Accreditation
UoPeople is approved to operate by the State of California and is approved by the California Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education (BPPE) to award degrees. The California BPPE issued its approval for UoPeople to award degrees, including the awarding of degrees through distance education, on August 5, 2011, for a period of 5 years.
University of the People is not currently an accredited institution. The university has applied for accredited status from a body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
In June 2012, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation gave a $500,000 grant to University of the People for the institution's work towards accreditation.
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