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The Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, originally the Federal University of Agriculture, is a federal university in Umudike, Abia State, Nigeria was established as a specialized University by a Federal Government of Nigeria Decree No 48 of November 1992. It began formal activities in May 1993 with the appointment of the first Council and Vice-Chancellor Professor Placid C. Njoku on 27 May 1993, while other key officials of the University were appointed later.

Renaissance College of Commerce and Management was established in 2006. RCCM is a modern College for commerce and management education, located in Indore, the commercial capital of Madhya Pradesh. It inherits the concept of Gurukul.

The Abdul Ahad Azad Memorial College Bemina formerly known as GDC Bemina, Government Degree College, Bemina is a University Grants Commission autonomous college in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir located on 300 Kanal campus in state summer capital Srinagar. It is affiliated with the Cluster University of Srinagar.It was established in the year 1970.The college has the largest campus in the state of Jammu and Kashmir spread over 300 kanal of land.

Columbus University is an institution of higher education, established on October 12, 1992. It is authorized by the Panamanian Ministry of Education. It is recognized as a private university, by the Panamanian State, through Executive Decree No. 112, dated February 25, 1994 and published in the Official Gazette No. 22-492 of March 11, 1994.

Nagaon Medical College and Hospital is an Indian medical college with an attached hospital located in Nagaon, Assam, that started functioning in 2023. Background The college operates under the State Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Assam. It is permitted by National Medical Commission and affiliated with Srimanta Sankaradeva University of Health Sciences, Guwahati. Currently the college has an intact capacity of 100 undergraduate students, from the academic year 2023–24.

Marino Institute of Education is an Irish College of Education, an associated College of Trinity College Dublin. It is located on Griffith Avenue, Dublin 9. Marino Institute of Education is focused on providing education courses. Its degrees and diplomas are awarded by the University of Dublin, Trinity College. Marino Institute of Education follows the tradition of care through education established by Edmund Rice. Marino Institute of Education comprises the College of Education, the Conference Centre, Continuing Professional Development and various support services.

Franklin College was a college in New Athens, Ohio, founded by abolitionist John Walker , a Presbyterian minister in Pennsylvania and Ohio. The college was called Alma college from 1818 until 1825, when the name was changed to Franklin College. Classes were suspended during the Civil War after most of the student body enlisted for military service, but the college was revived in 1867 with 40 students. The college ceased operation in 1919, and became associated with Muskingum College until 1927. The college building houses the Franklin Museum which showcases the span of the college and its hi...

Kenrick–Glennon Seminary is a Roman Catholic seminary in Shrewsbury, Missouri that is operated by the Archdiocese of Saint Louis. The seminary was founded in 1818 and is named after Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick and Cardinal John J. Glennon, two former archbishops of Saint Louis.

Jain Vishva Bharati Institute is a deemed university in Rajasthan. History JVBI was established with the inspiration of Acharya Tulsi, the 9th Head of the Jain Svetambar Terapanth religious sect, in Ladnun, Dist Nagaur, Rajasthan.

Arellano University operates seven campuses in Metro Manila. Juan Sumulong Campus AU Manila is the Main Campus of Arellano University. It is located at Legarda Street in Sampaloc, Manila and it the largest campus by land area. It is the home to the AU Juan Sumulong High School.

The Gandhara University is a private university located in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is chartered by the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Gandhara University was the first private medical university of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It provides specialized training in the health sciences. The institutes that became Gandhara University were initially founded in October 1995 by surgeon Muhammad Kabir. University is recognized by the Higher Education Commission and accredited by the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council. It is also affiliated with the College of Physicians and Surgeons Paki...

Lebanon College was a two-year private not-for-profit college located in Lebanon, New Hampshire. It was founded in 1956, and closed in 2014, due to financial difficulties. In 2015 Lebanon College facilities and certain programs were purchased by the public community college system of New Hampshire. After renovations to the main academic building, the Lebanon campus of River Valley Community College opened in January 2016.

The Minor Seminary of Our Lady of Fatima is a Roman Catholic seminary, located in Dare, Dili, East Timor. Established in 1936, it is the oldest Roman Catholic seminary in East Timor. The seminary was initially established in Manatutu district, south of Dili. In 1951 it was moved to Dare. In 1954 the Vatican canonically registered the seminary. It was taken over by the Jesuits in 1958, and moved to the outskirts of Dili in 1978.

The University of Hawaiʻi Maui College is a public college in Kahului, Hawaii on the island of Maui. It is one of ten branches of the University of Hawaiʻi system and is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.

Gossner Theological College is the only Theological Seminary of Jharkhand affiliated to Serampore College. It is owned by Gossner Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chotanagpur and Assam. History The German missionaries sent by Fr. Johannes Evangelista Gossner from Berlin established the first Christian Church of the region in 1845 and a seminary in 1866 for the preparation of preachers, teachers and pastors.

Career Point College was a private 2-year for-profit career school located in San Antonio, Texas, with branch campuses in Tulsa, Oklahoma and Austin, Texas. Its San Antonio location is at the Wonderland of the Americas mall, where it housed a cosmetology school and a nursing school with vocational and RN programs. The Career Point College LVN program was ranked 49th out of 95 Texas programs by PracticalNursing.com.

Lloyd Law College is a private law school in India located in Noida, Uttar Pradesh offering legal education since year 2003 in affiliation with CCS University, Meerut, U.P , and approved by the Bar Council of India .

The Federal University of Triângulo Mineiro is a public university located in the city of Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil, formerly FMTM and transformed into a university in 2005 by a federal government decree.

IBTE Jefri Bolkiah Campus, formerly known as Jefri Bolkiah College of Engineering , is a campus of the Institute of Brunei Technical Education , a post-secondary vocational institution in Brunei. It is located in Kuala Belait, the main town of Belait District. The institution offers vocational courses in the fields of engineering and information and communications technology.

The Universidad José Cecilio del Valle is a private higher education institution in Honduras. It was established in 1978 through the Asociación Hondureña para el Fomento de la Educación Superior . UJCV has programs, including associate degrees, as well as 4-to-5-year bachelor's degrees.

Johnson College is a private technical school in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Johnson College was founded in 1912 as a trade school by Orlando S. Johnson, a wealthy coal baron, and offers associate degrees and certificates

Pueblo Community College is a public community college in Pueblo, Colorado. PCC operates branch campuses in Cañon City and Mancos, as well as academic sites in Durango and Bayfield. History Pueblo Community College traces its history to the founding of Southern Colorado Junior College in 1933. In 1937 SCJC became part of the Pueblo County Junior College District, and was renamed Pueblo Junior College. In 1961 the college district was dissolved by the General Assembly and the Junior College became the four-year Southern Colorado State College . In the 1970s, SCSC opened a branch institution,...

Dordt University is a private evangelical Christian university in Sioux Center, Iowa. It was founded in 1955 and is affiliated with the Christian Reformed Church in North America. The university name is a reference to the Synod of Dordt .

Atmiya University is a private university located in Rajkot, Gujarat, India. It was established in March 2018 by Sarvodaya Kelavni Samaj under Gujarat Private Universities Act, 2018, after the Bill was approved in March of that year.

Rajdhani College is a constituent college of the University of Delhi. It was established in 1964 by the Delhi Administration under the name of Government College. The college acquired its new name when the Delhi Administration vested its governance in an autonomous governing body. Rajdhani College is an South Campus College.

St. Mary's College, Thrissur is an educational and research institution for women established in 1946 in Kerala state, India. The college is managed by the CMC Educational Society of Nirmala Province of the Congregation of the Mother of Carmel in the Syro Malabar Catholic Church, the college is under the jurisdiction of the Syro Malabar Catholic Bishop of Thrissur.

Kerch Polytechnic College is a higher education institution in Kerch, Crimea. It trains personnel in 16 specialties, and about 300 students enroll for first-year studies at the college annually. History It was established in 1930 as Kerch Mining and Smelting Tekhnikum to support the and the . Having trained about a thousand graduates by the time of the German invasion in 1941, the tekhnikum was eventually evacuated to the Urals to later return to Kerch in 1945. Thereafter, it produced various specialists to work in metallurgical regions of Ukraine and at the Soviet Ministry of Ferrous Metal...

Kokusai Junior College is a private junior college in Nakano, Tokyo, Japan. The precursor of the school was founded in 1933, and it was chartered as a university in 1950. External links in Japanese

The Escuela de Artes Plásticas y Diseño de Puerto Rico is an institution of higher learning engaged in the training of students in the visual arts. It is located in Old San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico. The school was founded in 1965 as part of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture. Painter José Antonio Torres Martinó was one of the school's co-founders. The school's first director was Miguel Pou.

Providence Women's College, is a college, offering undergraduate, postgraduate courses and opportunities for doctoral and post doctoral studies. Founded by the sisters of Apostolic Carmel, it is located in Kozhikode, Kerala and was established in the year 1952 under the Madras University. The college is now affiliated with University of Calicut. This college offers different courses in arts, commerce and science. This is the first women's arts and science college in the Malabar region of Kerala, South India.

Angelicum School Iloilo is a private, Catholic school run by the Philippine Dominican Province of the Order of Preachers in Jaro, Iloilo City, Philippines. It is one of the three Angelicum Schools established by Fr. Rogelio B. Alarcon, O.P. in the 1970s that pioneered in a non-graded, open-classroom education system in the Philippines. The school is also known for the Lizares Mansion, former heritage house turned school building which stands in the school's campus. It is one of Iloilo's imposing landmarks. The school grounds and the mansion lights up during the Christmas season with a grand op...

Busitema University is a university in Uganda. It is one of the eight public universities and degree-awarding institutions in the country. BU has its main focus on the instruction of agricultural sciences, agricultural mechanization, and agribusiness.

Mount Wachusett Community College is a public community college in Gardner, Massachusetts. Established by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 1963, it features an open admissions policy for the majority of its academic programs. MWCC offers more than 70 academic programs that allow students to earn either an associate of science degree , associate of arts degree , or a certificate.

Sree Narayana Guru College of Advanced Studies, Nattika is a for-profit college in Nattika, Thrissur District of Kerala, India. It was founded in 2014. It is affiliated to the University of Calicut and operates under the Sree Narayana Trust.

Dogra Law College is a private law school situated at Bari Brahmana, Duggar land in Jammu in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It offers undergraduate 3 years law courses, 5 Year Integrated LL.B. courses, approved by Bar Council of India , New Delhi and affiliated to University of Jammu.

The Norman Manley Law School is a law school in Jamaica. Building and location The Norman Manley Law School is located on the Mona campus of the University of the West Indies, yet it is a distinct and separate institution. Its building, designed by architect firm Rutkowski, Bradford & Partners, is noted as an example of Caribbean modernist architecture. It is a , two-storey reinforced concrete block masonry building; construction was finished in 1975. It was badly damaged by Hurricane Gilbert in September 1988; a clerestory window broke and let the wind into the building, placing significant u...

Cox's Bazar Polytechnic Institute is a technical institutions in Bangladesh. This polytechnic institute was established in 2004. This organization currently has 4 departments running in the four-year Diploma-in-Engineering course.

West Virginia Junior College is a private junior college with its main campus in Charleston, West Virginia. It was founded in 1892 and offers associate degrees and diplomas in the healthcare and business fields. The institution has around 218 undergraduate students with a 100% acceptance rate. In this two-year institution, students can major in Medical Assistant, Network, Database, Business, and System Administration.

Polytechnic College of Pennsylvania was an engineering school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded in 1853. It was the eighth school of engineering in the United States and the first to offer degree programs in mechanical engineering, mining engineering, and architecture.

Murang'a University of Technology is the successor of Murang'a University College , a former constituent college of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology after being elevated from Murang'a College of Technology . The university is located 1.5 km from Murang'a town in Muranga County, 85 km northeast of Nairobi, 70 km southeast of Nyeri and 50 km southwest of Embu.

Usha Pravin Gandhi College of Arts, Science and Commerce, also known as UPG College, is a college in Vile Parle, Mumbai, India that is affiliated with the University of Mumbai. It is a branch of the SVKM Group Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal.

The Baptist Health System School of Health Professions evolved from a private network of health science schools sponsored by the Baptist Health System located at the South Texas Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas.

The Foundation University Islamabad , is a public sector university located in Islamabad, Pakistan. It has two campuses; Foundation University School of Health Sciences & Foundation University School of Science and Technology .

Khyber Girls Medical College is the first public sector medical college for girls in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa which came into existence in May 2004 as a female Campus of KMC Peshawar. It was declared as an independent college in December 2005, and is recognized by Pakistan Medical & Dental Council in December 2008.

AdventHealth University is a Seventh-day Adventist institution specializing in healthcare education that is located in Orlando, Florida; Denver, Colorado; and online. It is associated with AdventHealth, which is operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church. It is a part of the Seventh-day Adventist education system, the world's second largest Christian school system. The physical facilities are located next to AdventHealth Orlando and Centura Health in Denver. The university offers over 20 undergraduate and graduate degrees from associate to doctorate level, including online and post-baccalau...

Moore Theological College, otherwise known simply as Moore College, is the theological training seminary of the Diocese of Sydney in the Anglican Church of Australia. The president of the Moore Theological College Council is ex officio the Anglican Archbishop of Sydney.

The Graduate University of Advanced Technology is an advanced research center and graduate-level degree-granting institution in Kerman, Iran. It was founded in 2007. It is also known as Kerman Graduate University of Technology . The main campus is located in Mahan, Kerman.

The University of Montenegro Faculty of Metallurgy and Technology is one of the educational institutions of the University of Montenegro. Its building is located in Podgorica, at the University campus.

Jerusalem University College is an independent undergraduate and graduate academic institution in Israel used by a consortium of North American theological seminaries and Christian colleges. History JUC was found in 1957. It offers an independent two-year graduate program of courses leading to the degrees of Master of Arts in Biblical History and Geography, Hebrew and Cognate Languages, Middle Eastern Cultures and Religions, and the Hebraic Roots of Christianity. For consortium students, it offers a graduate or undergraduate semester or year abroad , as well as shorter two and three week co...

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