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Georgia Piedmont Technical College is a public community college based in Clarkston, Georgia. It is part of the Technical College System of Georgia and provides education for a three-county service area, mostly in the metro Atlanta area. The school's service area includes Dekalb, Rockdale, and Newton counties. GPTC is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award associate degrees, diplomas, and technical certificates of credit. Many of the school's individual technical programs are also accredited by their respective accreditation organizations.
Manado State University is a public university in Tondano, North Sulawesi , on a hill in Tonsaru Tataaran Tondano, Minahasa Regency, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. The university was established on . It is currently led by Prof. Dr. Deitje A. Katuuk, M.Pd.
Wilson College is a private, Presbyterian-related college in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1869 by two Presbyterian ministers, it was named for its first major donor, Sarah Wilson of nearby St. Thomas Township, Pennsylvania, who gave $30,000 toward the purchase of the land and home of Alexander McClure.
Shukshin Altai State University for Humanities and Pedagogy is a federal state budget educational institution of higher education in Biysk, Altai Krai. History Biysk Teachers' Institute was established in 1939 and became a pedagogical institute in 1953. In 2000 this institution of higher education received a university status. In 2001 Biysk Pedagogical State University was named after V. M. Shukshin. In 2010 the Shukshin Pedagogical State University of Biysk became the Shukshin Altai State Academy of Education , and got its current name in 2015.
Ajou Motor College, formerly Daecheon College, is a private technical college in Boryeong, near the seacoast of South Chungcheong province, South Korea. It employs about 100 instructors. The president is Pyongwan Park.
The Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas is a Mexican public research university based in the city of Zacatecas, Zacatecas, but with several campuses across the state. It is considered both the most prestigious and most important college in the state. According to Mexican business and economics newspaper El Economista the UAZ is among the 20 best Mexican universities.
Rain Forest Research Institute is a research institute situated in Jorhat in Assam. It works under the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India.
St. Peter's College of Toril also referred to by its acronym SPCT is a private, Catholic coeducational basic and higher education institution administered by the Sisters of the Presentation of Mary in Toril, Davao City. It was founded by the Society of Foreign Missions on July 1, 1948.
The University of Saint Joseph is a private Roman Catholic university in West Hartford, Connecticut. It was founded in 1932 by the Sisters of Mercy of Connecticut. The university is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education.
The Divine Word College of Laoag is a private Catholic, basic and higher education institution run by the Philippine Northern Province of the Society of the Divine Word in Laoag, Ilocos Norte, Philippines. It was founded by Rev. Fr. Alphonse Mildner, SVD in 1946.
AISECT University, Jharkhand is a private university located in Hazaribagh, Jharkhand, India. The university was established in 2016 by the AISECT Foundation through the AISECT University Act, 2016. It offers various diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate courses.
Luther Seminary is a seminary of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It is the largest seminary of the ELCA. It also accepts and educates students of 41 other denominations and traditions. It is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and the Association of Theological Schools. It also has theological accreditation through the ELCA as well as the United Methodist Church.
Meio University is a public university in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. Meio was established as a private university in 1994 and was reorganized as a public university in 2010. History The university established the Liberal Arts Center in 2011, which was renamed as the “University Center for Liberal Arts Education” in 2015. The university also has several student support facilities that include the Language Learning Center, the Mathematics and Sciences Learning Center, and the Writing Center. The Graduate School of International Cultural Studies was established in 2001.
Concordia University, St. Paul is a private university in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It was founded in 1893 and enrolls nearly 5,600 students. It is a member of the Concordia University System, which is operated by the second-largest Lutheran church body in the United States, the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod. The school was a two year college until 1964. The present name Concordia University, St. Paul was adopted in 1997.
Mindanao State University – Maguindanao is a public coeducational institution of higher education and research located in the barangay Dalican, in the municipality of Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao del Norte, Philippines. It was founded on October 10, 1973 by Mindanao State University Board of Regents through Resolution No. 821 series of 1973.
Founded on December 26, 1979, the Polytechnic University of Viseu is the first and only public higher education institution in the district, marking an important development milestone for the region of Viseu.
Sudan University of Science and Technology is one of the largest public universities in Sudan, with ten campuses in Khartoum state. The main campus is located in the so-called Al Mugran area of Khartoum, the confluence of the White Nile and the Blue Nile.
Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary is a seminary of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and located in Columbia, South Carolina. It offers theological degrees. In 2012, it merged with Lenoir-Rhyne University, also affiliated with the ELCA. Although Lenoir-Rhyne is based in Hickory, North Carolina, LTSS operates as a satellite campus in Columbia.
Little Priest Tribal College is a public tribal land-grant community college in Winnebago, Nebraska. It is a member of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium and primarily supported by the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. It has an enrollment of 135 students, of which 90 percent are American Indian.
Northern College of Applied Arts and Technology, commonly known as Northern College, is a college of applied arts and technology in Northern Ontario. The college's catchment area extends across . More than 65 communities within Northeastern Ontario are served by four campuses located in Timmins, Kirkland Lake, Moosonee, and Temiskaming Shores . Annual enrolment is approximately 1,500 full-time students. Annual part-time and continuing education enrolment exceeds 11,000 students. Northern College is also home to the Haileybury School of Mines, which predates the college and was founded in 1912.
Hunan University of Humanities, Science and Technology , established in 1978, is a state-owned provincial university of higher education approved by the Chinese Ministry of Education. It is located in Loudi, a newly built city in the central part of Hunan province.
Whitefield College of the Bible is an independent theological college located in Northern Ireland. It is operated by the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster. The college currently holds lectures in Martyrs Memorial Free Presbyterian Church in Belfast. The college has no association with any governmental education system due to its fundamentalist approach and receives no state funding or support.
Karnavati University is a private university located in Uvarsad, near Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India. The University was established in 2017 by the Karnavati Medical and Educational Trust through The Gujarat Private Universities Act, 2017, which also established Swarnim Startup & Innovation University, P P Savani University and Indrashil University.
Fuji Women’s Junior College was a junior college in Sapporo, Japan, which was founded in 1950 and closed in 2001, The predecessor of the school, Sapporo Fuji girls' high school, was founded in 1925.
Qingdao Binhai University External links Qingdao Binhai University Qingdao Binhai University
The Pacific Northwest College of Art is an art school of Willamette University and is located in Portland, Oregon. Established in 1909, the art school grants Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees and graduate degrees including the Master of Fine Arts and Master of Arts degrees. It has an enrollment of about 500 students. The college merged with Willamette University in 2021.
Today’s immense University of Paris System of colleges and universities traces its roots to the school attached to the great cathedral of Notre Dame (which suffered a terrible fire in April of 2019). Like all cathedral schools, this one was an institution run by and for the Catholic Church to train young men for the priesthood and/or the monastic life. Around 1150, a new corporation was chartered (i.e., licensed) by the secular power (King Louis VII) to establish and run a second school loosely associated with the Notre Dame cathedral school. It is the chartering of this corporation that is considered the founding act of the University of Paris.
Daegu University of Foreign Studies was a university of Foreign Studies in Gyeongsan, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. It was founded in 1997. In 2018 Ministry of Education ordered closure of the university due to its significant finance troubles and corruption of the founders and leadership after the special audit conducted following the lowest evaluation the university received in 2015.
Aksum University is a teaching university in Aksum in Tigray Region, Ethiopia. It offers teaching programs and research projects which lead toward undergraduate and master's degrees. It was established in February 2007 with the objective of teaching about education, research and community service. During the Tigray War in late 2020 and early 2021, the university's facilities were "completely destroyed", according to Alula Habteab, head of the Bureau of Construction, Road and Transport in the Transitional Government of Tigray.
Ripon College Cuddesdon is a Church of England theological college in Cuddesdon, a village outside Oxford, England. The College trains men and women for ministry in the Church of England: stipendiary, non-stipendiary, local ordained and lay ministry, through a wide range of flexible full-time and part-time programmes.
Otemon Gakuin University is a private university at Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan, founded in 1966. Alumni Teru MiyamotoTakashi OtsukaKunihiko MuroiJuri TatsumiHidesawa Sudo External links Official website Official website
Clarkson College is a private college in Omaha, Nebraska focused on the health sciences. The institution was founded in 1888 by Meliora Clarkson following the death of her husband Bishop Robert Clarkson of the Episcopal Church. It is affiliated with Nebraska Medicine. Total student enrollment was 1,178 in fall 2018.
The Cornell University Department of History is an academic department in the College of Arts and Sciences at Cornell University that focuses on the study of history. Founded in 1868, it is one of Cornell's original departments and has been a center for the development of professional historical research institutions in the United States, including the American Historical Association and the American Historical Review. It remains a highly-ranked program in the field and its alumni and faculty have won Nobel and Pulitzer Prizes, among other distinctions. In addition, many of Cornell's presiden...
The Marquette University College of Education is one of the primary colleges at Marquette University, located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The college oversees curricula related to the training of current and future educators, offering both undergraduate- and graduate-level courses and degrees.
The Marquette University College of Health Sciences is one of the primary colleges at Marquette University, located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The college oversees curricula related to the research and medical treatment of the human body.
The Lutheran University of Brazil is a university which covers several states throughout Brazil. History The university has its roots in the parish school of St. Paul's Lutheran Church of Canoas , in Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul, founded in 1911. The first impulse towards the university was the creation of the Cristo Redentor College, in 1969 under the direction of Reverend Ruben Eugen Becker.
Kabale University is a public university in Kabale Municipality, Uganda. Location The main campus of KAB is located on Kikungiri Hill, in Kabale Municipality, on of land donated by the Kabale District Administration. This location is off the Kabale-Katuna/Gatuna Road, approximately , by road, southwest of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. The coordinates of KAB are 1°16'20.0"S, 29°59'18.0"E .
The Asian Social Institute is a graduate school and research institution in Manila, Philippines. It is one of the few graduate institutes specializing in economics, sociology, social work and social services and development in the country.
Solusi University is a coeducational private university in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Initially established in 1894, the institution received the authorization of the Government of the Republic of Zimbabwe through an act of Parliament to operate as a university in 1994. As a university it first opened on 4 October 1994, the first private institution of higher education in the country. Following the granting of the charter by the Government it was renamed Solusi University. The university follows American grading and business, research, and liberal arts curricular patterns. It is owned and run by the ...
Located in the historic city of Gonbad-e Kavus, Gonbad Kavous University is the major higher education institution in the eastern part of Golestan Province, Iran. Officially accredited/recognized by the Ministry of Science Research and Technology, Iran, the university is a public and coeducational higher education institution and it offers courses and programs leading to officially recognized higher education degrees such as bachelor, Master and Ph.D. degrees in several areas of study. Gonbad Kavous University also provides several academic and non-academic facilities and services to students ...
Shirak State University , also known as Shirak State University named after Mikayel Nalbandian is a public university in Gyumri, the capital of Shirak Province, Armenia, opened in 1934. Overview Shirak State University is the largest educational institute in the northern part of Armenia. It was opened in 1934 as a pedagogical institute during the Soviet Union, through the efforts of S. Movsisyan.