Co-operative Studies

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Africa:

The Moshi University College of Co-operative and Business Studies (MUCCoBS) offers co-operative and business education at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

Co-operative College of Kenya

The Uganda Co-operative College (located in Kigumba)

Cooperative College of Swaziland: P.O. Box 1393, Mbabane, +268 416 1086/88

Co-operative Development Centre, Botswana

Ghana Co-operative College, Kumasi

Federal Cooperative College Oji-River, Enugu State, Nigeria

Co-operative Studies Department at Ambo College in Ethiopia

Katete Co-operative College, Zambia

Lusaka Co-operative College, Zambia

North America:

The University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives (UWCC) was established in 1962 and pursues a research, educational and outreach agenda that examines cooperative issues across multiple business and social sectors. Click on this link to take you to the UWCC Publications page.

The British Columbia Institute for Co-operative Studies aims to develop Co-operative Studies as a recognized academic field and reveal the full range and possibilities of this new discipline.

The Sobey School of Business, St Mary’s University http://www.smu.ca/academic/sobey/welcome/welcome.html

The British Columbia Institute for Co-operative Studies (BCICS) at the University of Victoria http://www.bcics.org

Saskatchewan Co-operative Association (SCA) is one of eight regional affiliate offices in Canada that works closely with the Canadian Co-operative Association. http://www.sask.coop

University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension http://extension.unh.edu

Europe:

Centre for Mutual and Employee Owned Business at Oxford University

Wageningen University Development Economics Group

Institute for Co-operation in Developing Countries, Marburg

Department of Co-operative Studies, Cologne

Centre for Co-operative Studies, University College Cork

University of Valencia

European Research Institute on Cooperative and Social Enterprise

Wales Institute for Research into Co-operatives (WIRC) at UWIC’s Cardiff School of Management

University of Stirling Department of Applied Social Science

The Co-operatives Research Unit (CRU), Open University, Milton Keynes

Asia:

Co operative Academic Institute, Kasetsart University, Thailand

The Institute of Rural Management (IRMA) was established in 1979 at Anand, Gujarat to provide management education, training, research and consultancy support to co-operatives and rural development organisations in India.

Vaikunth Mehta National Institute of Co-operative Management (VAMNICOM) caters to management development through training, education, research and consultancy needs of various co-operative organisations, government departments and other national bodies.

The Indian Institute of Management also offers courses on co-operative managment

South America:

The University of Sao Paulo (USP)