StudyPortals
| File:Logo StudyPortals White Background Slogan.png | |
| Private | |
| Industry | Higher Education Online Marketing |
| Founded | Eindhoven, Netherlands (2009) |
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Key people
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Edwin van Rest, CEO and co-founder |
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Number of employees
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> 100 |
| Website | www |
StudyPortals is a company that provides an online study choice platform listing more than 80,000 undergraduate and postgraduate programmes worldwide, as well as other resources.[1][2][3] It started out as MastersPortal.eu at the end of 2007 and is based in Eindhoven, Netherlands.[4] Besides more than 1,500 participating universities, StudyPortals is cooperating with and supported by the European Commission and national higher education institutes such as DAAD (Germany), Nuffic (Netherlands) and the British Council (UK).[4] StudyPortals has been part of several EU-funded projects[5][6][7] in the field of higher education and regularly publishes reports about developments on the European higher education sector.[8][9][10] According to their website StudyPortals had more than 13 million visitors in 2014.[11]
Contents
History
MastersPortal.eu started in 2007 as a spin-off from the international student organisation ESTIEM. Their members identified a massive information gap for finding international Master’s in Europe that increasingly emerged through the Bologna Process. In 2009 StudyPortals BV was founded in the course of further professionalization.[4] In the same year it won the Dutch New Venture award and managed to acquire venture capital.[12][13] The website continuously increased its popularity and became European market leader for English-taught Masters's programmes in 2009.[14] By September 2015 the company employed more than 100 people with the centre of operations in Eindhoven.[4]
Published Portals
Currently StudyPortals is the publisher of the following portals:
- Bachelor's Portal: Information about Bachelor’s programmes worldwide (B.A., B.Sc., BBA, LL.B.)[15]
- Master's Portal: Information about Master’s programmes worldwide (M.A., M.Sc., MBA, LL.M)[16]
- PhD Portal: Information about Ph.D. opportunities worldwide (Ph.D. D.B.A.)[17]
- Preparation Courses Portal: Information about university preparation courses worldwide[18]
- Distance Learning Portal: Information about open and distance learning worldwide[19]
- Language Learning Portal: Information about language courses and schools worldwide[20]
- Short Courses Portal: Information about short courses worldwide (including summer and winter schools)[21]
- Scholarship Portal: Information about scholarships worldwide[22]
- STeXX: Study experience reviews[23]
- AdmissionTestPortals: Information about IELTS test dates, locations and fees[24]
The Global Study Awards
In 2015 StudyPortals, in cooperation with the ISIC Association and British Council launched The Global Study Awards. The award was initiated to stimulate more young people to study abroad and explore new countries. In total nine awards up to £10,000 will be granted to participants that are eligible to apply. The prize will be applied towards the tuition fees in first instance, paid directly to the Higher Education Institution.[25]
Awards
In 2009 StudyPortals won the New Venture award as most promising innovative and social start-up in the Netherlands.[12][26]
In 2013 CEO and co-founder Edwin van Rest received the EAIE Rising Star Award for his notable contribution to international education.[27]
In 2014 StudyPortals won the FD Gazellen Award for best International growth achievement in the Netherlands. The company was also honored as one of the fasted growing technology companies within the BENELUX during the Deloitte Fast50 Awards, having occupied place 7. With this result the study choice platform has also qualified for the international pendant, the Deloitte Fast500 EMEA, ending up on place 54 in this ranking.[28][29]
In 2015 StudyPortals was again awarded for the Deloitte Fast50 Awards.[30]
Publications
- English Language Masters Briefing Paper (2013)[8]
- Key influencers of international student satisfaction in Europe (2013)[9]
- Annual Study in Europe Interest Monitor (2013)[10]
- New routes to higher education: the global rise of foundation programmes (2015)[31]
- CRM Systems in Higher Education (2015)[32]
- Impact of Distance Education on Adult Learning (2015)[33]
References
- ↑ BachelorsPortal.eu search results, accessed October 13, 2013
- ↑ MastersPortal.eu search results, accessed October 13, 2013
- ↑ PhDPortal.eu search results, accessed October 13, 2013
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 About StudyPortals
- ↑ "Official launch of DistanceLearningPortal.eu", EADTU, accessed November 16, 2009
- ↑ STeXX.eu final report (PDF), European Commission EACEA 2009
- ↑ ScholarshipPortal.eu final report (PDF), European Commission EACEA 2009
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 English-Taught Master's Programs in Europe, Institute of International Education 2013
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Key influencers of international student satisfaction in Europe, 2013
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Annual Study in Europe Interest Monitor, 2013
- ↑ StudyPortals website, accessed October 13, 2013
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Studentensite verdubbelt webbezoek dankzij prijs", November 16, 2009
- ↑ "VOC Capital neemt belang in Studyportals", February 14, 2010
- ↑ "TU/e studenten veroveren Europese studiekeuzemarkt", Nuffic transfer issue 8 2009
- ↑ Bachelor's Portal
- ↑ Master's Portal
- ↑ PhD Portal
- ↑ Preparation Courses Portal
- ↑ Distance Learning Portal
- ↑ Language Learning Portal
- ↑ Short Courses Portal
- ↑ Scholarship Portal
- ↑ STeXX
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ The Global Study Awards official website
- ↑ New Venture (website under construction), accessed October 13, 2013
- ↑ EAIE Rising Star Award, EAIE 2013
- ↑ Deloitte Fast50 Ranking, 2014
- ↑ Deloitte Fast500 EMEA Ranking, 2014
- ↑ DeloitteNL Fast50 Ranking, 2015
- ↑ New routes to higher education: the global rise of foundation programmes, 2015
- ↑ CRM Systems in Higher Education, 2015
- ↑ Impact of Distance Education on Adult Learning, 2015
