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Pasadena, CA. November 23, 2016 – University of the People (“UoPeople”), based in Pasadena, California, has announced that it will offer 50 scholarships especially created for students born in Myanmar to study tuition-free toward its American accredited degrees at the university’s virtual campus. Associates and bachelor degree programs are available in business administration, computer science…

Iwona Bartosik Urbanowska is a mother of two who moved from Germany to Canada without much support. She worried she didn’t have the finances or time to continue her education, but never gave up on her dream. when she heard about UoPeople’s online university, she enrolled as a business administration major. This is her story.…

Pasadena, CA. November 20, 2016 – University of the People (“UoPeople”), based in Pasadena, California, has announced that it will offer together with its Vietnamese partner EDCATA, 20 scholarships to Vietnamese students to study tuition-free toward its American accredited degrees at the university’s virtual campus. Associates and bachelor degree programs are available in business administration,…

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers are expected to grow at twice the rate of all other occupations over the next decade. There are many opportunities when it comes to STEM careers, which may lead you to wonder about the differences between computer science vs. computer engineering.…

High school graduates in South Africa are angry – and for a good reason. Education in South Africa has deteriorated in recent years, or at least the average number of high school graduates has. Official statistics report one in two of the country’s working age population are younger than 35, and more than a third…

American Online University Offers Tuition-Free Degrees to Myanmar Refugees

Monaco, January 26, 2016 The 2016 Prince’s Prize for Innovative Philanthropy has been awarded to Shai Reshef of University of the People (UoPeople). UoPeople is the world’s first tuition-free, non-profit, accredited online university, dedicated to opening access to higher education. Grounded in the belief that knowledge is a key ingredient of world peace, UoPeople uses…

Combating Zika Virus through Education: New Tuition-Free Health Studies Degree Launched Pasadena, CA. May 3, 2016 – University of the People, the world’s first non-profit, tuition-free, accredited American online university, has announced today the launch of its Associate degree in Health Science and Bachelor degree in Health Studies. Leading figures are heading the program’s Taskforce:…

Pasadena, CA. April 4, 2016. University of the People (UoPeople) announces today a new partnership with the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley). According to the articulation agreement between the two Californian universities, UC Berkeley will consider qualified, top-performing UoPeople Associate’s degree graduates, who wish to transfer to complete a Bachelor’s degree at Berkeley. UoPeople…

Unfortunately up until now, not every person has been blessed with the privilege of education. High tuition fees have meant that only a relatively small amount of people have been granted the opportunity to earn a diploma (or in some cases, even a high school education.) Fortunately, there are options these days for those in…

ACCREDITED, U.S. TUITION-FREE “UNIVERSITY OF THE PEOPLE” OPENS DOORS TO INDIAN STUDENTS Pasadena, CA. December 22, 2015. University of the People (“UoPeople”) President Shai Reshef is eagerly preparing for his upcoming visit to India, where he will be a keynote lecturer on December 28 at Techfest, at IIT Bombay, billed as “Asia’s Largest Science &…

“UNIVERSITY IN A BOX”: AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OPENS GATES TO 500 SYRIAN REFUGEES University of the People to offer tuition-free degrees to Syria’s lost generation (Pasadena, CA. Sunday, September 8, 2015.) University of the People (UoPeople) has announced that it will accept 500 Syrian refugees to study tuition-free toward bachelor degrees in Business Administration or Computer…