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Xuzhou Medical University is a provincial university located in Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, China. History The university was established in 1958 as Xuzhou branch, Nanjing Medical College initially. In 1959, Xinhailian Medical Academy was merged into the branch, which was independent and renamed Xuzhou Medical College in the next year. In 2000, Xuzhou Health Vocational School was merged into the college. With the approval of Ministry of Education, the college was formally renamed Xuzhou Medical University in 2016..

Akwa Ibom State University was conceived and funded by the Akwa Ibom State Government. Unity of people with a passion to constantly seek knowledge that addresses practical issues of development in Nigeria. The university opened its doors to its pioneer students in the 2010/2011 academic year.

Akal University is a private university in Talwandi Sabo, Bathinda, India. It is set up by Kalgidhar Society. It was established in 2015 under The Akal University Act, 2015 . History Akal University was approved by State Government in March 2015. Inauguration of Akal University took place on 17 July 2015.

Patriot Bible University , formerly known as Patriot University, is an unaccredited Independent Baptist correspondence school located in Del Norte, Colorado, which issues religious degrees only. According to the State of Colorado, Patriot's "degrees or diplomas have no state recognition". PBU is not accredited by any agency recognized by the Department of Education. It has been called a diploma mill, lacking sufficient academic standards to award degrees.

The Federal Polytechnic, Ukana is a federal government higher education institution located in Ukana, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. The current rector is Uduak Sunday Ukekpe. History The Federal Polytechnic, Ukana was established in 2014.

Big Sandy Community and Technical College is a public community college with its headquarters in Prestonsburg, Kentucky. It is part of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System. It was created in 2003 from the consolidation of Prestonsburg Community College and Mayo Technical College. BSCTC maintains four campus locations: Prestonsburg Campus in Prestonsburg; Mayo Campus in Paintsville; Pikeville Campus in Pikeville; and Hager Hill Campus in Hager Hill. Big Sandy Community and Technical College is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools .

The International University of Grand-Bassam is an independent and nonprofit institution of higher education located in Grand-Bassam, Côte d'Ivoire. In cooperation with Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia, and the government of Côte d'Ivoire, IUGB opened in January 2005 and was formally established as an accredited institution of higher education in May 2007. Its main objective is to provide an American-style curriculum to students from Sub-Saharan Africa. It is the first university in French-speaking Côte d'Ivoire that uses English as the primary language of instruction.

The Franciscan Portiuncula Friary is the oldest friary in Pakistan, founded in 1940. It is located in Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi, adjacent to the Christ the King Seminary. It is the Pakistani base of the Order of Friars Minor, a mendicant Catholic religious order founded by Saint Francis of Assisi in 1209.

Waldorf University is a private for-profit university in Forest City, Iowa. It was founded in 1903 and associated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and its predecessors. In 2010, it was sold to Columbia Southern University and became a for-profit institution; 12 years later, ownership was transferred to the Waldorf Lutheran College Foundation.

T. K. Madhava Memorial College is a general degree college located in Nangiarkulangara, Haripad, Kerala. It was established in the year 1964. The college is affiliated to the University of Kerala. This college offers different courses in arts, commerce and science.

The College of Engineering and Management Punnapra is an educational institution established in 2008 under the Co-operative Academy of Professional Education. The College is affiliated to Kerala University and A.P.J Abdul Kalam Technical University and is approved by All India Council for Technical Education .

Mar Gregorios College Punnapra is an educational institution in Punnapra, Alappuzha. The college is affiliated to University of Kerala and owned and managed by the Archdiocese of Changanacherry. The college offers B.A, B.Com and B.CA courses.

Sree Narayana College, Cherthala, is a general degree college located in Cherthala, Alappuzha district, Kerala. It was established in the year 1964. The college is affiliated with Kerala University. This college offers different courses in arts, commerce and science.

St. Anthony College, better known as St. Anthony College of Roxas City, is Catholic school in Roxas City, Capiz, Philippines. It is a non-profit, non-stock educational institution that is owned and managed by the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul. It is the only Catholic Institution in Northern Panay which offers health-related courses.

American InterContinental University South Florida Campus was a location of American InterContinental University, a for-profit university, located at 2250 N. Commerce Parkway, Weston, Florida. The , four-story learning facility featured "modern technology, media equipment, and industry-current learning labs". The campus was closed in 2015.

Shahid Motahari University was built in 1879 by Mirza Hosein Sepahsalar . The university is located in Baharestan square in Tehran, Iran. After the revolution in 1979, Ayatollah Emami-Kashani was appointed as the president of the university. Since then, the university has mostly focused on religious studies and social sciences. It is particularly well-known for its graduate programs in Philosophy, Law, and Islamic Jurisprudence. Admission to the university is only possible through the annual Konkoor.

Dublin Metropolitan University is a privately owned company based in Limassol, Cyprus that markets itself as a university. Desmond Fleming, vice-chancellor of the company, claims to be the 17th Baronet of Killan, a title that Burke's Peerage does not recognize. An Irish newspaper reported in March 2006 that Fleming had formerly been convicted of embezzlement.

Seri Begawan Religious Teachers University College was introduced in August 2007 by Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah. It is the fourth university in Brunei. External links Seri Begawan Religious Teachers University official website

Life Chiropractic College West is a private chiropractic school in Hayward, California, US, known for its Doctor of Chiropractic degree program. Founded as Pacific States Chiropractic College in 1976 by George E. Anderson, the name was changed in 1981 to its current form after a merger with Life Chiropractic College .

Lancashire Adult Learning is an adult education college located in Lancashire, England . Courses offered by the college are aimed primarily at adult learners rather than recent school leavers, and include short courses, weekly courses, ESOL programmes and Functional Skills.

University of Medical Sciences, Ondo is a university of medical sciences in Ondo City, Nigeria, owned by the Ondo State Government, established in 2015. It is the third specialized medical university in Africa and Nigeria's first specialized medical university to be accredited by the National Universities Commission.

People's Ukrainian Academy is a private institution of higher education in Kharkiv. Despite its full name , it is not affiliated with the University of Kharkiv. Campuses and buildings KhUH “PUA” buildings are located in the center of Kharkiv. There is a library with reading halls and more than 160,000 books and periodicals. Within the Center of Information in Science and Humanities there is Media Library, Internet facilities, and a specialized education library. There are also sports and assembly halls, fitness and gymnastic halls, and a sports ground.

Shorter College is a private, historically black, liberal arts junior college in North Little Rock, Arkansas. It is the only private historically black junior college in the United States. Shorter College was founded in 1886 as Bethel University by the Twelfth Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. The college is accredited by the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools and offers associate degrees through its six programs.

Jamia Tur Rasheed, Karachi is an Islamic seminary in Karachi, Pakistan. The seminary was established by Rasheed Ahmad Ludhianvi. It is accredited degree awarding institute by Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training and the Higher Education Commission. The seminary has 36 departments including "Kulyatush Shariyah". It also runs female schools including "Jamia Umm Habībah lil-Banāt", "Jamia Hafsa lil-Banāt" and "Al-Bairuni Girls Secondary School".

Ajeenkya DY Patil University is a private University located in Lohegaon, Pune, Maharashtra, India and belongs to the DY Patil group, a network of educational institutions in India. President Ajeenkya DY Patil is the university's president as well as chairman of Ajeenkya DY Patil Group.

The National Ribat University is a university based in the city of Khartoum, Sudan. The President of the Republic is the sponsor of the university. The University Council is chaired by the Minister of Interior, and the Director General of Sudanese Police Forces is his deputy. The university is ranked 10,402 in the world, third in Sudan. In Sudan, it ranks below the University of Khartoum and the Sudan University of Science and Technology, above Karary University and the International University of Africa.

Madhabdev University is a public state university located in Narayanpur, Assam. The university is established by The Assam Act No. XXXV of 2017 which was passed by the Government of Assam on 7 September 2017. It was created by upgrading Madhavdev College of Narayanpur, North Lakhimpur.

Miami-Jacobs Career College is a for-profit college with locations throughout Ohio. Miami-Jacobs Career College has locations in several Ohio cities: Columbus, Dayton, Sharonville, Springboro, and Troy. The school offers degrees in nursing, cosmetology, healthcare, accounting, criminal justice, and graphic design.

Bangamata Sheikh Fojilatunnesa Mujib Science & Technology University is a government financed public university of Bangladesh. It is the 40th public university of Bangladesh and the first science and technology university in Mymensingh division.

RNB Global University is a private university located at Bikaner, Rajasthan, India. The university was established by the Ram Bajaj Foundation Society through the RNB Global University, Bikaner Act, 2015. The University is spread on a 300-acre campus and offers courses in various disciplines.

Nuh Naci Yazgan University is a university located in Kayseri, Turkey. It was established in 2009. External links Official Website

The Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology is a Roman Catholic seminary in Hales Corners, Wisconsin. It is associated with the Priests of the Sacred Heart, a Catholic religious community of priests and lay brothers founded in France in 1884 and in the US in the early 20th century.

Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad West Coast Talmudical Seminary is a yeshiva college in Los Angeles, California. It is the largest yeshiva college on the West Coast of the United States. The yeshiva also houses a private boys high school accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, called Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad High School.

Benedictine University at Springfield in Springfield, Illinois was a branch campus of Benedictine University, whose main campus is in Lisle, Illinois. It offered accelerated associate, bachelor's and graduate programs through the university's School of Graduate, Adult and Professional Education.

Karagandy State University named after E. A. Buketov is a university in Karagandy, Kazakhstan, founded in 1972. Karaganda State University is the second university in the history of Kazakhstan, and it is one of the largest universities in the country.

NationsUniversity, also known as Nations University or NationsU, is a private Christian university in New Orleans, Louisiana. It only offers distance education and focuses on "the development of faith and the training of Christian leaders around the world." While NationsUniversity's founding faculty and many of the staff are affiliated with the Churches of Christ, NationsUniversity itself is a nondenominational online Christian university, which offers certificates, bachelor's in religious studies, and a master's degree in theological studies, and a Master of Divinity degree.

Stirling Theological College is a former Australian Christian theological college located in Mulgrave, a south eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. History The college was established in 1907 in Carlton, Victoria, by H. G. Harward as the College of the Bible. By 1912, there were "44 students in residence, including two women students". From 1910 to 1988 it was located in Glen Iris. It changed its name to Churches of Christ Theological College in 1989 when it moved to its current location at 44-60 Jacksons Road, Mulgrave and in September 2011 changed its name to Stirling Theological College. Stirling Theological College was named in honour of former graduate and vice-principal, Gordon R.

John Wesley College was the seminary of the Methodist Church of Southern Africa situated at Kilnerton in Pretoria, South Africa. It was most commonly referred to as John Wesley College Kilnerton. It opened at Kilnerton in 1994, and was replaced by the Seth Mokitimi Methodist Seminary, located in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, in January 2009, There is also a John Wesley College in Fiji, South Pacific.

Asian Theological Seminary is a theological seminary in Quezon City, Philippines. Asian Theological Seminary was started in 1969 by Far Eastern Gospel Crusade missionaries, including Dr. Elliot Johnson, now Senior Professor of Bible Exposition at Dallas Theological Seminary.http://www.dts.edu/about/faculty/ejohnson/ and Charles Sell, retired professor of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.

California Christian College in Fresno, California, is a liberal arts college associated with the Free Will Baptist Church. Founded in 1955, the school is a member of the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools (TRACS). California Christian offers a total of 6 degree programs; three bachelor’s of arts and three associate’s of arts degrees spanning the ministry-related fields. Students can also select a minor from psychology or biblical interpretation. The total cost of attending California Christian begins at $9600 per year. The school accepts all forms of state and federal financial aid and loans, and also offers a variety of school-sponsored scholarships.

Institute of Technology is a vocational school operating in California and Oregon. Several career training programs are offered at its four campus locations at Clovis, Modesto, Redding, and Salem, Oregon.

Deganawidah-Quetzalcoatl University or D–Q University was a two-year college located on Road 31 in Yolo County, west of State Route 113 in California. Founded in 1971, it was among the first six tribal colleges and universities in the United States, and the first established in California. It was not affiliated with a single federally recognized tribe or reservation, as are numerous other tribal colleges.

Naharkatiya College is an institution for higher education in Naharkatiya, Assam. Naharkatiya College was established in 1964 at the initiative of the people of the locality. It is in a green and serene atmosphere free from the din and bustle of the town. The college is about three kilometres from Naharkatiya.

South Texas College is a public community college in the Rio Grande Valley region of South Texas. It is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award Bachelor of Applied Technology, Associate of Applied Science, Associate of Arts, and Associate of Science degrees. STC has an enrollment of approximately 31,000 students and a staff of 1,600 working across six campuses. It was created on September 1, 1993, with the passage of Texas Senate Bill 251, the purpose of which was to serve Hidalgo and Starr County.

The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to the establishment of high standards of practice in obstetrics and gynaecology and women’s health. The College has a strong focus on women's health advocacy and trains and accredits doctors throughout Australia and New Zealand in the specialties of obstetrics and gynaecology. Its head office is in Melbourne, Australia. It was founded in 1998, with the amalgamation of the Australian and New Zealand organisations. As of 2018, the College had 2,211 Fellows in Australia an...

Grenada College was a college for women, founded by Baptists, in Grenada, Mississippi in 1850. It opened as Yalobusha Female Institute in 1851 and was also known as the Emma Mercer Institute and the Grenada Female College.

Manor College is a private Catholic college in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania. It offers associate and bachelor's degrees and is best known for its veterinary technician and dental hygiene programs. To give students a hands-on learning experience, the college is home to both a Dental Health Center that serves the local community and a 50 acre farm and fully operational on-campus veterinary laboratories.

Oregon Center for Advanced Technology Education was a school in Hillsboro, Oregon, created by the state of Oregon to improve technology education. Established in 1985, the program was a collaboration of most of Oregon’s public universities. OCATE later was absorbed by Portland State University and discontinued in 2006.

Halifax Community College is a public community college in Weldon, a town in Halifax County in North Carolina. Established in 1967, the college is one of the oldest in the North Carolina Community College System. It offers associate degree programs and continuing education.

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