WGU alternative outside of the USA
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WGU alternative outside of the USA
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05-28-2021, 08:11 PM
Does any one know of any universities around the world that are like WGU and other competency based schools?
Nothing is coming up for me in the search engine but I'm sure there must be some other country that is attempting this model. Is the USA the pioneer in CBE? 
Have you looked at UMPI or NAU?
https://www.umpi.edu/academics/# (Select “YourPace”) https://nau.edu/online/competency-based-online-degrees/ They are in the US, but might take students outside the US
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05-28-2021, 08:31 PM
Competency Based Education isn't really all that new, think of it as the newer form of correspondence school (gasp, that was when they mail textbooks and assignments), I think there are many out there in the EU, most of them are similar to top up degrees.
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05-28-2021, 08:37 PM
(05-28-2021, 08:21 PM)Vle045 Wrote: Have you looked at UMPI or NAU? Yeah, I've checked out all the U.S. schools that are similar. I'm actually in the U.S. but I'm wondering if there are any similar schools outside of the U.S. Now would be a good time or perhaps last year was a better time to take advantage of them online. (05-28-2021, 08:31 PM)bjcheung77 Wrote: Competency Based Education isn't really all that new, think of it as the newer form of correspondence school (gasp, that was when they mail textbooks and assignments), I think there are many out there in the EU, most of them are similar to top up degrees. I didn't know that correspondence schools existed. lol What do you mean by top up degrees? That's the first time I hear that as well. 
05-28-2021, 08:39 PM
It depends on what kind of degree you're going for. There are several CBE schools I can think of off the top of my head but different schools have different programs, so it depends what program you're going for. Also, I think there was a thread posted here in the past that lists all the major CBE programs out there.
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05-28-2021, 08:40 PM
(05-28-2021, 08:11 PM)rbat2021 Wrote: Does any one know of any universities around the world that are like WGU and other competency based schools? Generally speaking, each school that has a CBE program has a different name for it - so it's going to be more difficult to search for, unfortuately.
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05-28-2021, 08:42 PM
I am not sure how old you are, but I do remember the International Correspondence Schools with the Commercials with Sally Struthers. This may jog your memory... https://youtu.be/Fj23I8hgj28
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05-29-2021, 07:06 AM
For the most part, the education systems outside of the US are VERY wary of the idea of "accelerating" your university experience. I am not saying that you absolutely will not find any but you probably will not. The closest that you'll find easily, IMO, are the Master's degree titulio propios from Spain. There is a good reason why international students that come to this board choose US schools and it's not (always) because US degrees are somehow more prestigious.
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05-29-2021, 11:07 AM
(05-28-2021, 08:21 PM)Vle045 Wrote: Have you looked at UMPI or NAU? UMPI absolutely accepts international students. They have a large program with Canada as well. |
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