.edu (second-level domain)

The sequence .edu (short for educational) is in use in many countries as a second-level domain for academic institutions such as universities, colleges, and research institutes.

Many countries use .ac for the same purpose. Still others do not maintain a second-level domain specifically for academic institutions. In France, Germany, Switzerland, and the Netherlands, for example, each institution will have its own second-level domain (thus sorbonne.fr for the Sorbonne, hslu.ch for the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts and tum.de for the Technical University of Munich).

In some countries, both .edu and .ac second-level domains exist, differentiating between different types of academic institutions. China, for example, announced in 2006 that it would use .edu.cn for educational institutions and .ac.cn for research institutions.

Countries with .edu as second-level domain for Educational Institutions

• Australia: edu.au
• Bangladesh: edu.bd
• China: edu.cn
• Djibouti: edu.dj
• Egypt: edu.eg
• Eritrea: edu.er
• Ethopia: edu.et
• Hong Kong: edu.hk
• Libya: edu.ly
• Malaysia: edu.my
• Pakistan: edu.pk
• Poland: edu.pl
• Singapore: edu.sg
• Somalia: edu.so
• Sudan: edu.sd
• Taiwan: edu.tw
• Ukraine: edu.ua

See also

• .ac (second-level domain)

References

• Brock, Sarajane (Nov 2006). "New requests for an ac.uk domain". UK: JANET. Archived from the original on Jan 5, 2011. Retrieved Mar 17, 2011.