Since the launch of .College, over 500 prestigious universities from around the world have registered their .College domains. In less than a month since launching into general availability, we’re already seeing some great use cases out in the wild!
Vanderbilt University is a great example of a university securing unique .College domains for each of its internal colleges. They even registered their school’s nickname!
Vandy.College (nickname)
Blair.College (Blair School of Music)
Owen.College (Owen Graduate School of Management)
Peabody.College (Peabody College of Education and Human Development)
Registering your school’s acronym is another popular trend we’re seeing, like the University of North Dakota with UND.College:
One of the most unique uses we’ve discovered so far is by Manhattan College. This liberal arts college founded all the way back in 1853 uses Manhanttan.College as its memorable domain to access its school’s internal portal:
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Want to learn about other ways you can use your .College domain? The .College team will be at the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference at the end of this month, so shoot them an email at hello [at] go.college if you or a colleague will also be at the nation’s largest educational conference!
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