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The Catholic University of Mozambique is a university in Mozambique. The university was founded on August 10, 1996, by the Mozambican conference of Bishops. The university currently has locations in Beira, Chimoio, Cuamba, Nampula, Pemba, Quelimane and Tete. One of the intentions was to make higher education available to central and northern Mozambique. At the time, higher education in Mozambique was only available in the capital, Maputo. The rector is Prof. Dr. Padre Alberto Ferreira.

Chaminade University of Honolulu is a private Marianist university in Honolulu, Hawaii. Founded in 1955 by the Society of Mary, Chaminade is located in Kaimuki, Honolulu at the base of St. Louis Heights. Chaminade offers bachelor's degrees in 23 fields of study and 5 master's degree programs. Chaminade University is accredited by the WASC Senior College and University Commission.

Omdurman Islamic University is built on an area of size about 800 feddans in Omdurman, Sudan. While the school is primarily oriented toward Islamic studies, it serves other fields of studies as well, such as Engineering, Agriculture and Medicine. Omdurman Islamic University is a member of the Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World.

Estrella Mountain Community College is a public community college in Avondale, Arizona. The college has been serving the Southwest Valley community since 1990 and at the Avondale campus since 1992. Estrella Mountain is one of the ten Maricopa Community College District that provides educational opportunities and workforce training to the burgeoning western metropolitan Phoenix population of more than 285,000 residents.

Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University is a university in Ga-Rankuwa, Gauteng Province, South Africa. Its current incarnation was formed on 1 January 2015. Previously it was known as Medical University of South Africa and later as a campus of the University of Limpopo. It is named after South African ANC leader Sefako Makgatho. Since its name-change, students have colloquially referred to the institution using the acronym of its current name in a similar fashion to manner in which they used the acronym "MEDUNSA" to refer to the institution prior to the change of name.

Patan Academy of Health Sciences is an autonomous, not-for-profit, public institution of higher education established in 2064 B.S. with the charter granted by the Parliament of Nepal. The stated aim of the PAHS is to work in close partnership with the national health system to improve the health care services in the remote/rural areas primarily through producing technically competent and socially responsible health care workers. Currently PAHS has been running School of Medicine and School of Nursing and aims to run School of Public Health in near future. PAHS MBBS curriculum focuses on holistic care of individual and community.

Cirencester College is a sixth form college based in the town of Cirencester in the South Cotswolds. It is a specialist sixth form provider serving communities in Gloucestershire, South Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Oxfordshire. Cirencester College offers a wide choice of qualifications including A-levels, the new T-levels In addition to vocational training, the college has a good track-record of sending students on to higher education at a range of universities, apprenticeships and straight into employment.

The National University of Science and Technology is the second largest public research university in Zimbabwe, located in Bulawayo. It was established in 1991. On 8 April 1991, NUST opened for the first time with 270 students in three faculties. The number of academic staff was 28.

Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, also called UNIZIK or NAU in short is a federal university in Nigeria. It consists of two campuses in Anambra State. Its main campus is in Awka , while its other campus is in Nnewi. There are also other campuses of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. These include Agulu in Aniocha local government area and Ifite-Ogwuari in Ayamelum local government area in Anambra State. This makes Nnamdi Azikiwe University to operate in the three Senatorial Districts in Anambra State, Nigeria having Awka campus, in Anambra Central Senatorial District, Nnewi in Anambra North Senatorial District and Ifite-Ogwuari in Anambra North Senatorial District, respectively.

Rajasthan Technical University is an affiliating university in Kota in the state of Rajasthan, India. It was established in 2006 by the Government of Rajasthan to enhance technical education in the state. It has many affiliated colleges under its umbrella.

The Northern University is a private non profit university funded by EDR Trust, located in Nowshera Cantonment, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The inauguration of the university was done by the President of Northern University General Sawar Khan. Its main campus is located at Wattar Walai Ziarat, Kaka Sahib Road, Nowshera

The University of the Andes , also commonly self-styled as Uniandes, is a private research university located in the city centre of Bogotá, Colombia. Founded in 1948 by a group of Colombian intellectuals led by Mario Laserna Pinzón, it was the first Colombian university established as nonsectarian .

Shawsheen Valley Regional Vocational Technical High School is located in Billerica, Massachusetts, United States. "Shawsheen Tech", or "Shaw Tech" is a public high school serving 5 towns: Burlington, Wilmington, Bedford, Tewksbury and Billerica make up most of the student body.

Lead City University is a private university in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. History The university submitted its application to the National Universities Commission the year 2002. The Standing Committee on Private Universities conducted the verification and the final assessment visits in August and September, 2003, respectively. At the end of the assessment visits, SCOPU reported that the profile of the Proprietor of Lead City University confirmed that it has the capacity and resources to establish a private university. Thereafter, the university was "approved for immediate take off" by the B...

Ludong University is a provincial public university in Yantai, Shandong, China. Founded in 1958, the institution was first known as Yantai Teachers Speciality School and since 1984 as Yantai Normal University . The institution was granted the university status in 2006. Ludong University offers 48 majors in arts and sciences.

The University of Northern Philippines is a university in Barangay Tamag, in the City of Vigan in the province of Ilocos Sur, Philippines. It is the first and oldest state university in Northern Luzon which offers low tuition fee, tracing its roots to 1906, which is older than the University of the Philippines by two years. It is the only state university in the province aimed for less-fortunate people and one of three state-owned educational institutions of higher learning operating in Ilocos Sur .

Holyoke Community College is a public community college in Holyoke, Massachusetts. It offers associate degrees and certificate programs, as well as a transfer program for students to earn credits for transfer to other colleges. It was the first community college established in Massachusetts, as it was founded by the city's school board in 1946, while others were subsequently chartered under state jurisdiction after 1960.

Assam Women's University is a public university located in Jorhat, Assam, India. It was established by the Assam Women's University Act, 2013 by the Assam Government. It is the first women's university in Assam.

Christendom College is a Roman Catholic liberal arts college founded in 1977 in Front Royal, Virginia, United States, located in the Shenandoah Valley. History Founding Christendom College was founded by Warren H. Carroll, a contributor at L. Brent Bozell Jr.'s Triumph magazine. Carroll decided not to accept federal funding at the college, choosing instead to rely on benefactors. Similar to the reasonings at Hillsdale College, Carroll believed that the government might eventually intrude on Christendom's academic and religious freedom.

Slobomir P University is a private university located in Slobomir, near the city of Bijeljina, in the Republika Srpska part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was founded by Slobodan Pavlović, founder of Slobomir.

Southwestern Christian University is a private Pentecostal university in Bethany, Oklahoma. It was founded in 1946 as Southwestern Bible College in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and was the first Pentecostal educational institution in the state. While it was established as a Bible college for the training of Christian church leaders within the International Pentecostal Holiness Church, the denomination planned to quickly expand the school into a junior college.

Bennett College is a private historically black liberal arts college for women in Greensboro, North Carolina. It was founded in 1873 as a normal school to educate freedmen and train both men and women as teachers. Originally coed, in 1926 it became a four-year women's college. It is one of two historically black colleges that enroll only women, the other being Spelman College.

Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology is situated in Udaipur city of Rajasthan state in India. The government of Rajasthan founded this university by the bifurcation of Rajasthan Agriculture University, Bikaner on 1 November 1999. Since then it has been the principal academic institution supporting mainly south and south-eastern parts of Rajasthan, taking the national responsibility of identifying, designing, preparing and adapting new techniques in the field of production technology for agricultural development. Its jurisdiction is spread over 7 districts of Rajasthan: Bans...

Kuyper College is a ministry-focused Christian leadership college in Grand Rapids, Michigan that educates and trains Christian leaders for ministry and service. Through the integration of an academic curriculum and a Reformed worldview, they provide students who desire a biblical and academic college experience with the opportunity to live life through the filter of scripture.

The Hochschule für Musik Saar is a conservatory of music in Saarbrücken, Germany and dates back to 1947. From 1994 until 2002, it was named Hochschule des Saarlandes für Musik und Theater . Since 2012, the rector is Prof. Wolfgang Mayer. As of 2019, approximately 450 students are enrolled and taught by 150 teachers in courses and classes for musicians and music teachers.

Nebraska Wesleyan University is a private Methodist-affiliated university in Lincoln, Nebraska. It was founded in 1887 by Nebraska Methodists. As of 2017, it had approximately 2,100 students including 1,500 full-time students and 300 faculty and staff. The university has 119 undergraduate majors, minors, and pre-professional programs in addition to three graduate programs.

Ukrainian Academy of Banking of the National Bank of Ukraine is a state-owned higher educational institution within the system of the National Bank of Ukraine of the IVth level of accreditation. It is located in the city of Sumy, in the north-eastern part of Ukraine.

Feather River College is a community college in Quincy, California. The school serves an annual full-time enrolled student body of approximately 1,500 students. History Feather River College was established in 1968 to support the need for higher education in rural Plumas County. In April 1971 Feather River College moved from its temporary site at the Plumas County Fairgrounds in Quincy to its present location. Feather River College's petition to de-annex from the Peralta Community College District was granted in July 1988 and Feather River College became an independent, locally controlled co...

The Central Philippines State University , also referred to by its acronym CPSU, is a public higher education institution in the Philippines. Its main campus is located in Kabankalan, Negros Occidental, and has 9 other satellite campuses in different cities and municipalities in the province.

The University of South Carolina Aiken is a public university in Aiken, South Carolina. It is part of the University of South Carolina System and offers undergraduate degree programs as well as master's degrees. Additional graduate courses and degree programs are offered through the University of South Carolina Extended Graduate Campus program. The University of South Carolina Aiken awards baccalaureate degrees in more than 30 major areas of study including the bachelor of science in business administration online through Palmetto College.

The Academy of Performing Arts in Prague is a university in the centre of Prague, Czech Republic, specialising in the study of music, dance, drama, film, television and multi-media. It is the largest art school in the Czech Republic, with more than 350 educators and researchers, and 1500 students.

Université de Hearst is a public French-language university with its main campus in Hearst, Ontario, Canada. The university has additional campuses in Timmins and Kapuskasing. For most of its history, Hearst was an affiliated school of Laurentian University in Sudbury. It was rechartered as an independent institution on April 1, 2022 following the 2021 Laurentian University financial crisis.

Platt College San Diego was a private for-profit college in San Diego, California. The college's academic programs focused on digital design. Platt College San Diego was accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges . The college ceased offering classes in 2023, citing "rising costs since the pandemic, low enrollments, and not being able to renew the lease".

Mapúa University , also known simply as Mapúa or MU, is a private research-oriented non-sectarian university located in Metro Manila, Philippines. The university was founded in 1925 by the first registered Filipino architect, Tomás Mapúa, a graduate of Cornell University in New York, US. In 2000, the university was acquired by the Yuchengco Group of Companies.

Southwest Baptist University is a private Baptist university in Bolivar, Missouri. It is affiliated with the Missouri Baptist Convention, which is part of the Southern Baptist Convention. In 2019, it had a total enrollment of 3,280 students attending at one of SBU's four Missouri campuses in Bolivar, Mountain View, Salem, or Springfield.

Central Luzon State University is a state university on a 658-hectare campus in Muñoz, Nueva Ecija, Philippines. It is the lead agency of the Muñoz Science Community and the seat of the Regional Research and Development Center in Central Luzon. To date, CLSU is one of the premiere institutions for agriculture in the Philippines and in Southeast Asia known for its research in aquaculture, ruminants, crops, orchard, and water management. It has also been placed between the sixth and the twenty-first spot for the most academically-excellent university in the country for various years, surpassing most schools in Metro Manila.

The Federal College of Education, Katsina is a federal government higher education institution located in Katsina, Katsina State, Nigeria. It is affiliated to Bayero University Kano for its degree programmes. The current Provost is Aliyu Idris Funtua.

Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences is the higher education establishment in Valmiera, Latvia. It was founded in 1996 and now it has around 800 students. History Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences was founded in 1996 to promote economic, political and social development of the area. In 2001 it changed its status from a regional governmental institution to a state educational institution. Later in 2004 it introduced two master's degree study programmes. In October 2013 it received the Green Flag award, becoming the first institution of higher education in the Baltic states to hold international Eco university status.

The Cleveland Institute of Music is a private music conservatory in Cleveland, Ohio. The school was founded in 1920 by a group of supporters led by Martha Bell Sanders and Mary Hutchens Smith, with Ernest Bloch serving as its first director. CIM enrolls 325 students in the conservatory and approximately 1,500 students in the preparatory and continuing education programs. There are typically about 100 openings per year for which 1,000-1,200 prospective students apply.

University of Kyrenia is the first university of Northern Cyprus specializing on maritime studies was established in 2013 in Kyrenia. There are now 12 faculties, 3 vocational schools, 3 graduate schools and an academy, in total 58 programs.

Columbia College is a public community college in Sonora, California. Established in September 1968 as Columbia Junior College, the college dropped "Junior" from its name in 1978. It is accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges.

The Namibia University of Science and Technology , formerly known as Polytechnic of Namibia, is a public university located in the city of Windhoek, Namibia. Andrew Niikondo is its acting vice-chancellor. NUST was headed by the founding vice-chancellor Tjama Tjivikua until March 2019. After two acting appointments, Erold Naomab was appointed vice-chancellor in January 2021. The largely ceremonial role of chancellor of the university is held by Peter Katjavivi.

Pyay Technological University , in Pyay, is one of three senior engineering universities in Myanmar. It offers bachelor's and master's degree programs in architecture and engineering disciplines. The university draws most of its student body from Lower Myanmar, outside Yangon Division.

The University of Computer Studies, Pyay , is a university in Pyay, Bago Region, Myanmar, offering courses in computer science and information technology. Background History University of Computer Studies, Pyay is a government funded university located in Pyay, Bago Region with an emphasis is on computer engineering at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Founded in 2004 as a Government Computer College and during the first year of GCC only computer application trainings were offered. Starting from 2005, undergraduate student admissions have begun. In 2007, Government Computer College became a university named Computer University .

Presbyterian College is a private Presbyterian liberal arts college in Clinton, South Carolina. History Presbyterian College was founded in 1880 by William Plumer Jacobs. He had served as the pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Clinton since 1864 and founded the Thornwell Orphanage. Originally called Clinton College, its first class graduated in 1883. In establishing PC, his "tree of knowledge", Jacobs' goal was to educate young people for lives of service to church and society, and thereby be, in his words, "epistles to Christ's honor and glory".

The Federal Polytechnic Damaturu is a federal government higher education institution located in Damaturu, Yobe State, Nigeria. The current acting Rector is Usman M. Kallamu. History The Federal Polytechnic Damaturu was established in 1992.

The Umar Suleiman College of Education is a state government higher education institution located in Gashua, Yobe State, Nigeria. It is affiliated with the University of Maiduguri for its degree programmes. The current Provost is Dr. Abdurahman Danladi.

Mitchell Community College is a public community college with its main campus in Statesville, North Carolina and a second campus in Mooresville, North Carolina. It is part of the North Carolina Community College System.

Maharaja Chhatrasal Bundelkhand University is a state university in Chhatarpur, India. Affiliated colleges The institution affiliates the colleges of Chhatarpur district and other neighbouring districts like Damoh, Panna, Sagar, Tikamgarh and Niwari.

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