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The Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Uzbekistan , also known as the Tashkent Police School is the main educational institution of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Uzbekistan. Its purpose is to prepare highly qualified officers for service in the interior ministry and the Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The Pontifical Latin American College is one of the Roman Colleges of the Roman Catholic Church, for students from Central and South America. A pontifical college in Rome is a hostel for student priests who pursue higher ecclesiastical studies in various Church universities and institutes.

The Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising is a private college in downtown Los Angeles. The college was founded in 1969 by Tonian Hohberg, the institute's president and CEO. In 2023, Arizona State University announced that the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in downtown Los Angeles will be part of the expansion of ASU’s fashion education program, which will now be named ASU FIDM, and will operate in both Los Angeles and Phoenix.

Kanto Gakuin University is a private university located in Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Japan. History It traces its roots to The Baptist Theological Seminary of Yokohama established by Albert Arnold Bennett, a missionary of the American Baptist Missionary Union, established in 1884. The school's name was changed to Kanto Gakuin in 1919.

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.

Tilka Majhi Bhagalpur University, formerly Bhagalpur University, is a public university in Bhagalpur, Bihar, India. It was established on 12 July 1960, having local colleges initially associated with Patna University. Its campus is around in area. The name was changed from Bhagalpur University to Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University in 1991 in commemoration of Tilka Majhi, a freedom fighter.

Botswana University of Agriculture and Natural Resources formally known as Botswana College of Agriculture is an agricultural University located in Gaborone, Botswana. History It was established by an act of the Parliament of Botswana, Act no. 12 of 2015 as a Parastatal under the Ministry of Agricultural Development and Food Security .

The Minneapolis College of Art and Design is a private college specializing in the visual arts and located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. MCAD currently enrolls approximately 800 students. MCAD is one of just a few major art schools to offer a major in comic art.

Al Fashir University is a public university in al-Fashir, the capital city of North Darfur, Sudan. Foundation The university was created in 1990 by decree of President Omar Hassan Ahmed Bashir, and was officially opened in February 1991 in premises west of al-Fashir airport and South of the al-Fashir school.

Fortis College is a private for-profit college with multiple campuses throughout the United States. It was established in 2008 and is operated by Education Affiliates and owned by JLL Partners. Education Affiliates and JLL Partners Education Affiliates operates Fortis College and Fortis Institute, and is headquartered in Nottingham, Maryland. EA is an investment of JLL Partners and was incorporated in 2004. Its other schools include ASPE Training, All-State Career School, DriveCo CDL Learning Center, Saint Paul’s School of Nursing, Georgia Driving Academy, and the Denver School of Nursing.

Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University is a university established by the Government of Kerala in December 2010 to further education, research and extension services in the field of Veterinary and Animal Sciences. The territorial jurisdiction of the university extends to the whole of the State of Kerala. Its headquarters is located at Pookode near Kalpetta in Wayanad District in Kerala State.

Harrisburg University of Science & Technology, commonly referred to as Harrisburg University , is a private STEM-focused university in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, with an additional location in Philadelphia. Founded in 2001 as Harrisburg Polytechnic Institute, it offers STEM-focused degree and certificate programs.

Shih Chien University is a private university in Taipei and Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The school is renowned for its design-related departments such as architecture, industrial design, fashion design, and media communication design. In October 2016, the design department of Shih Chien University was recognized as one of the top 30 design schools in the world by the globally recognized ranking site, Ranker.

AMU Malappuram Centre is one of the prominent educational institution of Aligarh Muslim University in south India in the state of Kerala in Malappuram district near Perinthalmanna at Cherukara post. It was established in 2010 by the ministry of Human resource and Development, central government of India. The President of India in her capacity as the Visitor accorded sanction to establish two Centers of Aligarh Muslim University, one at Malappuram and the other at Murshidabad in 2010.

The Universidade Positivo is a private universities of the State of Paraná, Brazil. Universidade Positivo's campus is in the Campo Comprido district of Curitiba and occupies an area of more than 400,000 m

Luarasi University is a university in Tirana, Albania. It offers degrees in law, Economics, Information Technology and Medical Sciences. It was founded in 2003 by decree of the Albanian government to license a private university.

The Conservatory of Ho Chi Minh City is a conservatory located at 112, Nguyen Du Street, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam that provides music education in undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate level for the southern region of Vietnam. It is one of three conservatories in Vietnam .

DeSales University is a private Catholic university in Center Valley, Pennsylvania. The university offers traditional, online, and hybrid courses and programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Named for St. Francis de Sales, the university was founded in 1964 as "Allentown College of Saint Francis de Sales" by the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales.

Lewis and Clark Community College is a public community college in Godfrey, Illinois. It serves approximately 3,973 credit and non-credit students annually. The college has nine locations throughout the St. Louis Metro East, including a campus and humanities center in Edwardsville, Illinois; community education centers in Alton, Illinois, Carlinville, Illinois and Jerseyville, Illinois; a training center in Bethalto, Illinois; a river research center in East Alton, Illinois; and a location at the East St. Louis Higher Education Center in East St. Louis, Illinois. Lewis and Clark has career and transfer study options.

Technological University is a university under the Ministry of Science and Technology. It is located in Hpa-an Township, Kayin State, Myanmar. History The University was founded in 1993 as Government Technical High School beside the road in field No.. It had been transformed as Government Technological Institute from 12 August 1998 and then it had been upgraded as Government Technological College on 28 December 2000. From the board of Education Committee of Government of Union of Myanmar promoted the college to be university level as Technological University from the date of 20 January 20...

Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences or PGIMS Rohtak is a government medical institution in the city of Rohtak, Haryana, India. The institute offers various under graduate and post graduate courses in major specialties of medicine and surgery. It is spread across a campus. It is incorporated in Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma University of Health Sciences.

Excelia is a French private university-level institution of higher education. Created in 1988 as Groupe Sup de Co La Rochelle, it is a non-profit organisation linked to the La Rochelle Chamber of Commerce and Industry and a member of the Conférence des Grandes Écoles. Excelia Group's Business School belongs to the approximately 100 business schools worldwide holding a triple accreditation.

Nkumba University is a chartered private university in Uganda. It was established in 1994 as part of a group of schools and colleges that originally grew from a kindergarten established in 1951. The university is not affiliated with any particular religious organization, but it accommodates several religious associations.

The University of Lawsonomy, otherwise known as Des Moines University of Lawsonomy, was founded by Alfred Lawson and in operation from 1943 to 1952 and located in Des Moines, Iowa. A second iteration calling itself the University of Lawsonomy was established on the site of the University of Lawsonomy Farm near Racine, Wisconsin, in 1957, by a follower of Lawson, Merle Hayden, and continued to exist until Hayden's death in 2017.

The Booker Washington Institute is a public, post-secondary school in Kakata, Margibi County, Liberia. Founded in 1929 as the Booker Washington Agricultural and Industrial Institute, it was the country's first agricultural and vocational school. BWI was founded with assistance from Americans and is named after American educator Booker T. Washington. Located east of the country's capital of Monrovia, the school sits on a large rural campus and has about 1,800 students.

Fukushima Medical University is a public university, located in the city of Fukushima, Japan. History The predecessor of the school was Fukushima Woman's Medical School and was established in 1944. It was chartered as a university in 1950.

Mangrove Institute of Science and Technology is a private polytechnic school in the southern region of Bangladesh. It is located at Khulna divisional city. Mangrove Institute was founded June 26, 2005. The institute offers diplomas in engineering programs and short TVET courses.

The BCMC College of Engineering & Technology is a private college in Jessore, Bangladesh. The college was founded on 1 September 1999 and is run by the BCMC foundation. The college is located in Jessore district.

The Hungarian University of Fine Arts is the central Hungarian art school in Budapest, Andrássy Avenue. It was founded in 1871 as the Hungarian Royal Drawing School and has been called University of Fine Arts since 2001.

GNA University, located in Phagwara, Punjab, India, is a privately owned institution. It was established in 2014 under Act No. 17 of 2014 by the State Government of Punjab. The university is affiliated with the GNA Group, which is known for its manufacturing of automotive components.

The Universidade Atlântica is a private university located near Taguspark in Oeiras Municipality, Portugal . Atlântica was founded in 1996 by the initiative of university professors, researchers, banks, private companies, and the Oeiras local government. The university is housed in the former Barcarena Gunpowder factory , and is administered by Ensino, Investigação e Administração S.A. , an entity created in 1993.

Osaka Seikei University is a private university in Osaka, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1933. It was chartered as a junior women's college in 1951. In 2003 it became coeducational.

The Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the Learning Economy is an interdisciplinary research centre situated in Lund, Sweden. It is spanning several faculties at Lund University and Blekinge Institute of Technology. The activities cover the field of innovation, entrepreneurship, knowledge creation and economic growth.

Central Sheep Breeding Farm, Hisar is a public funded agricultural research, breeding and education institute located at Hisar in the Indian state of Haryana that offers educational courses in Shearing Training and Sheep Management & Production Training.

Sagami Women's University is a private women's college in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1900 in Hongō, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, and was the fourth oldest women's college in Japan. It moved to its present location in Sagamihara in 1946 and was chartered as a university in 1949.

The Colegio de Santa Ana is a private Parochial institution located in Santa Ana, Taguig, Philippines. Founded in 1980 by Rt. Rev. Msgr. Augurio I. Juta, CDSA offers a Catholic education. History The institution was created with the vision to help in the Catholic formation and educational enhancement of parishioners and common folks alike for the native Taguigenos . It was in the early 1980s that this idea sprang from Rt. Rev. Msgr. Augurio Juta, a resident parish priest of St. Anne with the assistance of Rev. Mother María Josefina C. Yamson, RVM, then Superior Gen. of the Congregation of ...

Schreiner University is a private Presbyterian university in Kerrville, Texas. The university enrolls an estimated 1,300 undergraduate and graduate students. It offers over 40 four-year undergraduate programs, an MBA and a master of education. Established in 1923, it has been coeducational since 1932. The university is also home to Schreiner Institute, a college-level service academy preparatory program for those who did not receive appointments or nominations straight out of high school, ROTC, and veteran services. Prior to the founding of the Schreiner Institute, Schreiner University was hom...

Holy Angel University is a private Catholic research university in Angeles City, Philippines. Founded in June 1933 by Don Juan Nepomuceno and Fr. Pedro Paulo Santos, who was later named as the Archbishop of Cáceres, is considered the first lay-founded Catholic school as well as the first co-educational Catholic high school. With a student population of over 21,000, it is the largest private institute of education with the largest student population in a single campus in Central Luzon.

Indian Institute of Information Technology, Ranchi , is one of the Indian Institutes of Information Technology, a group of 25 Interdisciplinary Technical Universities of higher education started by Government of India, focused on Information Technology. It is an "Institute of National Importance", declared by an act of parliament.

The Syrian Virtual University is a Syrian educational institution established by the Syrian Ministry of Higher Education. It provides virtual education to students from around the world. It was established on 2 September 2002 and is the first virtual education institution in the region, and as of 2006, remains the only one. The goals of the SVU include offering education to those who want to learn but cannot afford to do so by going to a "brick and mortar" university. It is headquartered at the Ministry of Higher Education building, Damascus. Students can study online, but they should make ...

Monroe College is a private for-profit college in New York City. It was founded in 1933 and has campuses in the Bronx, New Rochelle and Saint Lucia, with degree programs also available through Monroe Online. The college is named after James Monroe, the fifth president of the United States. It is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.

New Saint Andrews College is a private classical Christian college in Moscow, Idaho. It was founded in 1994 by Christ Church, and modeled in part on the curriculum of Harvard College of the seventeenth century. The college offers no undergraduate majors, but follows a single, integrated classical liberal arts curriculum from a Christian worldview in its associate's and bachelor's degree programs. The college also offers master's degrees in theology and letters and classical Christian studies. The New Saint Andrews board, faculty, and staff are confessionally Reformed . Board members are affili...

Basirhat College, established in 1947, is a general degree college in Basirhat. It offers undergraduate courses in arts, commerce and sciences. It is affiliated to West Bengal State University. History Basirhat College was founded in mid-November 1947 on the banks of river Icchamati. In 1947, the college was primarily housed in Basirhat Town Hall. It later moved to the residence of Khan Bahadur A.F.M. Abdur Rahaman in Basirhat. Dr. Shyamaprasad Mukherjee laid the foundation stone at the present location of the college.

Xi'an International Studies University is a provincial public linguistics university located in Xi'an, Shaanxi, China. The university is affiliated with and funded by the Province of Shaanxi. XISU is one of the universities with well-known foreign language departments and a member of G8 Universities . The university has three campuses, the north Yanta campus , the South Chang'an campus and Yahe campus, where the university's high school is located.

Briarcliff College was a women's college in Briarcliff Manor, New York. The school was founded as Mrs. Dow's School for Girls in 1903 at the Briarcliff Lodge. After Walter W. Law donated land and a building for the college, it operated at its location at 235 Elm Road in Briarcliff until 1977; closing due to low enrollment and financial problems. Pace University subsequently operated it as part of its Pleasantville campus from 1977 to 2015. In an effort to consolidate its campuses, Pace University sold the campus in 2017 to the Research Center on Natural Conservation, a host of conferences relating to global warming and conservation.

Bursa Uludağ University is a public research university in Bursa, Turkey. The research and education conducted by the university have an emphasis on International Relations, Medicine, Engineering, Natural & Social sciences and Arts.

Cebu Institute of Medicine is a private medical school located in Cebu City, Philippines. The medical school is affiliated with the Velez College. Both are located adjacent to each other in F. Ramos Street. Its primary base hospital is the Cebu Velez General Hospital, which is also located in the F. Ramos Street.

Shūmei University is a private university in Japan. The main campus is located in Yachiyo, Chiba, and the headquarters is located in Nakano, Tokyo. The university was founded as the Yachiyo International University in 1988.

Durham College is a public college in Ontario, Canada, with two main campuses in Oshawa and Whitby. Durham College offers over 145 academic programs, including five honours bachelor degrees and nine apprenticeship programs, to around 13,600 full-time students.

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.

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