WWW Sites for European International Educators

SYSTEM OF (HIGHER) EDUCATION

* Austria: http://www.bmwf.gv.at/3unisys/pgunisys.htm
* Finland: http://www.edu.fi/kys/tmat/syst/
* Norway: http://www.uib.no/siu/ur/bros-eng.htm

UNIVERSITY LISTS

* Braintrack: http://www.braintrack.com
* College and University Home Pages - Alphabetical Listing, DeMello list: http://www.mit.edu:8001/people/cdemello/univ.html
* College and University Home Pages - Geographical Listing: http://www.mit.edu:8001/people/cdemello/geog.html
* Colleges and Universities Worldwide: International Program Sites: http://www.usc.edu/dept/overseas/ipww.html
* Yahoo: http://www.yahoo.com/Education/

EU EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS

* EAIE site: http://www.eaie.nl/europa.html
* Hungarian TEMPUS office: http://www.prof.iif.hu/tempus/tempus.htm

LANGUAGE, TESTING and ADMISSIONS INFORMATION

* Alliance Francaise: http://www.paris.alliancefrancaise.fr/
* The British Council: English language tests: http://www.britcoun.org/english/insengte.htm
* DAAD: Admission to German Institutions of Higher Education: http://www.daad.org/geninf2.htm
* The Goethe Institut: http://www.goethe.de/
* Yahoo: Education: Standards and testing (USA): http://www.yahoo.com/Education/Standards_and_Testing/

ACADEMIC RECOGNITION

* European offices (CEPES): http://www.cepes.ro/enic/enic.html

ACCREDITATION

* Directory of Regional Accrediting Associations (USA): http://www.chea.org/directories/regional.htm

DEGREES

* Doctorate (CEPES): http://www.cepes.ro/doctorate/doctorate.html

CREDENTIALS EVALUATION

* World Education Services Foreign Credentials Evaluation (fee service): http://www.wes.org/wesapp4.html

GRANTS, SCHOLARSHIPS

* FastWEB (USA): http://www.fastweb.com
* Grants Directory 1997 (fee service, European Grants Ltd.): http://www.gpg.co.uk/sample/
* United Institute of Geology, Geophysics & Mineralogy: Grants Info (collection of sites): http://geology.uiggm.nsc.ru/engl/uiggm/grant.htm

FEE SERVICES

* CollegeEdge: http://www.CollegeEdge.com
* ORTELIUS: the Database on Higher Education in Europe: http://ortelius.unifi.it
* USA ADVISOR: http://www.usa-advisor.com
* College Admission, University Admission, and Scholarship Counseling Services (USA): http://www.novakint.com/SSAC/

DATABASES

* Austrian Thesis Database: http://starwww.uibk.ac.at/ddb/

DISTANCE EDUCATION

* Hungarian National Council for Distance Education: http://www.fsz.bme.hu/lnokt/ntt/ntt_eng.htm

INTERNATIONALIZATION

* Norway: http://www.uib.no/siu/ur/bros-eng.htm#Internationalization
* Nuffic: http://www.nufficcs.nl/gateway/internationalization.html

INFORMATION FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

* Austria: http://www.bmwf.gv.at/9intern/5studaut/before.htm
* How to Study in Denmark: http://www.uvm.dk/dik/how.htm

EDUCATIONAL SITES

* Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE): http://www.ciee.org
* Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES): http://www.cies.org
* Education International Worldwide: http://www.eiworldwide.com/
* European Centre for Higher Education (CEPES): http://www.cepes.ro/
* European Council of International Schools (ECIS): http://www.ecis.org/
* European Training Foundation: http://www.etf.it/main.htm


(Information on partner countries, Tacis states, TEMPUS offices, member states, other states, European Union institutions, international organizations and NGOs)

* Higher Education Web: http://wdww.abo.fi/hied
* Institute of International Education (IIE): http://www.iie.org
* International Consortium of Educational Development: http://www.abo.fi/hied/iced.htm
* The International Education Forum: http://www.uta.fi/FAST/Forum/
* Nuffic: The Netherlands organisation for international cooperation in higher education: http://www.nufficcs.nl/

ASSOCIATIONS

* Association of European Universities (CRE): http://www.unige.ch/cre/

- Member universities: http://www.unige.ch/cre/members/members_welcome.html

* The European Association For International Education (EAIE): http://www.eaie.nl

- European Community Action Programmes in Education: http://www.eaie.nl/europa.html

* International Association of Universities (IAU): http://www.unesco.org:80/iau/

- Member universities: http://www.unesco.org:80/iau/members.html

* NAFSA: Association of International Educators: http://www.nafsa.org

- OSEAS-Europe: http://www.bibl.u-szeged.hu/oseas/europe.html

FOUNDATIONS

* European Training Foundation: http://www.etf.it/phare.htm
* The European Cultural Foundation: http://home.pi.net/~ecsinfo/


- Grants Policy: Guidelines for Applicants: http://home.pi.net/~ecsinfo/GRANTS.HTM

* The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation: http://www.mellon.org/
* The Krzyzowa Foundation for Mutual Understanding in Europe: http://www.tcns.co.uk/info/aeuk32.html
* The European Youth Foundation (EYF): http://bib10.sub.su.se/sam/nyri/eyc/eyceyf.htm
* The National Science Foundation Europe Office: http://www.amb-usa.fr/nsf.htm
* The Reuter Foundation: http://www.foundation.reuters.com/


- Education and Study: http://www.foundation.reuters.com/education.html

OFFICES

* Advising on US education: http://www.bibl.u-szeged.hu/oseas/real.html
* Address list of EACs in the NIS: http://ieie.nsc.ru//~eac/centlist.html
* College and University Admissions Office E-mail Addresses (USA): http://www.novakint.com/colleges/
* Financial Aid Office Web Pages (FastWeb, USA): http://www.finaid.org/finaid/fao-web/

GLOSSARIES, ACRONYMS

* CEPES List of Acronyms: http://www.cepes.ro/acronyms/acro.html
* Financial aid terms: http://www.finaid.org/finaid/glossary.html
* Glossary for U.S. education: http://www.bibl.u-szeged.hu/bibl/afit/glossarw.html

JOURNALS OF EDUCATION

Information on printed journals:

* CARFAX education journals: http://www.carfax.co.uk/subjeduc.htm


- Cambridge Journal of Education: http://www.carfax.co.uk/cje-ad.htm
_ Studies in Higher Education: http://www.carfax.co.uk/she-ad.htm


* Heldref Publications: Education Journals: http://www.heldref.org/educate.html
* UCSB Library: Education: http://www.library.ucsb.edu/mags/education.html
* Schola: Norwegian Journal of Education: http://odin.dep.no/schola/engl.htm

Electronic journals

* The DePaul University Libraries: Electronic Journals: http://www.lib.depaul.edu/journals/index.html


- Education: http://www.lib.depaul.edu/journals/index.html

STATISTICS and REPORTS

* The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation: Annual Reports: http://www.mellon.org/awmar.html

STUDENTS ASSOCIATIONS

* Austrian Students Association: http://www.univie.ac.at/OEH-HA/outside.htm#oh
* Hungarian Ph.D. Students: http:www.hungary.com/dosz/
* International Students Organization in America (ISOA): http://www.isoa.org/
* International Youth Meeting House, Krzyzowa: http://www.tcns.co.uk/info/aeuk32c.html

TEXTS on EDUCATION

* "Universities in Hungary from the Middle Ages to the Enlightened Absolutism": http://lib.elte.hu/ebooks/memoria/eng.html
* Hungary in the New Europe - The Modernisation Program of the Government. VII. "The 'Engine' of the Modernisation: Hungary's Intellectual Capital": http://www.meh.hu/egyeb/modprog/angol/

THE EUROPEAN UNION

* Treaty on European Union (text): http://europa.eu.int/en/record/mt/top.html
* The European Union: http://www.france.diplomatie.fr/frmonde/euro/sommaire.gb.html
* The Reuter Foundation: Facts: http://www.foundation.reuters.com/union.html
* FAQs on the EU: http://eubasics.allmansland.com/
* The Symbols of the European Union: http://www.premier-ministre.gouv.fr/ENG/HIST/SYMBOLUE.HTM
* Virtual visit of the EU Institutions: http://agenor.consilium.eu.int/
* European Union Resource by Stefano Corso: http://www.sensible.it/ius/europe.html

E-MAIL and PHONE DIRECTORIES

* Austrian Electronic Mail Directory: http://germ2.uibk.ac.at/email/
* Austrian Phone and E-Mail Directories: http://www.sbg.ac.at/kiz/net/phone/austria.htm
* Hungarian HuWho: http://www.net.hu/huwho/

DICTIONARY

* EURODICAUTOM: http://www2.echo.lu/edic/

SPECIAL LIBRARY

* CEPES Library: http://www.cepes.ro/library/acquisit.html
* An office library: http://www.bibl.u-szeged.hu/bibl/afit/mrbabcw.html

TRAVEL and HOTEL INFORMATION

* ACOTRA (Educational travel service, USA): http://www.acotra.com/
* 1travel.com: http://www.1travel.com/crs.htm
* hotelreservation.com: http://www.hotelreservation.com/europe.html
* The Internet Guide to Hostelling: http://www.hostels.com/


- Worldwide Hostel Guide, Europe: http://www.hostels.com/europe.html


* Yahoo, Travel: http://www.yahoo.com/Recreation/Travel/

CURRENCY CONVERTER

* OANDA: 164 Currency Converter: http://www.oanda.com/cgi-bin/ncc

WEATHER FORECAST

* Yahoo: http://www.yahoo.com/Science/Earth_Sciences/Meteorology/
* Weather in the USA (with flight information): http://www.weather.com

* Yahoo: http://www.yahoo.com/Education/

- Business schools: http://www.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Business_Schools/

* AltaVista: http://www.altavista.digital.com/

- AltaVista Northern Europe: http://www.altavista.telia.com/
- AltaVista Southern Europe: http://www.altavista.magallanes.net/

AUSTRIA

* Federal Ministry of Science and Transportation: http://www.bmwf.gv.at/
* Austria - Academic: http://www.ac-info.ac.at/index-en.html

BELGIUM homepage: http://info1.vub.ac.be:8080/Belgium_map/index.html

* Academic Sites: http://info1.vub.ac.be:8080/Belgium_map/index.html#A2_1

CZECH REPUBLIC homepage: http://www.cesnet.cz/html/cesnet/map.html

* Prague: http://www.cesnet.cz:80/cz/rsrcmap/Praha.html


- Charles University: http://www.cuni.cz/
- Czech Academy of Sciences: http://www.site.cas.cz/
- Czech Republic - Ministry of Education: http://www.msmt.cz
- Czech Technical University: http://www.cvut.cz
- High Schools in Czech Republic: http://www.hiedu.cz/hiedu_a.html
- University of Economics: http://www.vse.cz

* Brno


- Masaryk University: http://www.muni.cz>
- Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry: http://www.vszbr.cz

DENMARK

* Danish Ministry of Education: http://www.uvm.dk/eng.htm

FINLAND

* Factsheet Finland: http://www.vn.fi/vn/um/finfo/english/fact96.html#edu
* Education: http://www.vn.fi/vn/um/finfo/english/otkuleng.html

HUNGARY homepage: http://www.fsz.bme.hu/hungary/homepage.html

* WWW servers in education institutes: http://www.fsz.bme.hu/hungary/c_edu.html
* WWW servers in research institutes: http://www.fsz.bme.hu/hungary/c_research.html
* Ministry of Culture and Education: http://www.mkm.hu/

- Higher Education: http://www.mkm.hu/

* The Hungarian Parliament : http://www.meh.hu/default.htm

POLAND homepage: http://plwww.fuw.edu.pl/PolandResourceMap.html

* Education and Science: http://plwww.fuw.edu.pl/pl/kategoria/science?6


- Institutions: http://plwww.fuw.edu.pl/pl/kategoria/institutes?6
- Disciplines: http://plwww.fuw.edu.pl/pl/kategoria/disciplines?

PORTUGAL homepage: http://s700.uminho.pt/homepage-pt.html

* SAPO: http://sapo.ua.pt/


- Universities: http://sapo.ua.pt/educacional/universidades/


* Schools: http://sapo.ua.pt/educacional/escolas/
* University of Minho: http://www.uminho.pt/
* Research institutions: http://sapo.ua.pt/educacional/institutos/
* Web Core Portugal: http://www.di.uminho.pt/wc/pt_wc.html

ROMANIA homepage: http://www.lpm.univ-montp2.fr/hpages/roman.html

* Bucharest: http://www.lpm.univ-montp2.fr:80/hpages/bucharest.html


- University of Bucharest: http://www.lpm.univ-montp2.fr:80/hpages/ub.html

SLOVAKIA homepage: http://www.tuzvo.sk/uvt.html

* Bratislava


- Comenius University: http://www.uniba.sk/www/index-e.html

* Slovakia list: http://www.sanet.sk/~ms/list.html


- Universities and Schools: http://www.sanet.sk/~ms/list/universities_and_schools.html
- Research and Education: http://www.sanet.sk/~ms/list/research_and_education.html

SWEDEN

* Higher Education in Sweden: http://www.uu.se/Univ/Sweden.shtml