About Villa College
Founded in 2007, Villa College is the leading private higher education institution in the Maldives, offering educational opportunities across the country in an affordable manner.
The College has grown exponentially over the last 17 years, with over 20,000 students graduated and catering to over 7,000 students a year. The College has a diverse portfolio of over 190 programmes, ranging up to Master’s level, including not just VC programmes but also franchise programmes from renown universities across the world.
Villa College has been a pioneer in introducing programmes through different modalities and in various disciplines such as business, human resources, accounting, marketing, economics, communication, aviation management, tourism and hospitality, culinary arts, shariah and law, information technology, architecture, design, engineering, education, psychology, counselling, research studies, nursing, pharmacy, public health, and health sciences.
The College currently has plans to expand the experiential learning aspects of these disciplines through commercial interfaces. Apart from offering professional programmes as a learning partner of ACCA and ICAEW, Villa College also has international accredited membership at the IAU, ACU, APQN, INQAAHE, AMDISA, and AACSB.
In its most recent endeavour, the globally recognised QS Star Rating for Excellence has awarded Villa College 5 Stars in the categories of Online Learning, Employability, and Environmental Impact.
On its mission to provide internationally recognized quality education, Villa College is proudly affiliated and works in academic and research partnerships with well-established, reputable international universities such as the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol), Taylors University (Malaysia), University of Portsmouth (UK) and the University of Cyberjaya (Malaysia).
