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The University of Maryland University College (UMUC) is an American public university located in Adelphi in Prince George's County, Maryland in the United States. UMUC offers classes and programs on campus in its Academic Center in Largo, and at satellite campuses across the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area, throughout Maryland, as well as in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. UMUC serves over 90,000 students worldwide and is one of the largest distance learning institutions in the world.〔http://chronicle.com/jobs/profiles/1616.htm〕 UMUC is open to all applicants with a 100 percent acceptance rate for undergraduate programs.〔http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/umuc-11644〕 The university offers 120 academic programs in instructor-led and online classes, including bachelor, masters, and doctoral degrees as well as undergraduate and graduate certificates.〔(Profile - USM )〕 UMUC is a member of the University System of Maryland, which includes eleven separate public universities in Maryland.〔 ==History== UMUC is an outgrowth of the evening program for adults at the University of Maryland that began in the 1920s. In 1947, the College of Special and Continuation Studies (CSCS) was established.〔(Page Does Not Exist )〕 In 1959, The CSCS became the University of Maryland University College (UMUC). In 1970, UMUC became an independent institution, and it became a member of the University System of Maryland in 1988.〔 UMUC formerly had an international campus in Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany (near Stuttgart) until 2001. It also ran a 2-year residential campus in Munich, Germany from 1950 to 1992, which then moved to Augsburg, Germany from 1993 to 1994, and then to Mannheim, Germany in 1995 until it finally closed in 2005. The residential campus offered a two-year Associate degree and mainly served high school graduate children of U.S. military and government personnel stationed in Europe. UMUC offers courses on over 130 military installations at locations throughout Europe and the Middle East, as well as in Asia.〔 In 2004, UMUC shared the ICDE Prize of Excellence from the International Council for Open and Distance Education.〔(ICDE » International Council for Open and Distance Education )〕 In FY 2007, UMUC offered onsite classes in 22 countries throughout the world, enrolling 16,908 and 21,554 individual students, respectively, through its Asia and Europe divisions, including the Middle East.〔(Page Does Not Exist )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「University of Maryland University College」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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