Edu.cn:8081 - University of Illinois Chicago

The museum's Internet registrar allowed it to sidestep the then-extant domain-naming rules by using edu in spite of not being an academic institution and by using a name with more than 12 characters. [9] Some community colleges were reported to have registered edu second-level names after 1993. [4]

Many countries operate edu or .ac namespaces within their country code top-level domains that serve the same purpose as the edu top-level domain.

Until 2001, Network Solutions served as registrar for the .edu domain under an arrangement with the U.S. Department of Commerce. Domain registration was done at no cost to educational institutions. In 2001, the Commerce Department entered into a five-year agreement with Educause making that organization the registrar for the .edu domain.

[11] [12] Since October 29, 2001, only postsecondary institutions and organizations that are institutionally accredited by an agency on the U.S. Department of Education's list of nationally recognized accrediting agencies are eligible to apply for an edu domain. [13]