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 The .ac top-level domain is the Internet country code (ccTLD) for Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, used primarily for Ascension Island (Saint Helena has its own ccTLD, .sh). It is administered by NIC.AC, a subsidiary of the Inter ...

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 .fr is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) in the Domain Name System of the Internet for France. It is administered by AFNIC. The domain includes all individuals and organizations registered at the Association française pour le ...

for the

Sorbonne Sorbonne may refer to: * Sorbonne (building), historic building in Paris, which housed the University of Paris and is now shared among multiple universities. *the University of Paris (c. 1150 – 1970) *one of its components or linked institution, ...

, hslu

.ch .ch is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Switzerland in the Domain Name System of the Internet. Made available in 1987, only two years after .com, it is administered by SWITCH Information Technology Services. The domain ''ch'', as ...

for the

Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (german: Hochschule Luzern) (HSLU) is one of seven regional, public-funded universities of applied sciences founded in 1997 in its current form. The University was called University of Applied Scien ...

and tum

.de .de is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the Federal Republic of Germany. DENIC (the Network Information Centre responsible for .de domains) does not require specific second-level domains, and there are no official ccSLDs under .d ...

for the Technical University of Munich). In Italy, this applies only for university and higher education institutions, such as

Sapienza University of Rome The Sapienza University of Rome ( it, Sapienza – Università di Roma), also called simply Sapienza or the University of Rome, and formally the Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza", is a public research university located in Rome, Ita ...

whose website is uniroma1.it, or unibo.it for the University of Bologna and so on. In the past, schools had to use the .gov.it domain. That changed with Agid's Order no.36 of February 12, 2018. 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 .cn is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the People's Republic of China introduced on 28 November 1990. Domain name administration in mainland China is managed through a branch of the Ministry of Industry and Information. The registr ...

for educational institutions and .ac

for research institutions.China adds top-level domain names
'' People's Daily Online'', 28 February 2006. Retrieved 24 November 2011.

Countries with .edu as second-level domain for educational institutions

* Antigua and Barbuda: edu.ag * Argentina: edu.ar * Australia: edu.au * Bangladesh: edu.bd * Brazil: edu.br * Brunei: edu.bn * China: edu.cn * Colombia: edu.co * Djibouti: edu.dj * Ecuador: edu.ec * Egypt: edu.e.g. * El Salvador: edu.sv * Eritrea: edu.er * Estonia: edu.ee * Ethiopia: edu.et * Ghana: edu.gh * Guatemala: edu.gt * Hong Kong: edu.hk * Italy: edu.it * India: edu.in * Jamaica: edu.jm * Jordan: edu.jo * Lebanon: edu.lb * Libya: edu.ly * Macao: edu.mo * Malaysia: edu.my * Malta: edu.mt * Mexico: edu.mx * Nepal: edu.np * Nicaragua: edu.ni * Nigeria: edu.ng * Oman: edu.om * Pakistan: edu.pk * Peru: edu.pe * Philippines: edu.ph * Poland: edu.pl * Qatar: edu.qa * Saudi Arab: edu.sa * Serbia: edu.rs * Singapore: edu.sg * Somalia: edu.so * Spain: edu.es * Sri Lanka: edu.lk * Sudan: edu.sd * Taiwan: edu.tw * Turkey: edu.tr * Ukraine: edu.ua * Uruguay: edu.uy * Vietnam: edu.vn

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ac Second-level domains