The UIS first opened its doors in Montreal in 2001 with just a handful of staff and computers. Today, the Institute is the primary source of cross-nationally comparable data in the fields of...
The UIS is the primary source for internationally-comparable data in the fields of education, science, culture and communications.
UIS data are used to produce almost every flagship UN report,...
The UIS is the statistical office of UNESCO and the United Nations’ depository for global statistics in the fields of education, science and technology, culture and communication.
The Institute is...
New Module to Map Assessments of Children and Youth in School and Out
The UIS has completed the first stage in a major upgrade of its Catalogue of Learning Assessments, which collects a wide range...
On 10 November 2011, UNESCO’s General Conference adopted revisions to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED). As steward of the revision process, the UIS was deeply involved...