Thomson Learning Partners with Universitas 21 to Develop Global e-University; Venture to Design and Produce New Curricula and Courses Capitalizes On Potential of Online Learning

Business Wire, Nov 20, 2000

About Universitas 21

Universitas 21 is an international network of eighteen universities in ten countries. Collectively, its members enroll more than 500,000 students each year and employ approximately 44,000 academics and researchers. Universitas 21 has been established to capitalize on opportunities provided by the changing global economy and evolving technologies. Its members are comprehensive, research-intensive, and campus-based universities that place a high value on operating collaboratively. Universitas 21 was established in 1997, and incorporated in the United Kingdom in 1999.

Member Universities include:

Europe: University of Edinburgh, University of Birmingham, University of Glasgow, University of Nottingham, Lund University, Albert-Ludwigs University; North America: University of Michigan, McGill University, University of British Columbia, University of Toronto; Australia & New Zealand: University of Melbourne, University of New South Wales, University of Queensland, University of Auckland; East Asia: National University of Singapore, University of Hong Kong, Peking University, Fudan University.