National Centre for Distance Education
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Type | Public |
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Established | 1939 |
Students | 350,000 (2022)[1] |
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Website | cned.fr |
TheNational Centre for Distance Education(Centre national d'enseignement à distanceorCnedinFrench) is a French public institution under the oversight of theDepartment of Educationdedicated to providingdistance learningmaterial. It is thelargest university in Europeby number of students.
It was created in 1939 and has been providingon-linematerial since the mid-1990s. The 3000 programs it offers range fromkindergartentouniversity level.In 2022, about 350,000 students were registered, 30,000 living outside France. Of these, approximately 245,000 are higher education students ranging from polytechnic through to masters level. CNED offer the opportunity to study at a high level, while living in any country, or travelling around the globe. Students can study with books, or online (which is easier to carry when travelling).[2]
References
[edit]- ^"The Cned > Courses leading to university degrees".Archived fromthe originalon 10 June 2007.Retrieved18 February2016.
- ^"The Cned > Courses leading to university degrees".Archived fromthe originalon 10 June 2007.Retrieved18 February2016.
External links
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