The Most Influential Schools in the World
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The National University of Science and Technology is the second largest public research university in Zimbabwe, located in Bulawayo. It was established in 1991. On 8 April 1991, NUST opened for the first time with 270 students in three faculties. The number of academic staff was 28.
The Master's Seminary is the graduate seminary division of The Master's University and Seminary and is located on the campus of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California. It is accredited by the WASC Senior College and University Commission .
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Lead City University
Lead City University is a private university in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. History The university submitted its application to the National Universities Commission the year 2002. The Standing Committee on Private Universities conducted the verification and the final assessment visits in August and September, 2003, respectively. At the end of the assessment visits, SCOPU reported that the profile of the Proprietor of Lead City University confirmed that it has the capacity and resources to establish a private university. Thereafter, the university was "approved for immediate take off" by the B...
Manipur University of Culture is a State Public University established and recognised by the State Government of Manipur. History It was established through an Act of the Manipur State Legislature, The Manipur University of Culture Act, 2015. Its main purpose is to serve the people of Manipur in terms of cultural studies and also to promote the rich cultural heritage of the State. Currently it operates from its temporary campus in Palace Compound, Imphal. Classes for the first batch of students has started from Fall 2016.
Manipur Technical University is a state university located in Imphal, Manipur, India. The first state university in Manipur, it was established through the Manipur Technical University Act, 2016 on 23 April 2016, and was formally inaugurated by the Governor of Manipur, V. Shanmuganathan on 5 August 2016.
Lehigh Valley College was a college owned by Career Education Corporation, a for-profit educational company. The college was located near Allentown, Pennsylvania, in Center Valley and offered associate degree programs in a variety of vocational areas, including criminal justice, graphic design and accounting.
American University of Nigeria The American University of Nigeria is a private university in Yola the capital of Adamawa, Nigeria. It offers an American-style liberal arts higher education at undergraduate, graduate, and professional levels. Founded in 2003,[1] AUN, Africa’s first “Development University,” is accredited by the National Universities Commission .[2] Its current faculty numbers 93, its undergraduate and graduate enrollment is 1500 students. It is known as the first American-style university in Sub-Saharan Africa. AUN is accredited by the National Universities Commission .
Carl Sandburg College is a public community college with its main campus in Galesburg, Illinois. The college serves the west-central Illinois region, has a branch campus in Carthage and an off-campus site in downtown Galesburg.
Saskatchewan Polytechnic is Saskatchewan's primary public institution for post-secondary technical education and skills training, recognized nationally and internationally for its expertise and innovation. Through program and course registrations, Saskatchewan Polytechnic serves 26,000 distinct students with programs that touch every sector of the economy. It operates campuses in Moose Jaw, Prince Albert, Regina and Saskatoon; and provides a number of courses and programs through distance education.
Hanoi University of Mining and Geology is a university in the Bắc Từ Liêm district of Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam. It trains technical experts in exploration and exploitation of natural resources; in protection of mining and the geological environment; and to be a center for research and technology transfer in geology, oil and gas, surveying, and mining. Higher education is also provided in theoretical sciences, information technology and economics and business administration.
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is a public community college with its main campus in Perkinston, Mississippi. It was founded as Harrison County Agricultural High School in 1912. MGCCC has three campuses and six centers: The main campus in Perkinston; the Jackson County Campus is in Gautier; the Harrison County Campus is in Gulfport; with the George County Center in Lucedale; the West Harrison County Center in Long Beach; the Advanced Manufacturing & Technology Center in Gulfport; the Keesler Center at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi; the Naval Construction Battalion Center in Gul...
Government Homoeopathic Medical College Kozhikode was the first Graduate Homoeopathic medical college in Asia. The college is affiliated to Kerala University of Health Sciences since 2010. It was affiliated with the University of Calicut till 2010. The facility also includes an on-site hospital.
College of The Albemarle is a public community college in the Albemarle region of northeastern North Carolina. The main campus is in Elizabeth City with satellite campuses in Barco, Manteo and Edenton. Established on December 16, 1960, College of The Albemarle became the first institution of the North Carolina Community College System as chartered by the Community College Act of 1957.
Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University is a private university, established in 2012 in Islamabad, Pakistan. It is set up as a nonprofit institution in the private sector. History The bill for the establishment of the university was passed by the National Assembly of Pakistan on 16 January 2012, and by the Senate of Pakistan on 10 February 2012. On 3 March 2012, President Asif Ali Zardari approved the Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University Act.
Civil Aviation University of China is a national university in Tianjin, China under the Civil Aviation Administration of China. The university was established in 1951 to provide civil aviation tertiary education and training for new pilots in China. With special focus on the higher education of civil aviation engineering and management, it has been developed as the main institute in these fields. It is next to the Tianjin Binhai International Airport. CAUC consists of two campus, the northern and the southern campuses, with a total area 1.03 million m2.
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.
Women's Institute of Science and Humanities is an institute of higher learning for women in H-8, Islamabad, Pakistan. History Established in 2003 in the city of Islamabad, it caters to students from Pakistan and abroad. WISH is affiliated with Riphah International University.
The Philippine Public Safety College is a public educational institution in the Philippines. The Philippine Public Safety College System is the umbrella organization that comprises the National Police College , National Police Training Institute with its 18 Regional Training Centers , National Fire Training Institute , National Jail Management and Penology Training Institute , and the National Forensic Science Training Institute .
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Sumandeep Vidyapeeth
Sumandeep Vidyapeeth is private, deemed university located in Piparia, Waghodia, Vadodara, Gujarat, India. It is accredited "A++" grade by NAAC. Institutes and departments K. M. Shah Dental College and HospitalShrimati B. K. Shah Medical Institute and Research CentreCollege of PhysiotherapySumandeep Nursing CollegeDepartment of PharmacyDepartment of ManagementSumandeep Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital
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Kelm Talmud Torah
The Kelm Talmud Torah was a famous yeshiva in pre-holocaust Kelmė, Lithuania. Unlike other yeshivas, the Talmud Torah focused primarily on the study of Musar and self-improvement. Under the Leadership of Simcha Zissel Ziv The Talmud Torah was founded in the 1860s by Rabbi Simcha Zissel Ziv, known as the Alter of Kelm , to strengthen the study of Musar in Lithuania.
The Institute of International Relations is the diplomatic academy of Turkmenistan, which is considered the country's "national school of diplomacy." It was formally created on March 20, 2008, by decree of Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow.
The International University for Humanities and Development was opened in September 2014 as an English-medium institution of higher education in Turkmenistan. It was created by presidential decree on May 16, 2014. Esen Aydogdyev, a career diplomat, was appointed the university's first rector in July 2014. Maral Kuliýewa, a career pedagogue, succeeded him in November 2023.
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UCFB
UCFB is a higher education institution offering undergraduate and postgraduate university degrees and executive education in the football and wider sports industries. UCFB is a college of the University of East London.
Northwest Kansas Technical College is a public technical college in Goodland, Kansas, United States. The college offers 14 different programs ranging from diesel technology to medical assistant. The college also offers certificates and associate degrees.
Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences is the higher education establishment in Valmiera, Latvia. It was founded in 1996 and now it has around 800 students. History Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences was founded in 1996 to promote economic, political and social development of the area. In 2001 it changed its status from a regional governmental institution to a state educational institution. Later in 2004 it introduced two master's degree study programmes. In October 2013 it received the Green Flag award, becoming the first institution of higher education in the Baltic states to hold international Eco university status.
Ventspils University of Applied Sciences is a higher education establishment in Ventspils, Latvia. History Ventspils University of Applied Sciences was founded in 1997 as a self-governing state university and a scientific institution. Its basic activity is to carry out scientific research and to implement academic and professional study programmes. On May 20, 2013, VUAS acquired scientific institution status, which shows that it has met all state-adopted criteria for a scientific body.
Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology is a private college in East Elmhurst, New York, specialized in aviation and engineering education. It is adjacent to LaGuardia Airport but was founded in Newark, New Jersey in 1932 before moving to New York City in 1940. The college's most recent name change, to honor a founder, was on September 1, 2004.
The University of Mobile is a private, Baptist university in Mobile, Alabama. It is affiliated with the Alabama Baptist Convention . History The university was founded in 1961 by the Alabama Baptist State under the name of Mobile College. In 1993, the college was renamed the University of Mobile in reference to its location in Mobile County, not to be confused with the City of Mobile. For the 2018-2019 year, it had 1,885 students.
Pitt Community College is a public community college in Winterville, North Carolina in Pitt County. The college is part of the North Carolina Community College System. It has an enrollment of over 7,000 undergraduate students with a total of 10,322 students enrolled in the Curriculum Program. Pitt Community College is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award associate degrees.
Centurion University of Technology and Management is a multi-sector, private university from Odisha, India. With its main campus earlier at Parlakhemundi in the Gajapati and another constituent campus located at Jatni, on the fringes of Bhubaneswar,which is now as main campus & it was accorded the status of a university in the year 2010. The university has been accredited by NAAC with 'A' Grade, thereby becoming the youngest private university to have earned the distinction. In 2016, the Bhubaneswar campus of the university was ranked 81 among the institutions offering engineering education in...
The National Forestry and Wood-Technology University of Ukraine is a Ukrainian university in Lviv. History Austro-Hungarian period Establishing of forestry education in western Ukraine had a long prehistory. In 1807, Galychian foresters appealed to the Government with a request to open a secondary forestry educational establishment. In 1812, the project of creation of a department and professional studios at Lviv University was submitted for consideration. In 1852, a Forestry Section began to operate at the Galychina Economic Society, and soon in 1874 the Galychina Forestry Society appeared.
The German-Malaysian Institute is the German-Malaysian educational institute in Malaysia. It was located at Taman Shamelin Perkasa, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur but has moved to the new campus in Jalan Ilmiah, Taman Universiti, 43000 Kajang, Selangor.
Las Positas College is a public community college in Livermore, California. History Las Positas College began as an extension program of Chabot College in 1963, offering 24 classes and enrolling 810 students at three sites, including Livermore High School. By 1965, the program had expanded to Granada High School in Livermore and subsequently offered classes at Amador and Dublin High Schools as well. The Chabot-Las Positas Community College District purchased the Livermore site that same year, intending to develop a comprehensive community college. However, in 1970 and again in 1972, bond issu...
Cadi Ayyad University : jāmiʿat al-qāḍī ʿayyāḍ, ENSA Marrakech Branches of study Cadi Ayyad University has established, since 1978, 13 institutions, which are:Faculty of Sciences Semlalia FSSMFaculty of Letters and Human SciencesFaculty of Law, Economic and Social Sciences FSJESFaculty of Sciences and Techniques FSTFaculty of Medicine and Pharmacie FMPMNational School of Applied Sciences ENSA-MNational School of Commerce and Management ENCGEcole Normale Supérieure ENS in MarrakeshEcole Supérieure de Technologie in Essaouira ESTEUniversity Center CUKS in Kelaa of EssraghnaEcole Supérieure de...
Federal Polytechnic, Bida is a polytechnic school based in Niger State, in north central Nigeria. It opened in 1977. History Federal Polytechnic Bida was established in 1977 following a decision of the Federal Government of Nigeria to move the institution to Bida. Before then, it was Federal College of Technology, Kano.
Gifu Women's University is a four-year private university in the city of Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan, and was founded in 1968. Its name is abbreviated as Gifu Joshi Dai or GWU. External links Official website
Kerala Institute of Local Administration, abbreviated as KILA, is an autonomous training, research and consultancy organisation constituted under the Ministry of Local Self Government, Government of Kerala, registered as per Travancore – Cochin Literacy, Scientific and Charitable Societies Act-1955. KILA was established in 1990, in the pattern of a national institute, with the main objective of strengthening decentralization and local governance.
Odesa National Maritime University is a Ukrainian university in Odesa. It was founded in 1930 and has trained students from over 90 countries in various disciplines related to maritime industry.
Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Karyi Theatre, Cinema and Television University is the national university specializing exclusively in performing arts and located in Kyiv, Ukraine. It is a multidisciplinary institution that includes a department of theatrical arts and the Institute of Screen Arts. The university has four campuses around the city of Kyiv and a separate student dormitory. The acting rector of the university is Inna Kocharian.
Kagoshima Women's Junior College or Kagoshima Women's College is a private women's junior college in Kagoshima, Kagoshima, Japan, established in 1965. External links Official website Official website
Seisen Jogakuin College is a Catholic private women's college in Nagano, Nagano, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1961, and it was chartered as a university in 2003. The college offers a 4-year degree in the Faculty of Human Studies, as well as 2-year degrees in either the Department of Early Childhood Education or the Department of International Communication.
Hanbat National University is a university in Daejon, South Korea, established in 1927. The university is composed of six colleges, and different departments within them, and one separate faculty. All five colleges offer study at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Siena Heights University is a private Catholic university in Adrian, Michigan. It was founded by the Adrian Dominican Sisters in 1919. History The institution was founded for women in 1919 as St. Joseph's College by the Adrian Dominican Sisters. In 1939, it was renamed as Siena Heights College, after Saint Catherine of Siena.
Fatima College, Madurai, is a women's general degree college located in Madurai, Tamil Nadu. It was established in the year 1953. The college is affiliated with Madurai Kamaraj University. This college offers different courses in arts, commerce and science.
Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic National University is a Ukrainian university in Zaporizhzhia in Ukraine. History Russian Empire Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic National University started in 1900 as a seven-year mechanical technical vocational college, preparing technic-mechanics specialists. Simultaneously with the educational work, the construction of the main premises was carried out. Very quickly the main three-storied building was built. The educational building housed classrooms, physics and mechanical offices, laboratories, an assembly hall, and a store selling ready-made products.
Odesa National University of Technologies is a public HEI with the highest level of accreditation. It was established in 1902 and today is a modern innovative scientific center for training of high qualified personnel. ONTU is a multi-profile HEI which includes 4 scientific-educational institutions, 11 faculties and research institute with 15 scientific schools. ONTU has about 6500 students in 21 areas of training, 42 training programs, 10 doctorate and 3 post-doctorate programs, 4 specialized scientific councils for doctorate and post-doctorate theses defense. Educational and research activities of ONTU provides 104 doctors/professors and 388 PhD/associate professors.
Thomas More University is a private Roman Catholic university in Crestview Hills, Kentucky. It serves about 2,000 full and part-time students. The university was founded in 1921 by the local Benedictine Sisters as Villa Madonna College.
