University of the People
Website: http://www.uopeople.org
Contact: Shai Reshef, Founder & President
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Adress: 175 S. Lake Ave. Suite 212, Pasadena, CA. 91101, USA
About
University of the People (UoPeople) is the world’s first non-profit, tuition-free, online academic institution dedicated to the global advancement and democratization of higher education. The high-quality, low-cost and global pedagogical model embraces the worldwide presence of the Internet and dropping technology costs to bring collegiate level studies to even the most remote places on earth.
Program description
Business Administration –The program is focused on investigating how business theory and application works and how it can be used to solve real-world problems. UoPeople provides 2 Entrepreneurship courses. Course 1 is an introduction to entrepreneurship and the concept of starting a small business. Course 2 addresses entrepreneurship in international markets.
Participants
Anyone from any country in the world. Requirements: 1. A secondary school (high school) diploma or its equivalent from a recognized institution as evidence of 12 years of schooling; 2. Any non US institution transcripts of degree must be translated into English with the translated copy notarized. You must also send the original transcript (or a notarized copy of the original transcript); 3. Applicants whose native language is not English and who have not earned a degree from an appropriately accredited institution where English is the principle language of instruction and have taken the paper based TOEFL should submit their scores.
Applications
UoPeople is a tuition-free university. Students need to pay an exam-processing fee, which ranges from $10 to $100usd per exam based on the student's country of residence. Currently all registration and exam processing fees have been waived. The University reserves the right to change their policy for the Spring 2010 semester.