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Dnipro National University of Railway Transport named after academician V. Lazaryan is a higher educational institution of the 4th level of state accreditation in Ukraine. It was founded in 1930 as the Institute of Railway Transport Engineers.

Lane College is a private historically black college associated with the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church and located in Jackson, Tennessee. It offers associate and baccalaureate degrees in the arts and sciences.

Hope Africa University was established in 2000 with support from the Free Methodist Church in Karen, Kenya. It relocated to Bujumbura in December 2003. At that time, it had 110 students. It is considered Burundi's best private university and receives the most applicants per year. HAU is the largest and fastest growing private university in Burundi with a peak enrollment of 1,700 students prior to civic disruption in 2015. Since 2015, enrollment has been gradually recovering with a large portion of the student body coming from surrounding Central African countries. HAU was presided by Sylvain Nzohabonayo until 2017 when Dr.

The Faculty of Education at the Queen's University at Kingston in Canada was founded in 1907. Over 23,000 teachers and education professionals have graduated from the Faculty since 1907. The Faculty is located at Duncan McArthur Hall, an integrated educational complex that provides teaching and learning facilities, support services, and administrative offices under one roof on West Campus.

Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University is a federal university of technology located in Bauchi, north eastern part of Nigeria. The university is named after the first and only Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa. The motto of the university is "Doctrina Mater Artium", which means "Education is the mother of the practical arts".

Woosong University, is a 4-year university, located in Daejeon, South Korea providing a specialized curriculum based on foreign-language and IT education for every major field of study. History 1954: Woosong Educational Foundation established1995: Opening of Woosong University 1996: Graduate School of Industrial Information established2007: Sobridge International School of Business established2009: Establishment of Nursing Science Department2011: Sol Hospital, a simulated hospital, opened.2014: Sol International School opened2016: Endicott College established

Ibmec is a private research university with five campuses in Brazil's main cities of Rio de Janeiro , São Paulo, Belo Horizonte, and Brasília. Founded in 1970, it is one of Latin America's most prestigious business and economics school and today offers undergraduate and graduate programs in several other disciplines.

San Diego Christian College was founded in 1970 under the sponsorship of Scott Memorial Baptist Church. Located in the San Diego suburb of Santee, the college boasts an average temperature of 75 degrees. Over the past 50 years, the school has grown to house more than 35 undergraduate degree programs, 4 graduate programs, and 600 students while remaining committed to its Christian foundation. San Diego offers a diverse range of degrees, spanning subjects from aviation to kinesiology. The student to faculty ratio is 8:1, and class sizes are small to encourage in-depth learning and understanding of course material.

University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest is a state-owned university in Budapest, Hungary. Past and present of the University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest The predecessor of the University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest was established as a department of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Pest in 1787. The development of the national public veterinary services in the 19th century and the establishment of the provincial and district level veterinary offices resulted in a growing need for trained veterinary professionals, capable of demonstrating both theoretical and practical competence.

École centrale d'électronique is a French graduate engineering school in Paris, Lyon and Bordeaux, France. It was established on 1919. The College is member of the Union of Independent Grandes Écoles.

Rose State College is a public community college in Midwest City, Oklahoma. History Rose State College was originally named Oscar Rose Junior College in memory of Oscar V. Rose, a former Mid-Del School District school superintendent.

Penn State Law, located in University Park, Pennsylvania, is one of two separately accredited law schools of the Pennsylvania State University. Penn State Law offers J.D., LL.M., and S.J.D. degrees. The school also offers a joint J.D./M.B.A. with the Smeal College of Business, a joint J.D./M.I.A. degree with the School of International Affairs, which is also located in the Lewis Katz Building, as well as joint degrees with other graduate programs at Penn State.

Islamic Fiqh Academy of India is a Deobandi fiqh organization. It was established in 1988 in New Delhi under the guidance of Mujahidul Islam Qasmi. The primary objective of the academy is to address contemporary issues and challenges faced by Muslims in light of the principles and methodology of Islamic jurisprudence, as derived from the Quran, Sunnah , and the interpretations of classical jurists and scholars. The IFA aims to find solutions to problems arising from social, political, economic, industrial, and technological developments through collective efforts and research. It organizes se...

Dinakrushna College is a college in Jaleswar, Odisha, India and is the oldest government-aided institution in the north of Balasore district. It was established in 1964 for the purpose of providing higher education in the rural area. It offers both intermediate & graduation courses. It is affiliated to Fakir Mohan University and accredited by the NAAC with a 'B' Grade.

Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University was established in 1992 as a state university with four proposed faculties: the Faculty of Arts & Sciences and Humanities, the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, the Faculty of Technical Education and the Faculty of Fisheries. Mugla School of Management, founded in 1975, originally affiliated with the Ankara Academy of Economics and Administrative Sciences, was the first higher education institution in Muğla. It then became the first faculty of Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University upon its establishment. Muğla Vocational School, founded in 1989 as part of ...

National College, Bangalore is the name given to two sister institutions in Bangalore, India: the National College Basavanagudi, founded in 1920, and the National College, Jayanagar, founded in 1965. Other related institutions, also called National College, are located in Bagepalli and Gowribidanur. These institutions are managed by the National Education Society of Karnataka .

Irvine Valley College is a public community college in Irvine, California. It is part of the California Community Colleges system. The college inherited its name from the Irvine family and the Irvine Company that were key in the development of the city of Irvine. Opened in 1979 as Saddleback College North Campus, Irvine Valley College received its current name and independent status in July 1985. In July 1988, the college received its first accreditation as a separate institution by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges . The school provides associate of art and science...

The University of Providence is a private Roman Catholic university in Great Falls, Montana. It is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. History The University of Providence was founded in 1932 as Great Falls Junior College for Women by Edwin Vincent O'Hara, the Catholic Bishop of Great Falls, in collaboration with the Sisters of Charity of Providence and the Ursuline Sisters. It became coeducational in 1937.

College for Creative Studies is a private art school in Detroit, Michigan. It enrolls more than 1,400 students and focuses on arts education. The college is also active in offering art education to children through its Community Arts Partnerships program and its Henry Ford Academy: School for Creative Studies.

Maharaja Agrasen University is a private university located at the HIMUDA Education Hub, near the village Kallujhanda, District Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India. It was founded by Nand Kishore Garg in the town of Barotiwala in 2013. The university established under Maharaja Agrasen Act, 2012 .

Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo —or Santo Domingo Institute of Technology , is a private university located in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. It was founded on October 9, 1972, by a group of connoted professionals and is considered the best institute of technology in the country.

The Federal University Lokoja, popularly known as Fulokoja or by its acronym, FUL, is a federal university in the confluence city of Lokoja, the capital of Kogi State, North-Central Nigeria. Lokoja lies at the confluence of the Niger and Benue rivers.

Sree Narayana College, Kannur is a post-graduate college affiliated to the Kannur University in India. Notable alumni Sahal Abdul Samad, Indian International footballerPrakash Bare, Indian film actorC. K. Vineeth, Indian footballerManju Warrier, Malayalam film actressRayshad Rauf, playback singerSanusha, Malayalam film actressSayanora Philip, playback singerA. P. Abdullakutty, Former MP

Ryutsu Keizai University is a Japanese private university in Ryūgasaki, Ibaraki. It was founded in 1965. The school has secondary campuses in Matsudo, Chiba and also in Kashiwa, Chiba. See also Ryutsu Keizai University F.C., affiliated football club.List of universities in Japan

Russian State Vocational Pedagogical University was founded in 1 of September 1979. It is situated in Ekaterinburg, Russia. RSVPU is a federal state autonomous educational institution of higher education, which consists of colleges, institutes and departments, branches and representative offices in different cities of Russia. The rector of the university - Dorozhkin Eugene M.

Frederick University is a private university in the Republic of Cyprus. It offers undergraduate and graduate programs on two campuses, one in the capital of the island Nicosia and the other in the second largest city, Limassol.

Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence is a graduate-level, research-based academic institution located in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The current president, Professor Eric Xing, joined in January 2021. Sir J. Michael Brady served as the founding, interim president. Professor Ling Shao was the initiator and the founding provost and executive vice president.

Texas Tech University at Abilene is an official off campus teaching site of Texas Tech University located in Abilene, Texas. The site hosts Bachelor of University Studies, Bachelor of General Studies, Graduate Certificate in Wind Energy and Ed.D. in educational leadership.

The South Carolina State University School of Law was a law school at South Carolina State University in Orangeburg, South Carolina, that existed from 1947 until 1966. The school came about because of the refusal by South Carolina leaders to integrate the University of South Carolina School of Law, which for many years was the state's only institution for legal education. In 1946, John Howard Wrighten III, a black World War II veteran, applied for admission to USC Law School. Wrighten, however, was denied because of his race. He filed suit in 1946 and was represented by four attorneys, includi...

Piedmont University is a private university in Demorest and Athens, Georgia. Founded in 1897, Piedmont's Demorest campus includes 300 acres in a traditional residential-college setting located in the foothills of the northeast Georgia Blue Ridge Mountains. Total enrollment is approximately 2,571 students and the campus includes ten dormitories housing more than 720 students.

Anton de Kom University is the only university in Suriname. It is located in the capital, Paramaribo, and named for Anton de Kom, an anti-colonialist activist who was killed by the Nazis while in exile in the Netherlands.

Azerbaijan State Academy of Fine Arts is higher art school that is located in the city of Baku in Republic of Azerbaijan. It was founded in 2000 by a presidential decree. The academy aims the only higher education institution in the country that carrying out educational programs of specialized secondary school, high school and other levels of education in accordance with the requirements of higher art education. The academy is officially accredited by the Ministry of Education of Azerbaijan. ASAFA offers courses and programs in higher education degrees such as bachelor's degrees in several areas of study.

McMillan Hall is a building on the campus of Washington & Jefferson College in Washington, Pennsylvania, United States. Built in 1793, it is the only surviving building from Washington Academy. It is the eighth-oldest academic building in the United States that is still in use for its original academic purpose and is the oldest surviving college building west of the Allegheny Mountains.

Hagerstown Community College is a public community college in Hagerstown, Maryland. It was founded in 1946 as Maryland’s first community college. The campus encompassed eighteen buildings on .. The college hosts a business incubator, outdoor gardens, and an amphitheater.

The Baker School of Business, officially named the Tommy and Victoria Baker School of Business , is one of the five schools composing The Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina. The Baker School of Business currently enrolls over 700 undergraduate and 250 graduate students in bachelor's and master's degree programs. It was established in 2002 as The Citadel reorganized its existing departments into the five schools. As of January, 2021, the school is located in the college's newest academic building, Bastin Hall.

Novena University is the first private university in Delta State located in Ogume, Delta State, Nigeria. Novena University was established to meet the yearnings and aspirations of Nigeria youths and women who are unable to get admitted for their academic career into existing tertiary institutions which cannot give opportunities or accommodate a good percentage of those seek or apply to them each year in Nigeria for admission. Novena University was Founded in the year 2005, Novena University being a private higher-education institution located presently in Ogume, of Delta State, Nigeria. Novena...

Riverside City College is a public community college in Riverside, California. The college is part of the Riverside Community College District, as well as the larger California Community Colleges System.

Wenatchee Valley College is a public community college in Wenatchee, Washington. The college provides students with adult education classes, certifications, associate degrees, and four bachelor's degrees. WVC's primary service district is one of the largest in the state, serving an area larger than Massachusetts, at more than .

Limestone University, formerly Limestone College, is a private Christian university in Gaffney, South Carolina. It was established in 1845 by Thomas Curtis, a distinguished scholar born and educated in England. Limestone was the first women's college in South Carolina and one of the first in the nation; it is the third-oldest college in South Carolina. Ten buildings on the campus, as well as the Limestone Springs and limestone quarry itself, are on the National Register of Historic Places. In the 1960s, Limestone became fully coeducational and in 2020 its name changed from Limestone College to...

The Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute is a center for psychoanalytic research, training, and education on Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago. The institute provides professional training in the theory and practice of psychoanalysis and psychotherapy. It was founded in 1932 by Franz Alexander, a pioneer in psychosomatic medicine at the Berlin Psychoanalytic Institute, who moved to Chicago at the invitation of Robert Maynard Hutchins, then president of the University of Chicago. Notable psychoanalysts that have been associated with the institute include Karl Menninger, Karen Horney, Thomas Szas...

Karagandy State University named after E. A. Buketov is a university in Karagandy, Kazakhstan, founded in 1972. Karaganda State University is the second university in the history of Kazakhstan, and it is one of the largest universities in the country.

The Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science is the engineering school of Yale University. When the first professor of civil engineering was hired in 1852, a Yale School of Engineering was established within the Yale Scientific School, and in 1932 the engineering faculty organized as a separate, constituent school of the university. The school currently offers undergraduate and graduate classes and degrees in electrical engineering, chemical engineering, computer science, applied physics, environmental engineering, biomedical engineering, and mechanical engineering and materials science.

CAPSTONE is a joint service professional military education courses for newly promoted brigadier generals and rear admirals serving in the United States military. The National Defense University conducts the CAPSTONE course at Fort Lesley J. McNair in Washington, DC. The course objective is to ensure senior military leaders understand how military forces and other elements of national power are integrated and used to support national military strategies, and how joint, interagency, and multinational operations support strategic national objectives.

Bay State College was a private for-profit college in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It was owned by Ambow Education Holding Ltd. of the Cayman Islands and Beijing, People's Republic of China. The college was accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education but the accreditor rescinded its accreditation.

Cégep de Trois-Rivières is a French-language College of general and vocational education in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada. It is located at 3500 rue De Courval. It was established in 1968. In 2021, the CEGEP offered 40 programs leading to a Diplôme d’études collégiales : 13 of these were pre-university programs, while 27 were career programs. It also has three College Centers for the Transfer of Technologies institutes, as well as business training services and continuing education programs. In addition to its two main pavilions, the CEGEP has six residences and an observatory.

Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Jabalpur , also known as Pandit Dwarka Prasad Mishra Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, is an Indian Institute of Information Technology in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India that focuses on Information Technology enabled Design and Manufacturing.

The Royal Academy of Cambodia is the national academy and university of Cambodia. RAC was originally established by a Royal Decree of 25 August 1965 and placed under the Office of the Council of Ministers. However, by the time war broke out in Cambodia in 1970 it had still not started operations, and in the following years it disappeared completely amidst the turmoil of the Khmer Rouge period. Efforts to revive the Royal Academy began in March 1997 with the establishment of the Academy of Cambodian History, later the Academy of History. In 1999 this institution became the Royal Academy of Cam...

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