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The Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes is the main center of education and training of artists in the Republic of Honduras. History Precursors On 15 April 1878, the first precursor to the ENBA was registered in this field with the establishment of a school for drawing and painting located in Tegucigalpa; the Academy of Fine Arts and Applied Drawing to the Industrial Arts was created in 1890, founded and directed by Tomás Mur, of Spanish nationality. The National Academy of Drawing Claroscuro al Natural was created in 1934 under the direction of Carlos Zúñiga Figueroa, and by 1938, the School of Arts and Crafts emerged.

Art Industrial School is located in Nazareth, Tamil Nadu, India. It is a private Industrial Training Institute . History In the year 1877, there was a severe famine at the erstwhile Tinnevelly District. Thousands of people died. Consequently, there were a large number of destitute orphan children who were left without their parents. Hence to provide food and shelter to these orphans, an orphanage was started by Arthur Margoschis in the year 1878, which later became "Art and Industrial School". This orphanage was named as St. John's Orphanage. Rev. Margoschis was supported by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel and the Indian Famine Orphan Fund.

The Aquinas College of Higher Studies also known as Aquinas University College is a Sri Lankan nonprofit private Tertiary education institute that provides both academic degrees and vocational training.

California State University Channel Islands is a public university in Camarillo, California. It opened in 2002 as the 23rd campus in the California State University system. CSUCI is located on the Central Coast of California, at the intersection of the Oxnard Plain and northernmost edge of the Santa Monica Mountains range. The Channel Islands are nearby where the university operates a scientific research station on Santa Rosa Island.

Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation College, BCIC College, is a private higher secondary educational institution in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is situated at Mirpur near the National Zoo of Bangladesh. Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation operates the institution. The intelligence officer of the Bangladesh Army manages this institution. It is a coeducation institution having different shifts for girls and boys. The institution is a double shift institution with over 2000 students.

South Devon College is a further education college with 9 different campuses within Torbay and the surrounding area. The college is part of The University of Plymouth Colleges network. In December 2017, South Devon College achieved an overall grade 2 - 'Good' - in an inspection by Ofsted. South Devon College was also ranked the Number one Further Education and Tertiary College in England in 2014.

Doowon Technical College is a private college in Anseong, South Korea. The current president is Jung, Sang-Whan . The maximum enrollment capacity is 4,800. Academics The school's Korean name means "Doowon Engineering College," and engineering is the primary focus of education. There are 17 academic departments at Doowon, covering fields such as mechanical engineering, digital electronics, information and communication, computer graphics, and architecture.

Seisen University is a private university in Hikone, Shiga, Japan. The school was founded in 1985 as a junior college and became a four-year college in 2003. External links Official website

SSR College of Education is a Teacher Training college located in Silvassa in the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. The late Mohanbhai Sanjibhai Delkar Lok Sabha MP established the college as one of four colleges in the SSR Memorial Trust including the SSR College of Arts, Science and Commerce. The foundation stone was laid by the Mohanbhai Sanjibhai Delkar in 2003.

The Universidad Piloto de Colombia, is a private, national, coeducational research university, located primarily in Bogotá, Colombia. It offers academic programs in undergraduate, specializations, masters and doctorates. Its president is Patricia Piedrahíta Castillo.

Qarshi University is a project of Qarshi Foundation; a non-profit welfare organization funded by the Qarshi family. It was established in 2011. It is recognized by the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan.

Des Moines Area Community College is a public community college in central Iowa. The college served 35,488 credit students and 29,021 noncredit students in 200 programs in 2019. History Des Moines Area Community College was created on March 18, 1966. The first classes were held on the Ankeny Campus in 1968. DMACC has experienced tremendous growth in the last two decades. In the fall of 2000, 10,803 students were enrolled at DMACC. By the fall of 2011, that number grew to 25,425.

The College of the Transfiguration in Makhanda, Eastern Cape, is the only provincial residential college of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa, offering a contextual approach to theology studies.

Missouri Baptist University is a private Southern Baptist university in Creve Coeur, Missouri. It is one of three universities of the Missouri Baptist Convention. The main campus is located on a 68-acre site near Creve Coeur and Town and County in West St Louis County, off highway 64-40. There are currently 12 MBU locations including its regional learning centers throughout the St. Louis region and Illinois. The school enrolled 5,309 students in 2019.

The University of South Florida Sarasota–Manatee is a branch campus of the University of South Florida in Sarasota, Florida. USFSM was established in 1975 as a regional campus of the University of South Florida and gained separate accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award baccalaureate and master's degrees in June 2011. It was consolidated with the other two USF campuses as of July 1, 2020.

Indian Institute of Information Technology Vadodara is a higher-education institute located in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India. It is one of the Indian Institutes of Information Technology established by the Ministry of Education, Government of India under the Indian Institutes of Information Technology Act, 2017. The act provides the institute the status of Institute of National Importance.

Snehangshu Kanta Acharya Institute of Law is a college of legal education in Kalyani, West Bengal. This college is having its own campus on an area of seven acres of land within the campus of University of Kalyani, adjacent to the University entrance gate. It was established in the year 2004. The college is affiliated to University of Kalyani. This college is also approved by the Bar Council of India.

The Rostov College of Arts was founded in 1900, when the music classes of the Rostov branch of the Imperial Russian Musical Society governed by M. L. Presman were transformed by the efforts of M. L. Presman into the Rostov Imperial Music School. In addition to educational activities, the new educational institution conducts performances of the orchestra, evenings of vocal and instrumental music.

Wade College is a private, for-profit college in Dallas, Texas. It awards Associate of Arts degrees and Bachelor of Arts degrees in fashion design and merchandising. The college was founded in 1962 as Miss Wade's Fashion Merchandising College and renamed Wade College in 1999. The college is located in the Infomart building in the Design District, Dallas.

Northwest University of Political Science and Law is a university in Xi'an, and one of the top law schools in China. The university serves as the educational center of law in the northwest part of China and as one of the key bases of law institutions of higher learning in China.

France Business School was a French Business School, founded in 2012 by a meanwhile cancelled merger of four French business schools:l'École supérieure de commerce et management in Tours, Poitiers and Orléansl'École supérieure de commerce d'Amiens l'École supérieure de commerce de Clermont l'ESC Bretagne Brest

The University of Misan is an Iraqi university located in Amarah, Maysan, Iraq. It was established in 2007. Originally, the university consisted of the College of Basic Education and the College of Education, which were part of University of Basrah.

Veritas University is a private university, located in Abuja. It was founded in March 2002 by the Catholic Church in Nigeria. The Institution received its provisional operation licence in 2007 from the National Universities Commission and commenced admission of students in October 2008, at its take-off campus in Obehie, Abia State, Nigeria.

The Federal College of Agriculture, Ishiagu is based in Ishiagu, Ivo Local government area of Ebonyi State, Nigeria. The college promotes education, training and research into agricultural production, processing and technology.

Bihar Institute of Law is a Law school situated beside Bailey Road at Ashiana More, Raja Bazaar in Patna in the Indian state of Bihar. It offers undergraduate 3 years LL.B. and 5 years integrated law course which is approved by Bar Council of India , New Delhi and affiliated to Patliputra University.

Victor Babeș University of Medicine and Pharmacy is a state university in Timișoara. The university was founded on 30 December 1944 by decree of the then King of Romania Michael I. There are three faculties within UMFT: Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmacy. In 2011, UMFT was classified as an education and research university by the Ministry of Education. The university is named after Victor Babeș , the author of the first bacteriology treatise in the world and the founder of the Romanian school of microbiology.

Karim City College, Jamshedpur, established in 1961, is one of the oldest degree college in the Jharkhand state of India with a view to impart education to the weaker section of Jamshedpur. It offers Intermediate, Undergraduate and Postgraduate courses in arts, commerce and science. It is a Muslim minority institution under Karim's Trust and permanently affiliated to Kolhan University.

Linton School of Global Business , formerly Linton Global College , Hannam University, is an undergraduate institution in Daejeon, South Korea. Hannam University was ranked number 51 among Korea's best universities in 2011 by URAP, and 191 among Asia's Best Universities in 2010 by the QS Asian University Rankings. It was also ranked number 17 in Korea in 2012 by 4International Colleges and Universities, an organization that tracks the social web presence of universities . In 2011 the university was ranked 1562 worldwide, putting it in a peer-group of prestigious American liberal-arts universi...

Afe Babalola University is a private university located in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria. It was founded by a lawyer and philanthropist, Afe Babalola, in 2009. Afe Babalola University offers Academic programs in six Colleges: Sciences, Law, Engineering, Social and Management Sciences, Medicine and Health Sciences, and Postgraduate Studies. The Engineering College built on three and half acres of land and is reputed to be one of the largest in Africa. The college was inaugurated by former President Goodluck Jonathan.

Laurier Brantford is Wilfrid Laurier University's second campus located in Brantford, Ontario. The first and original campus of Wilfrid Laurier University is located in Waterloo, Ontario. Laurier follows a 'multicampus' structure, as it is one university with multiple campuses.

Salus University is a private university in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, specializing in degree programs for the health care professions. History The university's founding college, the Pennsylvania College of Optometry , which was founded as the Pennsylvania State College of Optometry in 1919, is one of the oldest optometry colleges in North America. The decision to establish the college was reached at an annual conference of the Pennsylvania Optical Society in 1918. PCO was the first school in the U.S. to confer the legislature-approved Doctor of Optometry degree after its four-year education...

Bucheon University is a private technical college in Bucheon City, Gyeonggi province, South Korea. Although private, it has strong cooperative relationships with the Bucheon city government. The school employs about 90 instructors, and offers instruction in fields such as construction, electronics, and management.

Jordan Academy of Music is a private university located in Amman, Jordan. Established in 1989, its goal is to develop musical culture in the country.

Ashton College is a private, post-secondary educational institution, with campus located in Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada. It was founded in 1998 as Ashton College Institute of Business, with a focus on business courses. Since then, it has simplified its name to Ashton College and developed into an institution that offers diplomas, certifications, and vocational training in an online and in-person environment. Ashton College also supports foreign professionals obtain licensing to practice in Canada.

International Institute of Information Technology, Naya Raipur , formally Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee International Institute of Information Technology, Naya Raipur, is a state funded institute in Naya Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India. The institute is focused on research and development in Information Technology and associated disciplines.

SI Zaporizhzhia Medical Academy of Post-Graduate Education Ministry of Health of Ukraine is the institution of higher education with IV level of accreditation, operates on the basis of state ownership. It reports to the Ministry of Healthcare of Ukraine.

Universidade Candido Mendes is a private university located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is Latin America's oldest private university. History It was founded in 1902, thus being the oldest private university in Latin America, by the Count Cândido Mendes de Almeida. The university was renamed to Escola Técnica de Comércio Cândido Mendes in the 1950s. The law school was created by Cândido Mendes de Almeida Júnior during that decade. The university's research institute, named IUPERJ, or Instituto Universitário de Pesquisas do Rio de Janeiro, was inaugurated in the 1960s. The campi located in Ip...

The Smithville Seminary was a Freewill Baptist institution established in 1839 on what is now Institute Lane in Smithville-North Scituate, Rhode Island. Renamed the Lapham Institute in 1863, it closed in 1876. The site was then used as the campus of the Pentecostal Collegiate Institute and later the Watchman Institute, and is now the Scituate Commons apartments. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

Mendocino College is a public community college in Ukiah, California. Mendocino College was founded in 1973. The main campus is located on of hilltop land north of downtown Ukiah in the Ukiah valley. Currently there are about 4,000 students, 55 full-time faculty, and 200 adjunct faculty members. Three branches of the college exist, in Lakeport, Willits, and Fort Bragg

Osaka Medical College is a private university in Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan. The precursor of the school was founded in 1927, and it was chartered as a university in 1946. In 2021, it was renamed Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University due to the integration with the Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Bangabandhu Medical College is a Government medical college in Bangladesh. It is located in the Sunamganj District of Sylhet Division, by the side of the Sunamganj – Sylhet road and east part of river Surma.

St. Mary's College was a Catholic college in Delaware from until . St. Mary's College was founded in Wilmington, Delaware, in 1841 by Patrick Reilly. Incorporated January 29, 1847 by an Act of The state of Delaware sec 793 chapter 44. Its enrollment peaked at 120 students in 1857. Its fortunes declined during the American Civil War and it closed in 1866.

All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Nagpur is a medical research public higher education institute located at the Multi-modal International Cargo Hub and Airport at Nagpur , Nagpur, Maharashtra, India. It is one of the four "Phase-IV" All India Institutes of Medical Sciences announced in July 2014.

Kandi Raj College, established in 1950, is a college in Kandi, in Murshidabad district. It offers undergraduate courses in arts and sciences. It is affiliated to University of Kalyani. History Kandi Raj College was established in 1950, aiming at providing low-cost higher education. The college started its journey under the guidance of the First President of the Governing Body, Arun Chandra Sinha and the first principal, Dr. D.L. Das. At that time, it was affiliated to University of Calcutta. It is currently affiliated to University of Kalyani.

Kagoshima Immaculate Heart University is a private women's university in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1933, and it was chartered as a junior university in 1961. In 1994, it became a four-year college and adopted the present name.

Riyadh College of Technology is a public institute of technology in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It was established in 1983 during the reign of King Fahd bin Abdulaziz and is the first intermediate technical college in Saudi Arabia. It was founded under the supervision of Saudi Technical and Vocational Training Corporation and offers courses in multiple streams like electrical, electronics, automobile and management technology.

The Harvard-Radcliffe Program in Business Administration was a joint program of Radcliffe College and Harvard Business School intended to provide women with post-graduate education in business administration.

The Shibuya University Network, founded in 2006 in Japan, is not a university or college in the traditional sense but a new system of education in the local community of Shibuya, Tokyo. The school is led by Yasuaki Sakyo, a 28-year-old ex-accountant. There are no entrance examinations; classes take place in the city's surroundings; and teachers come from all walks of life.

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