Information Database

Higher Education Systems

The database on Higher Education Systems includes information available on the higher education systems of some 180 countries and territories worldwide. It should be noted that the designations employed for countries and territories in the World Higher Education Database (WHED) do not imply any expression of opinion of IAU with regard to their status or the delimitations of their frontiers.

The data is part of the WHED CD-Rom, which also contains detailed information on all institutions of higher education of the countries described. It is updated at least once a year.

Higher Education Systems
	A French version of the database, the translation of which was done thanks to a partnership with the Agence universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF) and which is entitled "Répertoire des systèmes d'enseignement supérieur dans le monde, édition 2005", can be downloaded here:

• Introduction (pdf, 2.3 Mb)
• Volume 1, lettre A - I (pdf, 10.4 Mb)
• Volume 2, lettre J - Z (pdf, 14.4 Mb)

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