25 of the Best Websites for Educational Institutions
Published May 19th, 2009 in GalleriesThe need for schools, universities and other educational institutions to have a quality website is constantly increasing as online technologies become a bigger part of the educational process, and as students and prospective students turn to the internet for information.
In this post we’ll feature 25 well-designed educational websites.
Office of Communications – The University of Texas
Showcase of Undergraduate Research Excellence
Maryland Institute College of Art
Global College – Long Island University
Forest & Wildlife Research Center – MSU
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51 Responses to “25 of the Best Websites for Educational Institutions”
Byron Bay Schoolies is NOT an educational institution.
It’s an accommodation directory for school leavers going on their post-graduation holiday [a.k.a. schoolies].
Nothing educational about that!
Very nice selection. Thanks a lot.
Indiana University just launched a new homepage this week and it’s pretty sweet, too. http://www.iub.edu/
Don’t forget http://www.fullsail.edu/
I think you’re forgetting the coolest: http://www.assumption.edu
I’ll promote a few more BU designs:
http://www.bu.edu
http://www.bu.edu/ar
http://www.bu.edu/admissions/
Great list! Very helpful in seeing some of the more reputable online educational sources. They are way too many out there that are a scam and not legit.
Thanks!
Great list. Many of these sites are nominated for Awards in the eduStyle Higher-Ed Web Awards. People’s Choice voting is open until June 1st
http://www.edustyle.net/awards/2009/ballot.php
If you really want to dig into higher-ed web design, http://www.edustyle.net is the place to start.
wonderful designs.
UMass Amherst used to have a great all-CSS design until a few months ago. Not sure who designed the latest version of http://www.umass.edu but it definitely pales in comparison to the previous version: http://web.archive.org/web/20070202193903rn_1/umass.edu/umhome/index.php
If you liked ashville, there’s more here:
http://www.silverpoint.net/design/portfolio.aspx
Glad you have some VA schools
Go Hookies!
Heres another,
http://www.nvcc.edu
just to reiterate what Lachlan Payne said… Byron Bay Schoolies is definitely not educational! Schoolies is just a massive piss up for school leavers most of which are below the legal drinking age.
Whilst not an educational institute, its for educational purposes. Looks good too.
http://www.studyadelaide.com/
I’m honored to be on the list (especially @ #2) and in such great company!
As a designer of higher ed websites (I designed the Global College website on this list), it’s great to see the rising tide of EDU web work.
P.S. We all need to bow down to the New Media team at BU. At this point, they’re lapping the field.
They’re very well-designed Web sites, but what about the usability or compliance measures of the sites?
Is that incorporated into a “best” .edu category?
Just a thought.
I can’t believe no one has mentioned Kaplan University’s website:
http://talent.kaplan.edu/home.aspx
i mean it’s done in flash, not sure if that’s the criteria for this post…
“Byron Bay Schoolies is NOT an educational institution.”
the title is 25 of the Best Websites FOR Educational Institutions.
As the owner of Byron Bay Schoolies I have done a few talks to schools students and find it is a good resource for educational institutions and their students.
Maxbeatty,
Thanks. IU’s site looks really good.
Samsntha,
That’s a pretty good site too. Thanks.
Karen,
That site’s not bad, but honestly I don’t like it as much as the others.
Stewart and Cody,
EduStyle is a great niche gallery.
Carla,
Usability is every bit as important as appearance. However, for the purposes of this post I was pretty much just going based on design and aesthetics. Honestly, I didn’t have the time to do much usability testing on sites to see how they did.
Very nice, but check out
http://www.iupui.edu
Some nice sites…
Heres the site from our College – http://webelieveyoucan.co.uk/
Thanks, nice site.
Our college has a nice website too – http://limkokwing.edu.my
Nice, fantastic selection. Now I see all the site!
Is a good post for the creativity…more idea here!
Undoubtedly fantastic sites..but are they easily navigable?
Their are some amazing designers put on this planet and they are all here with this fantastic list of well design websites. Well done thanks for this post!
I thought you might be interested in another educational resource called Explore.org. Explore is a library of philanthropy that consists of short documentary films, stunning photography, and interviews with great minds from the non-profit world. Check out the website at http://explore.org. Enjoy!
i liked all the websites and it is a great effort.
we at fomaxtech.com too do lot of educational websites and it was great ideas we learned out of the 25 designs.
thanks
rajesh
Bennington College should be on this list. http://www.bennington.edu/
Wow Stone Laboratory has a very nice design.
All of the others are elegant and beautiful, just the first one caught my eye.
Our Sucktastic college site
http://cob.edu.bs/
Check out my alma matter’s site. Great use of the hand made elements in web design
http://www.kutztown.edu/acad/commdes/
This is very nice work – thanks for the inspiration. We just finished a site for an educational institution we’re proud of and thought we’d return the favor.
http://www.stdavidscenter.org/
All the best
Todd
Great list – wonderful designs.
thanks…
exellent!
Byron Bay Schoolies is not an educational institution no matter how many talks you present. It doesn’t belong here. Just quietly, I live 45mins from there, and it seems to be more about drinking, money and sex than anything even remotely related to education. Otherwise, excellent list and some really great work there.
It is really amazing what kind of services they can now offer through a great design.
thank very much.
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