# Sophia Learning (سوفيا ليرنينغ)

> Sophia Learning is restricted in Syria, as of 2026-08-10.

- Status: restricted
- Outreach: No Outreach
- Company: [Strategic Education](https://unblocksyria.com/en/companies/strategic-education.md)
- Categories: Online Courses, Universities & Degrees
- Official site: https://www.sophia.org
- Community votes: 5
- Last updated: 2026-08-10
- Page: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/sophia-learning

## About

Self-paced online courses for transferable college credit

## Activity summary

Restricted for users in Syria. A community report in July 2026 found that the membership signup page returns a notice refusing access due to legal and regulatory restrictions, with reference code 2025-C. The block was seen on the signup page; how far it extends across the rest of the platform has not yet been tested. No outreach to the company has been made yet.

## Community reports

- 2026-07-15 — Investigated. Community testing confirmed that Sophia Learning restricts access from Syria. Opening the membership signup page at app.sophia.org/become-a-member from a Syrian connection returns a block notice reading «Due to current legal and regulatory restrictions, we are not able to grant you access to this page», with reference code 2025-C and a support contact at support@sophia.org. The block was observed on the membership page; the extent across the rest of the platform has not yet been tested. (evidence: https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/d0n1x48xniyqz1q90jzrnt8g/q7g6qikvzs16tkt7c4rynhp4-screenshot-2026-07-15-033104.png)

## Context

These are geo-restrictions the companies applied themselves, not filtering by Syrian ISPs and not a legal requirement. US and EU sanctions on Syria were lifted in 2025. See https://unblocksyria.com/llms.txt for the regulatory summary and https://unblocksyria.com/en/about for citations to the specific orders and regulations.

## Machine-readable

- JSON: https://api.unblocksyria.com/services/sophia-learning?locale=en
- Timeline JSON: https://api.unblocksyria.com/services/sophia-learning/timeline?locale=en
- HTML: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/sophia-learning
- Other languages: https://unblocksyria.com/ar/services/sophia-learning.md, https://unblocksyria.com/ku/services/sophia-learning.md