Princely International University ??????????

Hi,
Plz check the following link:


http://www.princelyiu.org/accreditation.php

This link leads to Princely International University.Anyone having any idea about accreditation of this university.Will it be a good idea to spend 5500$ for a Masters programme.

 

Looks like a diploma mill to me. The offer to extend credit for life and work experience raises a number of red flags. Plus, a post graduate degree for $5500 and only a year of work? Doesn't sound legit. I'm far from an expert, but I don't recognize any of those accreditations. Dr Bear and Dr Pina what do you think?

 

A quick Google revealed this nice summary of "Princely International University"'s accreditation:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081203191805AA2BCr3

Their primary accredition organization doesn't seem to be mentioned on the net anywhere except their own accreditation page. It's also more than a little odd that the logo they show says "DEIAA" ... while they claim accreditation from "Distance Learning International Accreditation Association" which should be "DLIAA"?

Oh, oops, looks like they got the name of their own accreditor wrong, here is their website: http://deiaa.org ... which happens to use the same DNS protection company to hide their WHOIS address that Princely uses, and also was registered with the same domain registrar (eNom). Coincidence? Probably not.

Interestingly, a Google search on their name puts them in Saudi Arabia, which is not one of the addresses listed on their contact form:
http://tinyurl.com/y92dwxh
http://www.princelyiu.org/contactus.php

I wouldn't touch it if I were you. If you really want/need a degree in the same price range, take a look at the list here, at least all of these are legit:
http://bain4weeks.com/mastermenu.html

 

Real masters degrees can be obtained for the same dollar cost. See:

http://bain4weeks.com/mastermenu.html

and

http://www.geteducated.com/online-college-ratings-and-rankings/

 

Let's see...no faculty, accredited by a non-entity, worthless apostille "validation" (and misspelling "apostille"). "Run by some of the most recognized educators" (none of whom actually show up on the website, so I don't recognize any of them). Classic mill stuff.

 

Let's see...

Their US office, at 304 Park Ave. South, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10010 just happens to be one of the Manhattan locations of Davinci Virtual Offices.

Their accreditor is a fake.

They list a "diploma verification service" right on their home page

They claim to be "established" in America, which i interpret to mean "based in the US", yet their only US office is in New York, making them obligated to be registered with New York educational authorities (the Regents) which, unsurprisingly, they are not.

Their website is full of millspeak

There isn't a single individual listed by name on the entire website

Their application is a joke... typical application offered by millish schools.

So I think we can say without question that this is an unaccredited, unwonderful school whose degree will be pretty much worthless... or, to be more precise, worth the same as a degree you created and printed yourself on your laser printer at home for 15 cents.

Therefore, it would be a wise move to save the $5499.85 over what they'd charge for one of their degrees and print your own.

Or.... just choose a real, properly accredited school.

 

Gee, gotta love the name. LOL!

 

It would be good for the people running this thing. It would be bad for you though.

What part of the world are you posting from? Is this thing advertising where you are? What kind of advertisements? In what language? How did you encounter it?

Judging from the contact page, I'm guessing that it originates somewhere in the Middle East, perhaps Lebanon. The fact that it operates French and Arabic versions of its website is consistent with that. Its name (which sounds distinctly peculiar in English) and the sometimes odd spelling and grammar on its website suggest that it isn't the work of Americans. (The flag on the English language version of its website is a British flag.)

An earlier post revealed that the New York address that it's providing is a mail-forwarding service. That's just as well for its owners, since this thing isn't licensed to award degrees in New York State and its status there probably isn't entirely legal.

http://www.princelyiu.org/contactus.php

Of course, it doesn't exactly tell us that Princely International University is located in the United States. It just says that it was "established in America". Even if that was true, it could be anywhere now. I simply can't imagine sending large sums of money to a mystery "university" without even knowing where the money is going or what country's degree I will supposedly be receiving.

Whois indicates that the 'princelyiu.org' web address registration is anonymized.

Despite its boasts of being "fully accredited", Princely International University isn't accredited. It does claim unrecognized accreditation though, along with a song-and-dance about how accreditation is voluntary, how distance learning programs aren't accredited by the same accreditors that accredit conventional schools and the inevitable apostile noise.

A Google search for its "accreditor", the Distance Learning International Accreditation Association, generated 12 hits, consisting of several Princely pages in English, Arabic and Turkish, plus a number of skeptical discussion board posts, some from right here. The search didn't turn up a website for the thing or any universities besides Princely that are boasting its accreditation.

An unaccredited university might be able to generate some credibility if it's honest about its status, sticks to a specialty subject area and establishes a professional reputation in it. Unfortunately, Princely International University purports to offer dozens upon dozens of major subjects, up to the doctoral level, in subjects as diverse as art history, Chinese medicine and robotics. Some of them are worrisome, like architecture and civil engineering.

http://www.princelyiu.org/majors.php

Despite this thing offering so many doctoral subjects and ostensibly being established here in America, a Google search on .edu websites didn't reveal anything. So American universities don't accept it, collaborate with it or cite its work. They apparently aren't even aware of it.

 

The minute I saw "Princely is accredited by the Distance Learning International Accreditation Association", I had to laugh.

The name Princely and the shield used in their logo also points to the legitimate Princeton University, which they are obviously touching on.

Another bogus degree mill with global accreditation.