Rövid leírás:

A complete Directory and guide to the organizations and institutions throughout the entire sphere of higher education and learning.

Hosszú leírás:

A comprehensive Directory and guide to the organizations and institutions throughout the sphere of higher education and learning.

Profiling some 30,000 academic institutions and over 200,000 staff and officials, this highly esteemed work covers the whole of the higher education and learning spectrum. Available in both print and online editions, there is no other source that provides such comprehensive, international coverage.

Now in its fifty-seventh edition, The World of Learning has become established as one of the world's leading reference works. Meticulously updated to the highest editorial standards, entries are sourced from the organizations themselves to ensure accurate and reliable information.

Every type of academic institution is covered, including:

Over

* 6,200 Universities and Colleges

* 6,600 Research Institutes

* 3,000 Museums and Art Galleries

* 5,300 Learned Societies

* 3,500 Libraries and Archives

* 26,000 Publications

This highly acclaimed resource also includes a separate section detailing more than 500 international organizations concerned with higher education and scholarship, such as UNESCO, the International Association of Universities and ERASMUS.

Some other key features include:

* Truly international in its coverage

* Separate chapters for every country; from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe

* Completely revised and updated every year

* Easy to use format includes a 100-page index of institutions for quick reference.

'The World of Learning should be made available in every library, in every university, in every country.' - about a previous edition' - Middle East Business Review

'If a library does not have The World of Learning it does not belong to the world of learning' - World Affairs Report

'The best single reference book on international scholarship' - The Times Literary Supplement

Tartalomjegyzék:

Volume 1: Foreword, Abbreviations, International Telephone Codes, International Organizations, Volume 2: Foreword, Abbreviations, International Telephone Codes, International Organizations, Index of Institutions