We help students, parents and employers tell genuine educational institutions from the rest.
The International Council of Specialized Online Certifications (ICSOC) keeps a public register of educational institutions around the world. For every institution on it, the register shows one simple thing: whether ICSOC has independently recognized it.
Education is one of the biggest decisions people make, and it is not always easy to tell whether an institution is what it claims to be, particularly online. We built the register so that anyone can look an institution up in seconds, for free, before paying fees or sharing personal details.
Institutions can apply to be recognized. When they pass our review, they receive a public badge, a listing marked RECOGNIZED and a certificate for their reception wall. Institutions that have not applied remain on the register as UNRECOGNIZED, so the register stays useful and complete rather than limited to those who pay or participate.
A status is the result of a review, not a purchase. Applying, contacting us or being listed never guarantees a recognized status.
Our checks, the meaning of each status and the reasons a recognition can be withdrawn are all published in our recognition policy.
We collect only what we need to review an application, and explain how we use it in our privacy policy.
What ICSOC is, and is not. ICSOC is a recognition and information service. It is not a government agency, a regulator or an academic accrediting body, and a recognized status is not a guarantee of teaching quality or results.
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