The University of the People, a tuition-free, four-year-old online institution built to reach underserved students around the world, announced on February 13, 2014, that it had received accreditation. With accreditation from the Distance Education and Training Council, the university expects to expand to have 5,000 students by 2016. Classes at the university are 10 weeks long, and have 20 to 30 students–often from as many different countries–who have weekly homework and quizzes. The university depends largely on volunteer labour.