page_title: Stratford University
section_title: Academics
hierarchical_section_title: Stratford University / Academics
caption_attribution_description: English: Stratford University in Tyson's Corner
context_page_description: Stratford University is a private, public benefit corporation and for-profit university now headquartered in their Falls Church/Alexandria, Virginia campuses. Founded in 1976, Stratford delivers online, classroom, and blended online/classroom programs.
  Stratford University has campuses in Virginia Maryland, and India. The majority of the student body is non-traditional and works full-time while attending school. Stratford's international student body represents over thirty countries.
  The Stratford campus in India is a joint venture with the Modi Group, created to offer residential American degrees in India. The legal name of the Indian joint venture is Modi Stratford Education Management, Pvt. Ltd. The Modi Stratford Foundation, a wholly owned non-profit subsidiary of MSEM, delivers the academic programs in India as an accredited campus of Stratford University.
  The school as of March 2020 is at risk of losing its accreditation and has been ordered to stop enrolling new students. The university is under scrutiny for allegedly operating an unapproved program in Irbil, Iraq.
context_section_description: Stratford awards graduate and undergraduate degrees in a number of disciplines including business administration, computer information systems, health sciences, nursing, culinary arts, and hotel management. Online, residential, and blended programs are available. All online and blended courses use the Stratford online Moodle platform hosted in Stratford's data center.
  Stratford has established programs to help US military and former-US military personnel complete their education and is recognized by the Veterans Administration as a member of the Yellow Ribbon Program.
  Stratford offers non-credit continuing education and professional development courses like Event Management Certificate Program,  Culinary Workshops and Certification Courses including Oracle, MSCE, .Net Framework, Cisco, Linux, and computer security-related topics for students and IT professionals.
  Stratford's Language Institute offers an academic English as Second Language (ESL) program to help international students enter a degree program.
caption: Stratford University building in Idylwood, Virginia
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