Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Our Mission

In keeping with the vision of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU), our mission at the ERAU - Worldwide International Region is to offer educational opportunities to the United States military under the Tri-Services European Education Contract. Close coordination is maintained with the stateside campus to insure the content and quality of educational programs meet the goals and standards of the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Worldwide Campus, Daytona Beach, Florida.

Message from the Dean of Academic Affairs

Welcome to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Worldwide International Region, which has successfully provided educational opportunities to members of the United States military, DOD contractors, and their families throughout the world for thirty-five years. In the fall of 1969, ERAU - Worldwide International was first contracted to provide aviation and aeronautical educational degree programs for the US military, and during the ensuing years, has continued to work closely with the military to provide high quality educational programs carefully tailored to the needs of service members, contractors, and their families. The International Regional office in Kaiserslautern, Germany has awarded undergraduate and graduate degrees to more than five thousand students, who have gone on to pursue successful military and industrial careers

Today, for the US military community in Europe, the university offers over 120 aviation/aeronautical courses leading to Certificate Programs, Associate degree programs, Bachelor of Science degree programs, and Master degree programs, all with a great variety of concentrations. This broad selection allows students the opportunity to fulfill a variety of personal goals:

to work toward their degree,
gain promotion points,
increase skills,
further personal development,
and prepare for a career.

In further keeping with its commitment to serve the specific needs of the military, ERAU - Worldwide specializes in delivering Web-based distant education courses, which allows highly mobile and busy students the opportunity to further their education without the restrictions imposed by traditional classroom settings and formal schedules. Students receive personal guidance from the university's highly-trained Directors and their staff, located at over 20 Education Centers throughout the European military theater and at selected remote sites where our nation's military serves, reflecting the university's determination to remain innovative in the field of distance education and to offer students the best education modern technology can provide. Faculty members, located around the world, are highly qualified experts with solid academic credentials, extensive teaching experience, and expertise in distance education. The ERAU - Worldwide International Region is proud of its 35-year heritage of close cooperation with and successful service to the United States military throughout the world. In the 21st century, the university remains more committed than ever to the goal of offering today's military student the greatest possible opportunities for academic success.

Overview

ERAU - Worldwide International maintains staff at Education Centers throughout Europe and the Middle East, headed by a Director of Academic Support and staff members, who are responsible for all administrative matters and, a Director of Academics responsible for the academic schedule and all faculty matters. Complete information is available to all students at these locations or at our website: www.erau.edu/eu, and each location home-page posts a 12-month class schedule including term, date, classroom, course title, and instructor, and thirty days prior to the start of each term the course syllabus is also posted.

Distance education by way of Internet delivery is ideal for the student who, owing to work demands, remote or temporary duty assignments, military exercises, or for personal reasons, is unable to attend regularly scheduled college classes. Printed materials accompanying this delivery method typically include a course syllabus, textbook and related materials. These courses are ideal for those students at remote sites who can only attend a downlink classroom, and therefore provides learning opportunities which otherwise would not be available. All academic services available on the Daytona Beach campus are available to ERAU students residing overseas. These include academic counseling, career placement assistance, various forms of financial aid, and all the resources and services offered by the Jack Hunt Memorial Library.

ERAU - Worldwide International has been providing educational opportunities to members of the United States military community and their families throughout Europe and the Middle East since 1969. Now, as always, it remains committed to providing high quality, innovative programs to meet the higher education needs of these individuals. Consult your local Director of Academic Support for more information about enrollment, entry requirements and the many services offered by the European Region, at each of our more than 20 teaching locations or at our International Regional Office.

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Embry-Riddle, the world's oldest, largest, and most prestigious university specializing in aviation and aerospace, meets the needs of students and industry through its educational, training, research, and consulting activities. Boasting a student body of 25,000 who come from all 50 states and more than 100 nations, the university offers over 30 degree programs, with nine offered at the master's level. Established in 1922, Embry-Riddle traces its roots from the very beginnings of military and commercial aviation. ERAU provides flexible educational services to working adults through the Worldwide Campus where thousands of students work on their degrees from approximately 130 resident centers, teaching sites, and classroom locations designated in the United States, Europe and the Middle East. A global institution, the leader in its field, ERAU is hailed by Time Magazine as "the Harvard of the Sky", and U.S.News & World Report's 2006 "Best Colleges" guide has again named Embry-Riddle number one in the Aerospace/Aeronautical/Astronautical Engineering category.

Accreditation

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS - 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30333-4097, telephone (404) 679-4501) to award degrees at the associate, bachelor's, and master's levels.