to students worldwide. All students, both internal and external, are awarded with the same University of London degrees upon completion of the program.
Undergraduate programs:
Following are some of the subject areas offered in its undergraduate qualifications:
- Accounting
- Banking
- Business Administration
- Computing and Information Systems
- Economics
- English
- Finance
- Geography
- History
- Laws
- Management
- Philosophy
- Politics Sociology
Postgraduate programs are offered in a variety of Arts and Science disciplines, including the most popular MBA program (directed by the Lead College – Imperial College London).
By: Loke Yuen Wong
Posts Tagged ‘Online Degree Programs’
University of London – World’s Top Online and Distance University
April 20th, 2010University Devry’s Online Bachelor Degree Programs Review
April 14th, 2010
University Devry is a brick & mortal university founded on 1931 as a film and radio repair teaching establishment. Today, it has become one of the top ranking and the largest university that run for profit in United States. The degree programs offered by the university cover almost every career fields. In conjunction with the growth of online education, University Devry has followed the technology trend to offer online degree programs for students who prefer to earn their degree through online media. Here we will review the major online bachelor degree programs offered by University Devry.
By understanding the tight working schedule and family commitment for today’s working individuals, University Devry opens most of their class-based degree programs to online students so that they can pursue their degree from anywhere and at anytime that fit the best to their schedule. Most of online bachelor degree programs offered by University Devry are focus on technology-based and career-oriented which will prepare students to earn their related career degree to compete in the constant changing working environment of today’s businesses and industries.
University Devry offers 5 online bachelor degree programs for online students and each bachelor degree programs have various concentrations for students to choose one that best fit their needs. The bachelor online degree programs offers are:
[1] Business Administration Degrees
The online bachelor degrees in business administration have 12 concentrations for you to choose from. These concentrations are: Accounting, Business Information Systems, Finance, Health Services Management, Hospitality Management, Human Resource Management, Operations Management, Project Management, Sales & Marketing, Security Management, Small Business Management & Entrepreneurship and Technical Communication. The business administration degrees prepare the students for the required credential to increase their competitive edge in making a success in their career.
[2] Computer Information Systems
University Devry offers career-oriented computer information systems degrees for online students. Among the concentrations that designed specially to help their students meet their career goal are: Business/Management, Computer Forensics, Database Management, Information Systems Security, Systems Analysis and Integration, Web Development and Administration.
[3] Game & Simulation Programming
Gaming and software simulation industries are in the rapid grow trend, the market is in highly demand for graduates in this major. If you choose to pursue online bachelor degree majoring in game & simulation programming, you can even select to master in one of the programming languages such as C++ and C#, artificial intelligence, industry-standard software packages, game engine development, and much more so that you can be expert in an area of your interest.
[4] Network and Communications Management
In today’s modem businesses, nearly every business depends on network. This career fields require experts to effectively manage the network and communication infrastructure. Hence there are huge career opportunities for those who are interested in this career field. University Devry offers the online option on bachelor degree in Network and Communication Management to prepare students with the necessary skills and knowledge to success in this career field.
[5] Technical Management
If you are interested to start your career in the fastest growing field of Criminal Justice and Healthcare Industries, then you might want to consider the online bachelor degree in technical management. The degree has two specializations for your choose from. You can choose to major in either Criminal Justice or Health Information Management depends on your area of interest.
Summary
The online bachelor degree programs offered by University Devry which focus on technology-based and career-oriented prepare the online students with the required skills and knowledge for their selected career field.
By: Amelia Turner
World University Ranking – Top Ten Online Universities
March 20th, 2010
Want to study for an online degree program? There are many online universities and colleges offering high quality education online.
Online Degree Programs:
Online degree programs offer many advantages such as flexibility and cost savings. Learning can take place at anywhere in the world, individual student can choose where, when and how to study.
Online programs are offered at different levels ranging from Certificate program, Diploma program, Associate degree, Bachelor degree, Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma, Master degree to Doctorate degree. Subject areas include business, psychology, nursing, education, sociology, information technology and so on.
Top 10 Online Universities:
According to “The Best and Worst Online Degree Programs” 2007, the top ten online universities in the world are as follows:
(1) The University of London (UoL)
(2) The University of South Africa
(3) The University of Phoenix
(4) The University of Texas
(5) University of South Australia (UniSA)
(6) University of Southern Queensland (USQ)
(7) The University of Maryland University College
(8) Golden Gate University
(9) Ellis College of NYIT
(10) Stanford University
The University of London is ranked number one in the world for its outstanding online degree programs. It offers more than 100 online and distance qualifications through the University of London External Programme. Students studying through the External Programme are examined to the same standard as full-time on-campus students.
The University of South Australia is the leading provider of distance education in Australia. With more than 32000 on campus and offshore students, it is now the largest university in South Australia.
Prospective students are advised to check the accreditation and reputation of online universities and colleges before enrolling into a program of study.
By: Loke Yuen Wong
