Robotics lab in Tokyo opens to online students
Students in ROBO 280 can now book remote time on the department's six-axis arms, with live video and telemetry streamed into the course site.
News
Public Health faculty publish a study on clinic wait times
Professor Thandiwe Mokoena's team in Cape Town tracked 40 clinics over two years and found scheduling changes cut median waits by a third.
A record autumn intake from 142 countries
This term's class is the most international in the university's history, with the largest growth in Southeast Asia and West Africa.
Upcoming events
- Oct 14Open day for prospective studentsOnline, 15:00 UTC
- Oct 21Lecture: Data, borders, and the lawBrussels and online
- Nov 04Marine Biology field series: the Great Barrier ReefSydney and online
About the university
DLS Test University was founded in 1962 as a correspondence college and became fully online in 2009. Today our faculty teach from 31 cities, so students learn from people who live and work where their subject happens.
We keep student records in the European Union under one set of privacy rules, wherever a student or professor is based.
At a glance
- Founded
- 1962
- Students
- 38,400 in 142 countries
- Faculty
- 1,900 across 31 cities
- Programs
- 212 degrees and certificates
- Ranking
- No. 14 online university, Global Learning Review 2026