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Mehr Chand Polytechnic College is a college located in the Jalandhar, Punjab. In 1950, Shri Chanchal Dass, who was working as Principal of Dayanand Polytechnic Institute at Amritsar, took over the college from Shri Hans Raj Kundra. This action led by D.A.V. College Managing Committee led to the technical side of education being established at Jalandhar. In 1952, the institution was shifted to the work centre on the G.T. Later, this building belonging to the Industries Department, Punjab, was purchased by the D.A.V. College, Chanchal Dass and renovated to have the existing building today.

Balseiro Institute is an Argentine academic institution that belongs partially to the National University of Cuyo and partially to the National Atomic Energy Commission. It is located in Bariloche, Río Negro province, Argentina. Notable alumni of this institute include Marcela Carena, Juan Maldacena, Juan Ignacio Galvan and Jorge Pullin.

West Bengal Survey Institute, or WBSI, is a public technical education college located in Bandel, West Bengal. It is affiliated with West Bengal State Council of Technical Education and approved by All India Council For Technical Education . It provides Diploma level technical education to its students in Surveying, Civil Engineering and GIS-GPS Engineering. WBSI was established in 1947 with the intention of providing professional, technical and engineering education.

The University of Jhang is a public university located in Jhang, Punjab, Pakistan. The University of Jhang has been established by the Government, Higher Education Department under the act UNIVERSITY OF JHANG ACT 2010 . A letter was issued by the Higher Education Department to the President of Pakistan for approval and establishing the University of Jhang with minimum of 200 acres land for this project.

Northampton Community College is a public community college in Pennsylvania with campuses in Bethlehem in Northampton County and Tannersville in Monroe County. The college, founded in 1967, also has satellite locations in the south side of Bethlehem and Hawley. The college serves more than 34,000 students a year in credit and non-credit programs.

The Waterford Institute of Technology was an institute of technology, located in Waterford, Ireland. The institute had six constituent schools and offered programmes in business, engineering, science, health sciences, as well as education & humanities.

State University of Economics and Technology , also in the past known as Kryvyi Rih Institute of Economics , located in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine was founded in 1966 as a branch of Donetsk Institute of Soviet Trade. In 1977, it became a branch of Kyiv National Economic University . In 2011, it became part of Kryvyi Rih National University . Then, in 2020 it was finally reestablished as SUET.

Dnipro Medical Institute of Traditional and Nontraditional Medicine is a private University in Dnipro, Ukraine. Overview Dnipro Medical Institute of Conventional and Alternative Medicine, also known as Dnipro Medical Institute of Traditional and Non-Traditional Medicine offers Medicine and Dentistry courses in English for international students.

The Dnipropetrovsk State University of Internal Affairs is a university of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, located in the city of Dnipro. It is a Higher educational institution of the fourth accreditation level.

Kryvyi Rih State Pedagogical University was founded in 1930 as a University of Vocational Training, is the oldest pedagogical institution in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, reorganized in Pedagogical University. In the prewar period the university has trained about 1,000 teachers. in 1999 on the basis of the State Pedagogical University was established Kryvyi Rih State Pedagogical University. The proclamation of the independence of Ukraine in 1991 brought about radical changes in every sphere of University life. In 2011 Cabinet of Ukraine founded Kryvyi Rih National University. It existed for 5 years a...

Wolaita Sodo University is a public university in Wolaita Sodo, South Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia. It is approximately 339 kilometers far from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in southwest direction. It is one of the second generation universities of Ethiopia. The foundation stone of the university laid by Prime Minister Meles Zenawi. The university has three campuses: Gandaba Campus, Otona Campus and Tercha Campus. Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Ethiopian categorized the university under applied institutions.

Northwest College of Art & Design is a private for-profit college in Tacoma, Washington that focuses on the visual arts. The college offer the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. Student enrollment is usually "under 125" in a given academic year. The college is accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges.

The Institute of Science is an institution of postgraduate education and research located in Mumbai, India. It is managed by the Government of Maharashtra and is currently clustered from 2019 batch with the Dr. Homi Bhabha State University. However, previously enrolled batch students will get their degree affiliated to the Mumbai University. It is accredited with an 'A' Grade by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council in March 2014.

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.

The Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology was an institute of technology, located in Galway, Ireland. In April 2022, it was formally dissolved, and its functions were transferred to Atlantic Technological University . Now a constituent institute of ATU, it has facilities in the west of Ireland. GMIT's campuses are located in Galway City, Castlebar, Letterfrack and Mountbellew. GMIT won The Sunday Times Institute of Technology of the Year award in 2004, 2007, 2015 and 2022. GMIT also has a number of specialist research centres and two Innovation Hubs .

The University of Toledo College of Law is the law school at the University of Toledo, and is located on the university's main campus in a residential neighborhood in western Toledo, Ohio. The school is fully accredited by the American Bar Association and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools.

Saint Joseph College of Florida was a college operated by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Florida in St. Augustine and in Jensen Beach, Florida. History 1890–1966 Saint Joseph College of Florida was started in 1890 in St. Augustine as a sisters' college, or sisters' formation college, by the Sisters of St. Joseph, a Roman Catholic teaching order. In 1950, the order bought the Tuckahoe Mansion on Mount Elizabeth, an ancient Native American midden in Jensen Beach and, after adding two dormitory wings to the mansion, moved the college and their novitiate into it. In 1957, the Sisters of St. Joseph...

The Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul is a private non-profit Catholic university. With campuses in the Brazilian cities of Porto Alegre and Viamão, it is the largest private university of the state of Rio Grande do Sul and the first university founded by the Catholic religious institute of the Marist Brothers. PUCRS is considered the best private university of Brazil's Southern Region by the Ministry of Education , and one of the best private universities in the country, with FGV, PUC-Rio and the PUC-SP.

Kaye Academic College of Education , a teacher training college located in Beersheba, Israel. The college was named for Geoffrey Kaye, its chief sponsor. In addition to improving the status of teachers in Israel, the college contributes to educational activities in the Southern region and conducts many projects in the Jewish and Bedouin sectors in conjunction with the Ministry of Education, Beersheva municipality, Ben-Gurion University, regional councils, JOINT and the "SAKTA-RASHI" Foundation.

Chhattisgarh Institute of Medical Sciences is a medical college located in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India. Its situated near the River Arpa. The college posteriorly faced toward the river.Established in 2001, it is affiliated to Pt. Deendayal Upadhyay Memorial Health Sciences and Ayush University of Chhattisgarh and recognized by Medical Council of India.The institute constitutes of a massive college building with 5lecture theaters ,15+ demo rooms, museums, laboratory and research labs. The hospital is 10 meters from the main college building.

C.M. Dubey Postgraduate College or C.M.D. P.G. College is a degree college located in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India. Established in 1956, The college was inaugurated by Pt. Dwarika Prasad Mishra the then Vice Chancellor of the University of Sagar on 31 July 1956. It is affiliated to Bilaspur University.<ref</ref> It is one of the oldest institute of higher education of Chhattisgarh .

Pandit Sundarlal Sharma University Chhattisgarh, Bilaspur is a state university located in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India. It is a state open university offering distance education. History Pandit Sundarlal Sharma University Chhattisgarh, Bilaspur was established by the Chhattisgarh legislature in the 55th year of the republic of India under. The Pandit Sundarlal Sharma University Chhattisgarh Act, 2004. It was named after Sundarlal Sharma, a freedom and social justice fighter of the Chhattisgarh region. Dr. T.D. Sharma joined this university as the first Vice-Chancellor on 2 March 2005 while Dr.

Maharishi University of Management and Technology is a private university was established vide Chhattisgarh Private Universities Act 2018 and received the assent of Hon’ble Governor of C.G. on 13 April 2018 followed by publication of Chhattisgarh Gazette on 17 April 2018. Brahmachari Girish Chandra Varma is the Chancellor, Dr. Pankaj T. Chande is the Vice-Chancellor and Dr. Vijay Kumar Garudik is the Registrar of Maharishi University of Management and Technology.

Government Engineering College, Bilaspur is a Public engineering college located in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India. Established in 1964, it is affiliated to Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekanand Technical University, Bhilai. It is one of four Government Engineering College in Chhattisgarh along with Government Engineering College Raipur and [[Government Engineering College, Jagdalpur][Government Engineering College , Ambikapur]].

Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya is a central University in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India. It is one of Chhattisgarh's largest and oldest institutions of higher education. Established under Central Universities Act 2009, No. 25 of 2009.

Govt. E. Raghvendra Rao P.G. Science College, Bilaspur or P.G.Science College, Bilaspur is a college located in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India. It is an Autonomous College under Atal Bihari Vajpayee Vishwavidyalaya, Bilaspur.

Louisiana State University of Alexandria is a public college in Alexandria, Louisiana. It offers undergraduate degrees in numerous disciplines. The university is a unit of the LSU System and operates under the auspices of the Louisiana Board of Regents. As of fall 2017, LSUA had an enrollment of 3,378 students which is recorded as the highest in the university's history. The institution is located on the grounds of the former Oakland Plantation some eight miles south of downtown Alexandria. The campus boasts many majestic oaks dating from the nineteenth century.

The American College of Financial Services is a private online university focused on professional training for financial practitioners and located in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. It offers several professional certifications and master's degrees. Annually, The American College educates approximately 40,000 students, mainly through distance education. The institution was founded as The American College of Life Underwriters in 1927 by Solomon S. Huebner of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Huebner was a professional involved in the development of economic theory. His theory of human life value is used in the field of insurance.

Netaji Subhas University , formerly Netaji Subhas Institute of Business Management , is a private university at Pokhari on the outskirts of Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India. History The university was approved by the Jharkhand cabinet on 18 July 2018 and the Bill for its establishment was summarily passed on 21 July. The university was formally established in September 2018 under Netaji Subhas University Act, 2018 and was inaugurated in October 2018. It is the second private university in the Kolhan division, following Arka Jain University.

Nottingham College is one of the largest further education and higher education colleges in the United Kingdom. Based in the city of Nottingham in England, it provides education and training from pre-entry through to university-degree level at its 10 centres in the city and around Nottinghamshire.

The Ducal Georgianum is a theological seminary of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich in Germany. It was founded in 1494. Pope Benedict XVI studied at the Seminary until 1951. External links http://www.roehrner.de/georgianum

Herzing University is a private, non-profit university with multiple locations throughout the United States, including an Online division. The university offers associate, bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees in addition to certificates and diplomas across several key program areas, including nursing and healthcare, behavioral health, business, and technology.

Woodbrooke Study Centre is a Quaker college in Selly Oak, Birmingham, England. The only Quaker Study Centre in Europe, it was founded by George Cadbury in 1903 and occupies his former home on the Bristol Road. Woodbrooke's first Director of Studies was the biblical scholar J. Rendel Harris. Other early staff included Horace Gundry Alexander and Leyton Richards, a prominent pacifist who was appointed as Warden in 1916.

Richard Bland College is a public junior college associated with the College of William & Mary and located in Prince George County, Virginia. Richard Bland College was established in 1960 by the Virginia General Assembly as a branch of the College of William and Mary under the umbrella of "the Colleges of William and Mary". The "Colleges" system lasted two years. Although the other three institutions such as Christopher Newport founded as colleges of William and Mary became independent colleges and later universities, Richard Bland has continued as a junior college of the College of William and Mary.

Sri Guru Ram Das University of Health Sciences, Sri Amritsar is an institute of higher education in medicine and related health sciences. It was established in 2016 at Sri Amritsar, Punjab and it is named after the fourth Sikh Guru, Sri Guru Ram Das Ji. It was conferred the status of State University under the Punjab Private University Policy Act 2010, established under Punjab Act no. 43 of 2016.

King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences is a public university with its main campus in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and branch campuses in Jeddah and al-Mubarraz. It was established in 2005 by Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdulaziz as an academic institute specializing health sciences and is named after King Saud bin Abdulaziz, the ruler of Saudi Arabia between 1953 and 1964.

Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz , also known as the Casimir the Great University, is a state-funded university in Bydgoszcz, Poland. It was named after Casimir III the Great , the King of Poland who granted the city municipal rights on 19 April 1346.

The University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences is a private for-profit health sciences university headquartered in San Marcos, California. It was founded in 1979 as the Institute of Physical Therapy. It has campuses in San Marcos and in St. Augustine, Florida; Miami, Florida; Austin, Texas; and Dallas, Texas. The university is owned by the private equity firm Altas Partners.

Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship is a private business school with three fully residential campuses, in Bangalore, Kochi and Chennai, all in India. XIME is currently being led by Anil J Philip as the President. The Institute pioneered the Association of BRICS Business Schools which is a platform for management education in Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.

Weißensee Academy of Art Berlin, also known as Berlin-Weissensee Art Academy, School of Art and Design Berlin-Weissensee is a non-profit, public art school in Berlin-Weißensee, Berlin, Germany, founded in 1946. The student enrollment is around 850 students in 2021.

Hooghly Madrasah is one of the oldest educational institute in West Bengal. It was established by a renowned philanthropist of Bengal, Haji Muhammad Mohsin. History Haji Muhammad Mohsin a renowned philanthropist of Bengal, donated all his properties for the Muslim community in 1806 by establishing a waqf . Five years after his death, ‘Madrasa-e-Mahsania’ was established on the bank of Ganges at Chinchura town. This madrasa was later came to be known as Hooghly Madrasa. Hooghly Mahsin College was established in 1836 by `Mohsin Endowment Fund’ and Hooghly Madrasa was administered by the college.

The Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila is a city-government-funded local university situated inside the historic walled area of Intramuros, Manila, Philippines. It was established on June 19, 1965, and opened on July 17, 1967, to 556 scholars, all coming from the top ten percent of graduates of Manila's public high schools.

Northwest Indian College is a public tribal land-grant community college in Bellingham, Washington. It was established by the Lummi Nation and is the only accredited tribal college or university serving reservation communities of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho.

Ganesh Lal Agrawal College, established in 1954, is a general degree college in Medininagar, Jharkhand. It offers undergraduate courses in arts, commerce and sciences. It is affiliated to Nilamber-Pitamber University.

St. Louis Christian College in Florissant, Missouri, was founded in 1956. St. Louis is accredited by the Association for Biblical Higher Education (ABHE). St. Louis offers 7 bachelor’s degree programs and 2 associate’s degree programs for traditional students. There are also 4 online degree programs and 7 continuing education programs. All of the programs at St. Louis are geared toward preparing students to enter a ministry-related field. Tuition at St. Louis begins at $13,280 per year for a traditional student seeking a bachelor’s degree. Room and board is an additional $7,210 per year. Spiritual growth is a main focus for students and faculty at St.

The University of Gondar, until 2003 known as the Gondar College of Medical Sciences, is the oldest medical school in Ethiopia. Established as the Public Health College in 1954, it is located in Gondar, in Amhara Region of Ethiopia. In 2010, the university offered 42 undergraduate and 17 postgraduate programs.

Debre Markos University is a public research university in Debre Markos, Amhara Region, Ethiopia. It was established in 2005 and has been growing fast. Overview Debre Markos University is a public research university in Debre Markos, Ethiopia. DMU is located in the area endowed with pleasant weather, abundant natural resources including Choke Mountains water-shade which covers six different agro-ecology zones within radius with various bio-diversity and the source of many tributaries to the Nile, and Upper Blue Nile Gorge. DMU was established in January 2005. Two years later, DMU started th...

Tabor College is a private Mennonite college in Hillsboro, Kansas. It is owned and operated by the U.S. Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches and adheres to Anabaptist doctrine. There were 594 students enrolled at the Tabor College Hillsboro campus for the Fall 2014 semester. Total enrollment, including the Tabor College School of Adult and Graduate Studies in Wichita, was 766.

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