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Bircham offers professional diplomas and Academic Degree s, up to and including PhD s, in a diverse range of fields, including architecture, arts, business, computer science, education, engineering, humanities, military strategy, natural health, psychology, sciences, and social sciences. Tuition is listed on a per-degree basis, not on a per-credit or per-course basis. Bircham International University website (accessed August 1, 2007) HISTORY AND LOCATION According to its website Bircham International University website (accessed July 23, 2007), Bircham was established in Europe in 1992 and currently is "registered" in Delaware ( USA ), Spain, and the Bahamas. According to John Bear 's guide, Bircham was founded in 1992 in the United Kingdom as Oxford International University, but changed its name in 2000 and has addresses in the Bahamas, Spain, England, Florida, New Zealand, and Taiwan.1 page 206, 207 ACCREDITATION STATUS Bircham is . According to IAU Universities List of accredited schools, Bircham is not accredited in Spain.23; other sources explicitly listing it as unaccredited include The Maine Department Of Education and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board , which state that Bircham has "No degree-granting authority from Spain ( American Association Of Collegiate Registrars And Admissions Officers Bircham is also listed as a questionable non-accredited school by in Great Britain." A 2003 magazine article quoted former FBI agent Allen Ezell, who investigated Diploma Mill s as part of the agency's Operation Dipscam , as describing some of Bircham's promotional claims as "pure Hokum ." Schoolhouse crock , ''City Link'', October 15, 2003 In July 2007 a Mexican newspaper reported that the Secretariat Of Public Education (SEP) of Mexico had issued a warning against Bircham International and ten other foreign institutions identified as having committed Academic Fraud . SEP alerta sobre universidades “patito” , ''Correo'', El Diario del Estado de Guanajuato, July 20, 2007 (In Spanish) REFERENCES SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINK
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