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Agusan del Sur College is an educational institution offering kindergarten to college courses in Bayugan, Agusan del Sur, Philippines. It was founded in 1966 by Inocencio P. Angeles and Clarita J. Angeles.
The Pentecostal Theological Seminary is a private Christian seminary in Cleveland, Tennessee. While part of the educational ministry of the Church of God, the school accepts students of other denominations, particularly those interested in its emphasis on Wesleyan/Holiness theology and Pentecostal spirituality. It has trained ministers since 1975.
Mata Sundri College for Women also shortly known as Mata Sundari College is a constituent college of University of Delhi. The college was founded in 1967 by Delhi Sikhs Gurudwara Management Committee. At present 4000+ students are enrolled in various Certificate, Diploma, undergraduate and Postgraduate courses available in the college. The college is located in the central Delhi and comes under the jurisdiction of the North Campus of University of Delhi. It is named after Mata Sundari, wife of tenth Sikh guru Guru Gobind Singh and is located adjacent to Mata Sundri Gurdwara.
Sri Aurobindo College is a constituent college of the University of Delhi in India. It was established in year 1972, which was the birth centenary year of the philosopher, patriot-poet, Sri Aurobindo. The college is situated in South Delhi in Malviya Nagar, in the vicinity of Qutab Minar, Sri Aurobindo Ashram, IIT , NCERT and Qutab Institutional Area.
Kirori Mal College is a constituent college of the University of Delhi. It is ranked 2nd best college for Political Science and 6th best college for Chemistry in India according to India Today 2023 College Ranking . It has also been ranked 9th best college in India according to Central Ministery NIRF ranking 2023 i.e 4th among the top colleges of University Of Delhi. According to NIRF it has invested Rs 363,30,91,509 in year 2021-22 for salaries of teaching and non-teaching staff due to which it has one of the best faculties and facilities all over India. Established in 1954, it is located in the North Campus of the university in New Delhi, India.
Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College is a constituent college of the University of Delhi. It was established in 1951, and offers courses for science, commerce and arts in India. SGTB Khalsa college is ranked among the best colleges of the Delhi University. In 2018, the highest admission cut-off was 99.66 per cent for B.Sc. in Electronics in SGTB Khalsa College. In the humanities stream, Khalsa College had set the highest cut-off at 99 per cent for BA in Political Science.
The College of Vocational Studies is a constituent college of the University of Delhi. It is a co-educational college founded in 1972 with emphasis on vocational education to bridge the gap between traditional university education, through courses in French, German and Spanish languages, Post Graduate Diploma in Tourism and Post Graduate Diploma in Book Publishing.
Motilal Nehru College is one of the largest constituent colleges of the University of Delhi. It awards degrees under the purview of the university and offers courses in science, humanities and commerce disciplines at the undergraduate level. There is also an evening college operating in the same campus premises called Motilal Nehru College Evening.
Gargi College is one of the top colleges affiliated to the University of Delhi. It was established in the year 1967 and offers education in Arts and Humanities, Commerce, Science and Education for women. Gargi College has been honoured with Star College Status by Department of Biotechnology, Government of India.
Aryabhatta College is a NAAC accredited A+ college fully maintained by University of Delhi and named after the ancient Indian mathematician Aryabhatta. The college is located in South Delhi at Benito Juarez Marg, Delhi, South Campus. It awards degrees under the University of Delhi and offers 15 courses at the undergraduate level in humanities, commerce and science streams. There are around 2200 students on the rolls of the college.
Maryland University of Integrative Health , formerly the Tai Sophia Institute, is a private graduate school of alternative medicine in Laurel, Maryland. It is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education and has an academic and clinical focus on whole person, relationship-centered healthcare.
Parvatibai Chowgule College of Arts & Science is Goa's first and only autonomous college with NAAC A+ Grade college based in the South Goa district Headquarters of Margao, on the west coast of India.
Uttar Pradesh Rajarshi Tandon Open University is a public university in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is named after Rajarshi Purushottam Das Tandon. Academics Academic programmes List of courses offered by university are as under:First Degree ProgrammesPost Graduate ProgrammesGeneral Diploma ProgrammeCertificate ProgrammeComputer ProgrammesVocational ProgrammesProfessional ProgrammesAwareness ProgrammesAdult & Continuing Education ProgrammesResearch Programme
Ridley College, briefly also known as Ridley Melbourne, is a Christian theological college in the parklands of central Melbourne in the Australian state of Victoria. Established in 1910, it has an evangelical foundation and outlook and is affiliated with the Australian College of Theology and the Anglican Church of Australia. The college offers on-campus and distance learning and provides training for various Christian ministries in a range of contexts.
Filamer Christian University is a private Baptist Christian university located in Roxas City, Capiz, Philippines. It is affiliated with the Convention of Philippine Baptist Churches. History The university has its origins in the founding of Capiz Home School in 1904 by Rev. and Mrs. Joseph Robbins with the help of the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society. In 1952, it took the name of Filamer Christian Institute and Filamer Christian College in 1985. It became a university in 2010.
Lutheran Brethren Seminary is an institute of theological higher education of the Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America , located in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. It shares its campus with the denominational headquarters of the CLBA and the denomination’s high school, Hillcrest Lutheran Academy. The seminary’s primary mission is to train and equip pastors, missionaries, and Christian lay workers for ministry in the Church of the Lutheran Brethren and other church bodies.
Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Mangalore was founded in 1987 and recognised by the Dental Council of India in 1992 and by the Malaysian Dental Council in 2003. It was certified for ISO9001:2000 in 2006 and was re-certified for ISO9001:2008 in 2009. The college is a part of Manipal University. The college offers undergraduate and postgraduate programme.
University College was established in 1868 in Mangalore city of Karnataka in India. The campus is situated on an eight-acre land at Hampankatta in Mangalore. This college became a constituent college of Mangalore University on 7 March 1993. It is among the 19 colleges chosen by the University Grants Commission for 'heritage status' across the country.
NITTE, officially NITTE , is an institute of higher education located in Derlakatte, Mangalore, India. It is formed under the Trust of NITTE, a trust sponsored by Nitte Education Trust which has established 31 institutions spread in three campuses at Nitte, Mangalore and Bangalore.
The Dr. Emilio B. Espinosa Sr. Memorial State College of Agriculture and Technology is the lone state college in the province of Masbate. Its main campus is located at Cabitan, Mandaon, Masbate, while its off campus learning site is located at Cawayan, Masbate.
The Northeastern College is a public, non-sectarian, coeducational secondary and higher education institution located in Santiago City, Philippines. The College offers a range of degrees at both graduate and post-graduate level.
Annasaheb Awate Arts, Commerce & Hutatma Babu Genu Science College, is an undergraduate and postgraduate, coeducational college situated in Mancher, Pune district, Maharashtra. It was established in the year 1966. The college is affiliated with Pune University.
Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary is a post-secondary school that trains men to become pastors for the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod . It is located in Mequon, Wisconsin. The campus consists of 22 buildings, including a library that has over 58,000 volumes and a collection of rare pre-18th century theological books.
The Royal School of Needlework is a hand embroidery school in the United Kingdom, founded in 1872 and based at Hampton Court Palace since 1987. History The RSN began as the School of Art Needlework in 1872, founded by Lady Victoria Welby. The first president was Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, Queen Victoria's third daughter, known to the RSN as Princess Helena. She received help from William Morris and many of his friends in the Arts and Crafts movement. The School received its royal prefix in March 1875 when Queen Victoria consented to become its first patron. It was also an inspiration to Dora Wemyss, who founded the Wemyss School of Needlework in Scotland in its image.
Marymount College was a four-year liberal arts college located in Salina, Kansas that opened in 1922 as a women's college. It was operated by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Concordia, Kansas. The original college was a three-story building that overlooked the Smoky Hill River. The single building on its campus dominated the eastern edge of the city.
Salina Normal University, sometimes called Salina Normal College, was an independent coeducational normal school established in 1884 in Salina, Kansas, United States. It offered collegiate, normal, business, science, and fine arts courses.
Sioux Empire College, also known as SEC0, was a community college located near the north side of the town of Hawarden in Sioux County, Iowa. The school was founded in 1965; and, first semester was held in the fall of 1967. The college was closed in May 1985.
Nahata Jogendranath Mondal Smriti Mahavidyalaya, established in 1985, is a general degree college in Nahata. it is affiliated to West Bengal State University . Departments Arts and Commerce BengaliEnglishPolitical ScienceHistorySanskritGeographyEducationCommercePhysical EducationEconomicsMusicPhilosophyDefence StudiesSociology
Dalla Lana School of Public Health is the school of public health at the University of Torontoin Mexico. It was founded in 1927, and was home for 50 years to Connaught Laboratories, a manufacturer of vaccines, insulin, and many other pharmaceutical products. Having grown to be the largest cluster of public health scholars in Canada, the school was revitalized in 2008 with the support of a major gift from the Dalla Lana family.
The Carlo Cattaneo University is a proprietary, for-profit university located in Castellanza, Italy. History and profile It was founded in 1991, by around 300 entrepreneurs, as a joint venture between Italian corporations who provided the initial funding and continued to provide support and guidance under the seal of the Industrial Association of the Province of Varese . The university, housed in a restored nineteenth century cotton mill, is organized into three Faculties . The university is named after Carlo Cattaneo, a nineteenth-century local thinker and economist. Evolution of course offe...
The IIE MSA, formerly known as Monash South Africa, is a university located in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. The Managing Director at IIE MSA is currently Louise Wiseman. History The IIE MSA was founded in 2001 as Monash South Africa by Monash University, an Australian university named after a civil engineer, John Monash.
İstanbul Kültür University is one of the many private universities located in Istanbul, Turkey. It has a total of four campuses all in close proximity to each other in the western part of Istanbul. The three campuses are located in Şirinevler, İncirli, Basın Ekspres and Ataköy This non-profit University was founded in 1997; its Industrial Engineering started in the 1997–98 academic year. The university has five schools and two vocational schools. In 2009, Global Political Trends Center, a policy oriented research institution, was founded under the auspices of the university.
The University of Arizona Global Campus is a public online university affiliated with the University of Arizona. The university announced a deal to acquire Ashford University in 2020 and completed the acquisition of the institution three years later.
Northpoint Bible College and Seminary is a private Pentecostal Bible college and seminary in Haverhill, Massachusetts. The college's sole purpose is to teach and train students for Pentecostal ministry for the spread of the Christian gospel. It offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in Biblical Studies and Practical Theology.
Khaki University was a Canadian overseas educational institution set up and managed by the general staff of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in Britain 1917–19 during the First World War. The system, named for the khaki-coloured uniforms of the CEF, was set up by the efforts of Henry Marshall Tory and Edmund Henry Oliver and was supported by the Young Men's Christian Association . This university with makeshift colleges mainly in central England provided education on a range of subjects to more than 50,000 soldiers and the certificates given were accepted by Canadian universities. The term w...
The Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia is a Haredi Litvish yeshiva in the Overbrook neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Its heads of school are Rabbi Shmuel Kamenetsky, Rabbi Shimon Yehudah Svei and Rabbi Sholom Kaminetsky.
Ner Israel Rabbinical College , also known as NIRC and Ner Yisroel, is a Haredi yeshiva in Pikesville, Maryland. It was founded in 1933 by Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchok Ruderman, a disciple of Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel , dean of the Slabodka yeshiva in Lithuania. Rabbi Aharon Feldman, a disciple of Rabbi Ruderman and a member of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah of America, became its head in 2021.
Rajnagar Mahavidyalaya, established in 2009, is an undergraduate general and honours degree college in Rajnagar, in Birbhum district. It offers undergraduate courses in arts. It is affiliated to University of Burdwan.
ITMO University is a state-supported National Research University in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It consists of 4 schools, 17 faculties, and 7 research institutes. As of 2021, the total number of students is above 13,400, with over 2,900 being foreign nationals.
The College of Natural Resources, Royal University of Bhutan is a college offering courses on natural resources management, that include organic agriculture, animal science, environment and climate, food science and technology, forest science and sustainable development The college is located in Lobesa, Punakha District, in central west Bhutan. The college campus is spread over on the eastern slope of Lobesa and is about away from the Paro International Airport.
B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences , is a Nepalese autonomous health sciences university. It is located in the sub-metropolitan city of Dharan in Sunsari District. The Institute is a Nepal-India cooperation. The Institute serves the health education needs of the eastern region of Nepal at primary, secondary and tertiary levels.
Rose–Hulman Institute of Technology is a private university in Terre Haute, Indiana. Founded in 1874 in Terre Haute, Rose-Hulman is one of the United States' few undergraduate-focused engineering and technology universities. Though it started with only 3 bachelor's degree programs, Rose-Hulman has since grown to 12 academic departments with over 30 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in science, engineering, technology, and engineering management, leading to bachelor's and master's degrees. Rose-Hulman's curriculum focuses on both career preparation and undergraduate-driven research in STEM-fields.
Assumption University also referred to by its acronym AU is a private, Catholic, research higher education institution in Bangkok, Thailand administered by the Brothers of St. Gabriel. History Assumption University originated from Assumption Commercial College in 1969 as an autonomous higher education institution under the name of Assumption School of Business. It adopted the name from the precedent school "Assumption College" given by Rev. Fr. Emile August Colombet, a French missionary in Siam, in 1885.
GLA University is a private university in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. It has been declared fit to receive central assistance under Section 12B of UGC Act, 1956 after proper assessment for the same by the UGC. It is recognized by University Grants Commission , NCTE and Pharmacy Council of India. It has been accredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council with ‘A+’ Grade.
Sachdeva Institute of Technology is an educational institute in India. There are four major schools in the organization: SIT- Sachdeva Institute of Technology, SP - Sachdeva Polytechnic, SIE - Sachdeva Institute of Education, SIS - and Sachdeva International School. The institute offers bachelor of technology degrees, as well as MBAs and B.Eds. Branches among others include computer science, electronics and communication, mechanical engineering, and electrical engineering. The school is associated with the Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University in Lucknow.
Sanskriti University is a private university located in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India. Academics Like all private universities in India, the university recognized by the University Grants Commission and by the local government.
The Ana G. Méndez University is a private university system with its main campus in San Juan, Puerto Rico that participates in the Puerto Rico Space Grant Consortium. Campuses The Ana G. Méndez University system has campuses in the following cities in Puerto Rico and mainland United States.On January 2, 2019, the institution announced the transformation of the vessel —as Ana G. Méndez called it— from a university system into a system of universities. The independent units encompassing the original structure including the Universidad Metropolitana, Universidad del Turabo and Universidad del Este were merged into a single university of campuses to form Universidad Ana G.