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National Ukrainian Academy of Arts is a state scientific and artistic institution in the field of art, culture, and art history in Ukraine. The academy is one of the six state funded institutions along with the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine that was established in 1996 and obtained its National status in 2010. The membership to the academy is on an electoral basis for the distinguished specialists of professional artistry: theater and film directors, composers, painters, conductors, actors etc.

University of Nicosia is a private for-profit university based in Nicosia, Cyprus. In September, 2007, Intercollege became the University of Nicosia, Cyprus. It later split from the rest of the University of Nicosia.

The China University of Geosciences is a public university located in Wuhan, Hubei, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education, and co-sponsored by the Ministry of Education and the Hubei Provincial People's Government. The university is part of the Double First Class University Plan and Project 211.

Nippon Institute of Technology is a private university in Miyashiro, Saitama, Japan, established in 1967. History The Nippon Institute of Technology opened in 1907 as "Tokyo Engineering School". It was renamed "Tokyo Advanced Engineering School" in 1935, but was closed in 1943 due to World War II. In 1947, it reopened as "Toko Gakuen Junior High School" which became "Tokyo Industrial High School" in 1948 and the Nippon Institute of Technology in 1967.

The Higher Colleges of Technology is a public institute of technology with 16 campuses and facilities throughout the United Arab Emirates. Founded in 1988 by Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak al-Nahyan, it is the largest applied higher educational institution in the country.

The University of Buraimi is a private university in the Al Buraimi Governorate in the Northern part of Oman. The university opened on 6 November 2010. The university is a product of a European-Omani consortium, and offers programs under Omani and European control.

The Maharaja's College is a government college of higher education located in Ernakulam, Kerala. Established in 1875, it is one of the oldest colleges in India. Located in the heart of the city, the college is spread over a campus of on the banks of Vembanad Lake. Blanketed by tall and rare species of trees, its campus features is a mix of old and modern architecture and covers a total area of , providing infrastructural facilities for the 22 departments of the college.

New Brunswick Theological Seminary is a Reformed Christian seminary with its main campus in New Brunswick, New Jersey. It was founded in 1784 and is one of the oldest seminaries in the United States. It is a seminary of the Reformed Church in America , a mainline Reformed Protestant denomination in Canada and the United States that follows the theological tradition and Christian practice of John Calvin. First established in New York City under the leadership of the Rev. John Henry Livingston, who instructed aspiring ministers in his home, the seminary established its presence in New Brunswick in 1810.

The National United University is a public university in Miaoli City, Miaoli County, Taiwan. NUU offers undergraduate and graduate programs in a wide range of fields, including business, engineering, humanities, law, science, and social sciences.

Phoenix College is a public community college in Encanto, Phoenix, Arizona. Founded in 1920, it is one of the oldest community colleges in the country. History The college was originally a part of the Phoenix Union High School and Junior College District , and was known as Phoenix Junior College . PC became a part of the Maricopa County Community College District in 1960, and is now considered the flagship campus of one of the largest community college systems in the world.

The Université de Moncton is a Canadian francophone university in New Brunswick. It includes campuses in Edmundston, Moncton, and Shippagan. The university was founded in 1963 following the recommendations of the royal commission on higher education in New Brunswick. Since then, the institution has been widely regarded as the heir to several Acadian institutions of higher learning such as the Collège Saint-Joseph.

Montreat College is a private, Christian college in Montreat, North Carolina. Founded in 1916, the college offers associate, bachelor's, and master's degree programs for traditional and adult students. The college's main campus for four-year traditional students is located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains outside of Asheville, North Carolina.

First Moscow State Medical University ; The university was founded in 1758 as medical faculty of Imperial Moscow University as the first medical school in Russia. The institution separated from the Moscow State University and became independent in 1930. The university was renamed after Russian physiologist, Ivan Sechenov, in 1955. It was known as I.M. Sechenov First Moscow Institute of Medicine until 1990, and I.M. Sechenov Moscow Medical Academy from 1990 to 2010. MSMU is located at Devichye Pole, a medical campus, in Moscow.

Sendai University is a private university in Shibata, Miyagi, Japan, established in 1967. It is the only university specializing in physical education in northern Japan. History Sendai University was established in 1967. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1879.

Aichi University of Education is a national university at Kariya, Aichi, Japan. The history of the university dates back to 1873 when it was called Aichi Prefectural Training Institution. In 1949, the university had become known as the Aichi University of Arts and Science and by 1966 it got a title of what it is called today, Aichi University of Education. In 2004, the title got changed again, this time to the National University Corporation Aichi University of Education.

The University of Sonora is a public university in the northwestern state of Sonora, Mexico that has a strong research program. The university was founded in 1942 and is considered the main cultural and educational driver in the state. The university motto is "El saber de mis hijos hará mi grandeza" . It is the largest university of Sonora with about 30,000 students distributed in five campuses.

Westminster College is a private college in Fulton, Missouri. It was established in 1851 as Fulton College. America's National Churchill Museum is a national historic site located on campus. The school enrolled 609 students in 2020.

Kogakuin University is a private university in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. Its predecessor was named "Koshu Gakko" and was one of the oldest private engineering schools in Japan. History Koshu Gakko was founded in 1887 by educator, politician, and president of Tokyo Imperial University, Koki Watanabe, president of Imperial College of Engineering, Furuichi Kōi and professors of Tokyo Imperial University including Tatsuno Kingo.

Bellarmine University is a private Catholic university in Louisville, Kentucky. It opened on October 3, 1950, as Bellarmine College, established by Archbishop John A. Floersh of the Archdiocese of Louisville and named after Saint Robert Bellarmine. In 2000, it became Bellarmine University. The university is organized into seven colleges and schools and confers bachelor's and master's degrees in more than 50 academic majors, along with five doctoral degrees; it is classified among "D/PU: Doctoral/Professional Universities".

Thapathali Campus also known as Thapathali Engineering Campus is the first and one of the five constituent engineering campuses under Institute of Engineering of Tribhuvan University . Located at the center of Kathmandu city, the campus was established in 2023 B.S. to develop middle level manpower in the field in different fields engineering which upgraded its programs to bachelor and master level along the course of time.

Takushoku University Hokkaido Junior College is a private junior college in Fukagawa, Hokkaidō, Japan. It was established in 1966. History 1966: Junior College was set up.1980: The Childcare department was set up.2000: Academic department of agricultural economics separated to academic department of management and economics and Environment farming.

Shizuoka Eiwa Gakuin University is a co-educational private university in Shizuoka city, Shizuoka Prefecture Japan. History The Shizuoka Eiwa Girls’ School was founded in 1887 by missionaries from the Methodist Church of Canada , with the support of the Shizuoka prefectural government, and continues to be affiliated with the Methodist church. It was the first institution in Shizuoka Prefecture to offer secondary education for girls.

The University of Castilla–La Mancha is a Spanish university. It offers courses in the cities of Albacete, Ciudad Real, Cuenca, Toledo, Almadén and Talavera de la Reina. This university was recognised by law on 30 June 1982, and began to operate three years later.

Guizhou University is a provincial public university located in suburban Guiyang, Guizhou, China. It is affiliated with the Province of Guizhou and is co-sponsored by the Ministry of Education and the province. The university is part of Project 211 and the Double First Class University Plan.

The Suor Orsola Benincasa University of Naples is a private university located in Naples, Italy. It was founded in 1895, named after the venerable sister Ursula Benincasa and is organized into 8 departments.

The International University of Japan is a private university located in Minamiuonuma city in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. IUJ is the first graduate university in Japan, not offering undergraduate degrees, and one of the few Japanese universities which offers all courses in English. It was founded in 1982. IUJ offers Master's degrees in International Development, Economics, Public Management, and International Relations, as well as an MBA in business administration. The Digital Transformation Program was established in 2021, another one-year new program the International Public Policy Program will be established in 2022.

Stockton University is a public university in Galloway Township, New Jersey. It is part of New Jersey's public system of higher education. It is named for Richard Stockton, one of the New Jersey signers of the U.S. Declaration of Independence. Founded in 1969, Stockton accepted its charter class in 1971. At its opening in 1971, classes were held at the Mayflower Hotel in Atlantic City; the campus in Galloway Township began operating late in 1971. Nearly 10,000 students are enrolled at Stockton and it is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. The university has a second...

Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University is an international joint venture university based in Suzhou, Jiangsu, China. It was founded in 2006 as a partnership between the University of Liverpool and Xi'an Jiaotong University.

The National Taiwan University of Science and Technology abbreviated as NTUST or TaiwanTech , is a public vocational university located in Taipei, Taiwan. TaiwanTech was established in 1974 as the National Taiwan Institute of Technology , as the first and the leading higher education institution of its kind within Taiwan's technical and vocational education system.NTUST is affiliated with National Taiwan Normal University and National Taiwan University as part of the National Taiwan University System.

Hebei Normal University is a public research university in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province, China. It is a provincial key university with more than 100 years history. It is supported by both Hebei Province and Education Department of China.

The Crozer Theological Seminary was a Baptist seminary located in Upland, Pennsylvania. Martin Luther King Jr. was a student at Crozer Theological Seminary from 1948 to 1951, and graduated with a Bachelor of Divinity degree.

Kiryu University is a co-educational private university in Midori, Gunma, Japan. It is run by Kirigaoka Educational Institution originated in Kiryu. History The history of the university can be traced back to 1901, when Kiryu Girls' Sewing School was founded. In 1963 the educational institution established Kirigaoka Women's Junior College, which became co-educational and was renamed Kirigaoka Junior College in 1971. Again the college was renamed Kiryu Junior College in 1989. The junior college was started with only one department ; in 2008 it consisted of three departments .

LIU Post is a private university in Brookville, New York. It is the largest campus of the private Long Island University system. The campus is named after breakfast cereal inventor Charles William Post, father of Marjorie Merriweather Post, who sold the property to Long Island University in 1951 for $200,000 . Three years after it acquired the property, LIU renamed it C. W. Post College in honor of Post's father.

Trinity Washington University is a private Catholic university in Washington, D.C. The university was founded as Trinity College by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in 1897 as the nation's first Catholic liberal arts college for women. Trinity was chartered by an Act of Congress on August 20, 1897. It became Trinity Washington University in 2004.

The Shibaura Institute of Technology, abbreviated as Shibaura kōdai, is a private university of Technology in Japan, with campuses located in Tokyo and Saitama. Established in 1927 as the Tokyo Higher School of Industry and Commerce, it was chartered as a university in 1949.

The Universidad Externado de Colombia is a private university in Bogotá, Colombia. It has produced graduates including lawyers, academics, judges, financiers, journalists, as well as senior government officials and politicians. The institution grants 4 and 5-year professional degrees, as well as advanced Master and Doctoral degrees. Instruction is primarily in Spanish.

Lyceum of the Philippines University also referred to by its acronym LPU is a private, non-sectarian, coeducational higher education institution located at intramuros in the City of Manila, Philippines. It was founded in 1952 by Dr. José P. Laurel, who was the third president of the Republic of the Philippines.

Teesside University is a public university with its main campus in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire in North East England. It was officially opened as Constantine Technical College in 1930, before becoming a polytechnic in 1969, and finally granted university status in 1992 by the Privy Council.

The Litchfield Law School was a law school in Litchfield, Connecticut, that operated from 1774 to 1833. Litchfield was the first independent law school established in America for reading law. Founded and led by lawyer Tapping Reeve, the proprietary school was unaffiliated with any college or university. While Litchfield was independent, a long-term debate resulted in the 1966 recognition of William & Mary Law School as the first law school to have been affiliated with a university.

Mandarin Training Center was established in 1956. This center is a Chinese as a second language institution run by National Taiwan Normal University in Taipei, Taiwan and located at NTNU Daan Campus. MTC is the oldest and largest facility of its kind in terms of courses offered and students enrolled per year.

Swinburne University of Technology , is a public research university based in Melbourne, Australia. Its main campus is in Hawthorn, a suburb of Melbourne, 7.5 km from the Melbourne central business district.

The Limerick Institute of Technology was an institute of technology, located in Limerick, Ireland. The institute had five campuses that were located in Limerick, Thurles, Clonmel, as well as a regional learning centre in Ennis. The main campus was located at Moylish Park in Limerick adjacent to Thomond Park and housed the Faculty of Applied Science, Engineering and Technology and the School of Business and Humanities. The School of Art & Design is located at the Clare Street and Clonmel campuses.

Gevorkian Theological Seminary , also known as Gevorkian Seminary , is a theological university-institute of the Armenian Apostolic Church opened in 1874. It is located in the town of Vagharshapat within the complex of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, Armenia.

Medgar Evers College is a public college in New York City. It is a senior college of the City University of New York , offering baccalaureate and associate degrees. It was established in 1970 in central Brooklyn. It is named after Medgar Wiley Evers, an African American civil rights leader assassinated on June 12, 1963.

Dhaka Polytechnic Institute is a government technical institute in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is the largest and the oldest polytechnic academia in modern Bangladesh. The polytechnic is ranked number one on the Bangladesh Polytechnic Ranking 2018.

The University of Macedonia is a public research university in Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece. It is a modern institution, renowned for the quality, freedom, democracy, meritocracy and individual development it provides to its members.

The Norwegian School of Sport Sciences is a public university located at Sognsvann in Oslo, Norway. It has the national responsibility for education and research related within sport sciences. It provides education at the Bachelor, Master and Doctorate levels.

Massachusetts Maritime Academy is a public university in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, focused on maritime-related fields. It was established in 1891 and is the second oldest state maritime academy in the United States. Originally established to graduate deck and engineering officers for the U.S. Merchant Marine, the academy has since expanded its curriculum. Though not required, some graduates go on to serve in active and reserve components of the U.S. Armed Forces. The academy operates a training ship, the USTS Kennedy.

The National University of Zaire was a federated university in Zaire . It was formed in August 1971 when the country's three existing universities and 17 technical colleges were merged into a single administrative structure. It was briefly known as the National University of the Congo until the Democratic Republic of the Congo became Zaire in October 1971.

Yeungnam University is a private research university located in Gyeongsan, North Gyeongsang, South Korea. The university's predecessors, Taegu College and Chunggu College, were founded in Daegu in 1947 and 1950 respectively. In 1967, the two colleges were merged by President Park Chung Hee to form Yeungnam University. In 1972, the university's new main campus opened in Gyeongsan east of Daegu. The university includes colleges of Law and Medicine as well as a university hospital. It ranked 1st in the rate for passing the bar exam for the second straight year , it also ranked 6th in providing CEOs in Korea's top 100 companies , and 6th in providing the CEOs in Companies listed on KOSDAQ .

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