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The Popular University of Cesar , is a public, departmentalal, coeducational university based primarily in the city of Valledupar, Cesar, Colombia. See also List of universities in Colombia External links Popular University of Cesar official site
Japan Bible Seminary is an evangelical Christian seminary located in Hamura, Tokyo. The seminary was founded in 1958 in Suginami, Tokyo by Junichi Funiki and Akira Hatori. It moved to Hamura, Tokyo in 1989.
Savannah Technical College is a public community college in Savannah, Georgia, with additional satellite campuses in the Savannah-Hinesville-Statesboro Combined Statistical Area. Academics Savannah Technical College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and the Learning Enrichment Center is certified by the College Reading and Learning Association .
HELP University is a private university in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It was founded on 1 April 1986 by its Chancellor, Paul Chan Tuck Hoong, and his wife, Chan-Low Kam Yoke. HELP Institute was awarded the University College status in 2004 by the Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia and was awarded full university status in 2011.
The Institute of Mathematics of National Academy of Sciences of Armenia is owned and operated by the Armenian Academy of Sciences, located in Yerevan. History The Institute of Mathematics of National Academy of Sciences of Armenia originated as the Section for Mathematics and Mechanics, created within the newly formed Armenian Academy of Sciences in 1944. The section later developed into an Institute of Mathematics and Mechanics of the Armenian Academy of Sciences, whose first Director was academician Artashes Shahinian, known for his results in complex analysis. The Institute of Mathematics of Armenian Academy of Sciences separated from the latter Institute in 1971.
Prof. Syed Nurul Hasan College, established in 1994, is a general degree college in the Murshidabad district of West Bengal in eastern India. It offers undergraduate courses in arts and sciences, and is affiliated with the University of Kalyani which is also located in West Bengal.
Habib Medical School is the school of medicine of the Islamic University in Uganda , one of Uganda's private universities. The school is the newest medical school in the country, having been part of IUIU since 2014. The school provides medical education at diploma and undergraduate levels.
Bradford College is a further and higher education college in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, with approximately 25,000 students. The college offers a range of full and part-time courses from introductory level through to postgraduate level and caters for a variety of students, including school leavers, adults wanting to return to education, degree-level students and those seeking professional qualifications.
Calumet College of St. Joseph is a private Roman Catholic college in Whiting, Indiana. It was founded in 1951 as an extension of Saint Joseph's College and is associated with the Missionaries of the Precious Blood. In fall 2022, it enrolled 658 undergraduates and 95 graduate students.
Bardera Polytechnic is a non-profit tertiary polytechnic education centre located in Bardera, Somalia. The college's full name is Bardera Polytechnic College . Bardera Polytechnic is the first post-secondary institution in Bardera and the larger Gedo region. Bardera Polytechnic is the first post civil war vocational training school in southern Somalia.
Bethany Lutheran Theological Seminary is the training school for pastors of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod. History Founded in 1946, BLTS was essentially a department of Bethany Lutheran College , before the two institutions were officially separated in 1974. BLTS is located adjacent to the BLC campus, which overlooks the Minnesota River valley in Mankato, Minnesota, a community of about 53,000. From 1946 through 1974, as a department of the college, the seminary was headed by the Dean of the Seminary. These deans included Norman A. Madson and Milton Otto. In 1974, the seminary was separated ...
Crown College is a private Evangelical Christian college in St. Bonifacius, Minnesota. It is affiliated with the Christian and Missionary Alliance and is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.
ESCE International Business School is a business school founded in 1968 by Business France and located in La Défense, Paris. It is a member of France's Conférence des Grandes Ecoles since 2012. The school has ~ 2,500 students and 9,300 Alumni.
Penn State York is a commonwealth campus of Pennsylvania State University located in Spring Garden Township, Pennsylvania. It enrolls 742 students as of 2021. The York campus was established in 1939 to provide technical education and to allow students to complete basic degree requirements in their home area before transferring to University Park to finish their program. In 1953, the school began to offer its first complete associate degree programs. It moved to its present location in 1956. Today, it remains a suburban commuter-campus and occupies .
Beihua University is a state-owned public university in Jilin City, Jilin, China. Beihua University is a provincial comprehensive university with the most extensive scope in Jilin Province. Developing from 1906 and through the merger of three colleges in 1999, now BEIHUA has become a university with three campuses, which together occupy an area of 1,263,700 square meters with a floor space up to 830,300 square meters.
The La Verdad Christian College or LVCC is a private non-stock, non-sectarian educational institution established in Apalit, Pampanga, Philippines. It is the first private school in the Philippines that grants scholarship programs to deserving students by providing tuition-free education and no miscellaneous fees. It is one of the best schools in Pampanga, up to regional and national levels.
Karnataka State Akkamahadevi Women's University also known as Karnataka State Women's University was established in August 2003 and is the first university exclusively for women in the state of Karnataka. It is in the city of Vijayapur . Prof. B K Tulasimala is its incumbent vice-chancellor.
Jamia Naeemia Moradabad is an Islamic seminary in India. It is located in Moradabad in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. The seminary is a major center of the Barelvi movement in India and has been the target of violence by the rival Deobandi movement.
Sulaimani Polytechnic University is a public university and a member of International Association of Universities . It is located in the city of Sulaymaniyah, Qirga District in Kurdistan Region of Iraq. It is one of the important scientific and cultural centers in the region. SPU was originally established in 1996 under the name of Foundation of Technical Institutions , then in 2003 it was changed to "Foundation of Technical Education Sulaimani" .
The University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar , formerly known as NWFP University of Engineering and Technology, is a public university located in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Formerly known as NWFP University of Engineering and Technology until 2010, it an institution of higher learning in Pakistan with a strong emphasis on the development of science and engineering. The university offers undergraduate and post-graduate programs in various engineering disciplines. The university is also a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities of the United Kingdom. The un...
Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha is a university that was developed based on Pancasila and Undang-undang Dasar 1945 that upholds human values, produces education personnel, and non-education personnel who are devoted to God Almighty, have high academic-professional abilities, develop science, technology, and art.
Collège des Grands-Lacs was a francophone College of Applied Arts and Technology in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was established in 1995 as Ontario's third college specifically serving the Franco-Ontarian population, after La Cité collégiale in Ottawa and Collège Boréal in Sudbury.
The Vazgen Sargsyan Military University is a higher educational institution functioning in the system of the Ministry of Defense of Armenia. Its mission is to prepare and train officers capable of implementing defense tasks in peace and war. It is roughly the equivalent to the United States Military Academy at West Point.
Universidade Aberta is a public distance education university in Portugal. Established in 1988, UAb offers higher education and Lifelong Learning study programs. All programs are taught in e-learning mode since 2008, the year that UAb became a European institution of reference in the area of advanced e-learning and online learning through the recognition of its exclusive Virtual Pedagogical Model.
Wakkanai Hokusei Gakuen University, abbreviated WAKHOK, is a private university in Wakkanai, Hokkaido, Japan, established in 1987. The institution was founded as a junior college in 1987 and in 2000 became a four-year university. A Tokyo branch was opened in 2004.
Southern California Institute of Law is a private California registered but unaccredited law school located in Ventura, California. The Law School was established in 1986 and operated as a fixed facility law school, accredited by the State Bar of California for twenty-five years, with campuses in both Ventura and Santa Barbara, California, until June 1, 2020.
St. Joseph's College Irinjalakuda is one of the women's college in the state of Kerala, India. This institution was established in 1964 and affiliated with the University of Calicut. In 1999, St. Joseph’s College, Irinjalakuda established the Department of Biotechnology, distinguished as the one and only institution in Kerala to provide a government-aided B.Sc. Biotechnology program. St.Joseph's College was the first women's college in Kerala to offer a Master's program in Mass Communication and Journalism. The institution has more than 3000+ students, 150+ highly experienced faculties, 40+ Programmes, and 35+ Value added Courses.
California College San Diego was a private college in San Diego, California. The college was one of four educational institutions affiliated with the Salt Lake City-based Center for Excellence in Higher Education . It awarded associate, bachelor's, and master's programs in healthcare, business, and technology. The college was accredited by Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges and was affiliated with Stevens-Henager College for providing online education.
Yorkville University is a private for-profit university established in 2003 with locations in Ontario, British Columbia, and New Brunswick, Canada. The university accepted its first students in the fall of 2004 for the programs offered out of Fredericton, New Brunswick, which was at the time the only establishment under Yorkville University. The university has since launched a brick-and-mortar campus in Vancouver, British Columbia. and acquired 2 brick-and-mortar campuses in Toronto, Ontario. In 2018 Yorkville acquired the RCC Institute of Technology. This included 3 schools - Academy of Desig...
Sikkim Manipal University , formerly Sikkim Manipal University of Health, Medical and Technological Sciences, is a private university located in Gangtok, Sikkim, India. The Sikkim Manipal University started its journey in 1992, after the signing of an agreement between the Government of Sikkim and the Manipal Education & Medical Group . The university was officially established in 1995 as Sikkim Manipal University of Health, Medical and Technological Sciences through The Sikkim Manipal University of Health, Medical and Technological Science Act, 1995. The name was changed to Sikkim Manipal Uni...
The University of Eastern Philippines is the first state university in the Visayas. It offers the largest number of undergraduate and graduate degree programs and short-term courses and certificates among the higher education institutions in the Eastern Visayas region. Its flagship campus is in Catarman, Northern Samar.
Aleksandër Xhuvani University is an institution of higher education located in Elbasan, Albania. It is divided into five faculties: Natural Sciences, Humanities, Economics, Educational Sciences and Medical and Technical Sciences. The current rector of the university is Prof. Dr. Skënder Topi.
Bellingham Technical College is a public technical college in Bellingham, Washington. Although it awards some bachelor's degrees, it primarily awards associate degrees. Campus events LinuxFest Northwest is a weekend event held annually in late April or early May. It is dedicated to discussion and development of the Linux operating system and other open source and free software projects. The event is free to the public and draws more than a thousand computer professionals and enthusiasts from across Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia.
Stow College was a college in Glasgow in Scotland. History The college was named after David Stow, whose primary teaching seminary was founded close to the college at Dundasvale. Stow was the first purpose-built Further Education college in Glasgow, it celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2009.
Yasuj University is a public university in the province of Kohgiloyeh and Boyerahmad, Iran. University Rank In 1398, Yasuj University rankings conducted by the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology was ranked 10th among comprehensive universities in the country and also from the Institute of Yasouj University ranking Times Higher Education as the second top university in Iran and 401-500 The world was achieved in 2020.
Government College for Women, Thiruvananthapuram, also known as H.H. The Maharaja's College for Women, is one of the oldest women's colleges located in Trivandrum, Kerala. It was established in the year 1864 under the University of Madras.
East Siberia State University of Technology and Management is a regional university located in Ulan-Ude, Buryatia in Russian Federation. On June, 19th, 1962 the Minister of the higher and specialized secondary education of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic ordered to organize East Siberian Institute of Technology on the former basis of the technological and building faculties of Buryat Agricultural Institute of the Ministry of Agriculture of the RSFSR. In 1994 the research institute, ESIT, was given the status of the State Technological University.
St Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College is an Eastern Orthodox Christian seminary and theological college located in Redfern, a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The college is a member institution of the Sydney College of Divinity, a federation of theological educational institutions each operated by different Christian denominations. It is the only accredited Eastern Orthodox tertiary institution of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere and its teaching and practice are administered via the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia.
The Universal College of Learning is a New Zealand Government ITP located primarily in Palmerston North but has campuses also in Whanganui, Masterton and Levin. Dr Linda Sissons is the current Chief Executive.
Asia-Pacific International University is a private Christian university located in Saraburi, Thailand. Its main campus is in the rural town of Muak Lek, Saraburi Province and the nursing school is located on the grounds of Bangkok Adventist Hospital in downtown Bangkok. It is the only tertiary education institution serving the Southeast Asia Union Mission of Seventh-day Adventists. Asia-Pacific International University was formerly called Mission College until mid-2009 when it was granted university status. It is a part of the Seventh-day Adventist education system, the world's second largest...
Oldham College, is a further education college based in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. History Oldham College was established in 1893 after a donation from the Platt family, a famous textile machinery manufacturer. This led to the institution of the School of Art and Science in the town centre. It was situated on the junction of Ashcroft St. and the former Chapel St., the site is now occupied by the Town Square Shopping Centre.