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Kent State University at East Liverpool is a satellite campus of Kent State University in East Liverpool, Ohio. Administered with Kent State University at Salem as part of Kent State University Columbiana County, Kent State East Liverpool offers bachelor's and associate degrees. The campus consists of two buildings in downtown East Liverpool; John J. Purinton Hall and the Mary Patterson Building. Together, the Columbiana County campuses serve more than 1,400 students.

Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences is the oldest and largest constituent college of Boston College, situated on the university's main campus in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Founded in 1863, it offers undergraduate and graduate programs in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences.

Maharajah's College, or M. R. College, established in 1879, it is an autonomous institution located in Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh. History The institution was founded by Sri Pusapati Vijayarama Gajapathi Raju, the Maharajah of Vizianagram. It was started as a middle school in 1857 and upgraded to a high school in 1868. It was upgraded to a college in 1879 under the University of Madras.

Ho Chi Minh City University of Architecture , is the flagship university in architecture, civil engineering, design education and research in Vietnam. In addition to architecture and civil/structural engineering, the university provides higher education in several relating disciplines including urban planning, infrastructural engineering, fine arts, fashion design and building interior design. Its main campus is located in District 3, Ho Chi Minh City in addition to two provincial campuses in Da Lat and Can Tho.

The University of Magdalena , is a public, departmentalal, coeducational, research university based in the city of Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia. It received high quality institutional accreditation from the Ministry of National Education on August 26, 2016, for a period of four years, being the second public university in the region to receive such accreditation.

Urmia University of Medical Sciences, is a medical school in Urmia, West Azarbaijan, Iran. Urmia University of Medical College Established on 1980 as part of Medical School of Urmia University. In 1985 under supervision of Iranian Ministry of Health the school detached from Urmia University and a new university established with the name of Urmia University of Medical Science.

Panchagarh Government Women's College is a government educational institution located in Panchagarh, Bangladesh. Established in 1985 with the aim of promoting women's education, the college has become a prominent institution in the sub-district. It offers a range of modern facilities, including well-equipped classrooms, laboratories, a library, and common rooms.

Guangdong Ocean University was established in 1997 to provide courses in oceanography and maritime sciences. It is situated in the Zhanjiang City, Guangdong Province, China. History Guangdong Ocean University was originally set up as Zhanjiang Ocean University on January 10, 1997. It was merger of the 62-year-old Zhanjiang Fishery College and the 39-year-old Zhanjiang Agricultural Academy. In 1998, the university was granted permission to offer master's degrees and enroll foreign students. In 1999, the university passed the Undergraduate Teaching Qualification Assessment conducted by the Education Ministry of China.

Nilamber-Pitamber University is a state university located in Medininagar, Jharkhand, India. Colleges Constituent colleges G.L.A. College, MedininagarJ. S. College, MedininagarY.S.N.M. College, MedininagarS.S.J.S.N. College, GarhwaDegree College, Manika, LateharModel Degree College, Garhwa

LeMoyne–Owen College is a private historically black college affiliated with the United Church of Christ and located in Memphis, Tennessee. It resulted from the 1968 merger of historically black colleges and other schools established by northern Protestant missions during and after the American Civil War.

University of Mkar, Mkar is a private Christian institution established by the Church of Christ in Sudan among the Tiv to make a mark in the educational landscape of the nation. Founded in June, 2005, it is a model University that is technologically driven, has strong passion for academic excellence, emphasises character development and puts God at the centre of all learning.

The Universidad Autónoma de Occidente is a private university, established in 1970. Its first seat was in Champagnat neighborhood, in Cali. In 1999 construction of its new campus was completed, located in the south of the city, in an area called Valle del Lilí. It has a second campus in San Fernando neighborhood, which specializes in complementary education.

The University of Applied Sciences Utrecht is a higher vocational education in Utrecht, Netherlands. Several student communities are present in the university. On April 19, 2021, it was announced that the Celsius student team won three awards in the Solar Decathlon Build Challenge held by United States Department of Energy.

Woodford International School, also called the International School, is a school in Honiara, Solomon Islands; apart from the Honiara Solomon Islands College of Higher Education , a university in Honiara; and the University of the South Pacific Solomon Islands Campus. The school is located just to the northwest of the Solomon Islands College of Higher Education.

Gateshead College is a further education college in the town of Gateshead, England. It offers further education for 16-18 year olds as well as higher education, apprenticeships, parti-time adult learning and training for employers. Established on November 15, 1955 at Durham Road in Low Fell, Gateshead, it was closed in January 2008 for its displacement to the new main site located at the Baltic Quayside in Gateshead.

The University of South Carolina Beaufort is a public college with three campuses in the Lowcountry region of South Carolina. It is part of the University of South Carolina System, enrolls about 2,000 students, and offers over 50 areas of study. The main campus is in Bluffton, South Carolina. The institution's campus in Beaufort houses the school's honor programs and the Department of Visual Arts & Design. The campus location on Hilton Head Island is home to the institution's program for hospitality management.

Sheikh Hasina Medical College is a government medical college in Bangladesh, established in 2014. It is located in Jamalpur. It is affiliated with University of Dhaka as a constituent college. It has a five-year medical education course leading to an MBBS. One-year internship after graduation is compulsory for all graduates. The college is affiliated with the University of Dhaka, and the degree is recognized by the Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council.

Dunwoody College of Technology is a private technology school in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It offers Bachelor of Science , Bachelor of Architecture and Associate of Applied Science degrees. History Dunwoody College was founded as a technical institute in 1914, when Minneapolis businessman William Hood Dunwoody left three million dollars in his will to "provide for all time a place where youth without distinction on account of race, color or religious prejudice, may learn the useful trades and crafts, and thereby fit themselves for the better performance of life's duties." When his widow, Kate L.

Santipur College, established in 1948, is a college in Santipur, in Nadia district, West Bengal, India. It offers undergraduate courses in arts and sciences. It is affiliated to University of Kalyani.

Alexandria Regional Center for Women's Health and Development is a non-profit training and research center in Alexandria, Egypt. It is concerned with women's health and women's development in Egypt and its neighboring countries. The Centre was named after Suzanne Mubarak, wife of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, who was interested in improving the physical and social well-being of women in Egypt.

Al-Jāmiʿah Dār al-Maʿārif al-Islāmiyyah , popularly known as Darul Marif, is a Qawmi jamiah situated at Bahaddarhat, Chittagong, Bangladesh. Sultan Zauq Nadvi is the founder director of the Jamiah.

Soai University is a private university in the city of Osaka, Japan. It was established in 1888, initially as a women's university. Famous people with ties to Soai include alumni Hideo Ishikawa, Haruko Okamoto, Mihoko Shuku and Yasuhito Sugiyama.

Columbia Basin College is a public community college in Pasco, Washington. It is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. The college offers English as a second language and General Educational Development prep classes, the Running Start program, many associate degree programs, and the Bachelor of Applied Science degree.

Eastern Polytechnic is the first private polytechnic in Rivers State, Nigeria. It was established in 2008 and has its main campus in Rumuokwurusi, Port Harcourt. From the start, the institution has consistently relied on the ideals of innovation, entrepreneurship and commitment, to equip its students with the skills and knowledge to succeed in a wide range of careers. The current rector is Rev. Fr. Malachy Aguzuru C.S.Sp, who was ordained to the priesthood on 9 July 2005.

Montreal Diocesan Theological College is a theological seminary of the Anglican Church of Canada. It offers the Master of Divinity, Diploma in Ministry, Bachelor of Theology, and Master of Sacred Theology to candidates for ordination and other students, from Anglican and non-Anglican traditions. It also offers a distance education program, the Reading and Tutorial Course in Theology, leading to the Licentiate in Theology.

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman University, Kishoreganj is a government financed public university located in the town of Kishoreganj in Bangladesh. Established in 2020, BSMRU is named after Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the country's founding father. On 24 January 2020 in regular cabinet meeting, chaired by prime minister, agreed in principle to the Acts for the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman University in Kishoreganj District. Dr Z M Parvez Sazzad, a professor at the Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering in Dhaka University, will serve as the founding vice-chancellor...

Gauhati Commerce College located at R.G. Barooah Road in Guwahati. It is a government college affiliated to the Department Of Commerce of Gauhati University in Assam. It was founded in early of 1962 by the government of Assam.

Saint Paul School of Theology is a United Methodist seminary in Leawood, Kansas, United States. In addition to the Kansas City area campus at Church of the Resurrection, Saint Paul School of Theology at Oklahoma City University has been offering courses since September 2008. The Oklahoma campus works in a collaboration with Oklahoma City University in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Additionally, the Kansas Campus works in partnership with the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection to serve the Greater Kansas City Metro Area in Leawood, KS. The student body has almost equal numbers of men and women, representing many states and other countries.

Municipal College Rourkela is one of the oldest institution imparting +2, undergraduate degree to students in western Odisha and around. The college laid its foundation in 1978 under Rourkela Education Development Society which was due to patronage of the founding member A.J Alex and NAC Pitambar Mohanty OAS.

The University of Puerto Rico in Cayey is a public university in Cayey, Puerto Rico. It is part of the University of Puerto Rico System. It was initially founded as a regional school in 1967 and became a college in 1969. It was awarded autonomy in April 1982.

The University of Energy and Natural Resources is a public-funded university in Ghana, that was established by an Act of the Parliament of Ghana, Act 830, 2011 on December 31, 2011. The university is a public funded national institution which seeks to provide leadership and management of energy and natural resources and be a centre of excellence in these critical areas. The university approaches its programmes and research emphasizing interdisciplinary collaboration and taking into account, areas such as economics, law and policy, management, science, technology and engineering as well as soc...

The Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary or IHMS, located at Pacifico Cabalit St., Taloto, Tagbilaran City, Bohol, Philippines, is a diocesan college seminary. Overview The seminary was established in 1950 by Julio Rosales, Bishop of Tagbilaran, in implementation of Canon 1354, no. 2 of the 1917 Code of Canon Law.

The Applied Science University is a university in Al Ekir, south of Manama within the Kingdom of Bahrain. Founded by Bahraini academic Waheeb Al-Khaja, ASU was licensed by the Ministry of Education in 2004. Gulf Education Project W.L.L. Company, based in Bahrain, owns the university. It was one of the first private universities in Bahrain to teach in both the Arabic and the English languages.

Technical and Engineering Campus of Shahid Beheshti University is a state university of technology, engineering and science in Iran. PWUT is also the technical training center for power and water industries in Iran.

The American University of Integrative Sciences , is a private for-profit offshore medical school with a single campus located in Barbados. Founded in 1999, it was formerly known as the University of Sint Eustatius School of Medicine . For a period, the school was based in Sint Maarten, where it was taken over by IEMR LLC, a US-based company. Since October 2017, AUIS has operated in Barbados, and it is currently a candidate for accreditation by the Caribbean Accreditation Authority for Education in Medicine and other Health Professions .

Amal College of Advanced Studies is a post graduate government aided college affiliated to the University of Calicut. About the college The college was established in 2005 by the Nilambur Muslim Orphanage Committee. The college is recognised by the UGC under 2 & 12 and declared as Minority educational institution under sec 2 of the NCMEI Act 2004. It offers seven undergraduate programmes and one postgraduate programme in various disciplines. The college is in Shantigramam, a campus in Eranhimangad, on the banks of river Chaliyar, 4 km from Nilambur. The college and its hostels are open to all students regardless of caste, creed, colour, gender and social status.

Afe Babalola University is a private university located in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria. It was founded by a lawyer and philanthropist, Afe Babalola, in 2009. Afe Babalola University offers Academic programs in six Colleges: Sciences, Law, Engineering, Social and Management Sciences, Medicine and Health Sciences, and Postgraduate Studies. The Engineering College built on three and half acres of land and is reputed to be one of the largest in Africa. The college was inaugurated by former President Goodluck Jonathan.

St Mary's was the youngest of the constituent schools of Imperial College London, founded in 1854 as part of the new hospital in Paddington. During its existence in the 1980s and 1990s, it was the most popular medical school in the country, with an application to place ratio of 27:1 in 1996.

The Universidad Católica San Antonio , also known as the Universidad Católica de Murcia , is a private university located in Murcia in south-eastern Spain. It is owned by the San Antonio University Foundation which, as the university, is named after its patron saint, San Antonio de Padua. The current president is María Dolores García Mascarell, widow of its founder José Luis Mendoza.

Jamia Naeemia Lahore is an Islamic University in Lahore associated with the Sunni Barelvi movement. Founded by Mufti Muhammad Husain Naeemi, father of Sarfraz Ahmed Naeemi. It serves as the largest Sunni institution for the Barelvi movement in Pakistan.

The Conservatorio Luigi Cherubini is located in piazza delle Belle Arti in Florence. The conservatory, among the most important in Italy, is named after the Florentine composer Luigi Cherubini . History The conservatory occupies part of a former nunnery which was closed in the 18th century by the Grand Duke of Tuscany.

Hokkaido Information University is a private university in Ebetsu, Ishikari Subprefecture, Hokkaidō, Japan. It was initially established in April 1968 with the name Hokkaido Electronics Computer School. Since 1989, Hokkaido Information University became the officially adopted name.

Tehatta Government College is a government general degree college nestled on the pleasant banks of Jalangi River at Tehatta in Nadia district of the state of West Bengal, India. The college is affiliated to the University of Kalyani.

The LNM Institute of Information Technology , is an institute of higher learning that is a deemed university. It is located in Jaipur, India, on a campus. The institute is a public-private partnership venture between the LNM Foundation and the Government of Rajasthan and operates as an autonomous non-profit organization.

The Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies is a university established by the Government of Kerala devoted to studies in fisheries and ocean sciences. The bill seeking to establish the university was passed by the Kerala Legislative Assembly on 30 December 2010. KUFOS has its headquarters in the premises of the College of Fisheries, Panangad, near Madavana Junction along the Kochi Bypass. The College of Fisheries, established in 1979, was a constituent college of the Kerala Agricultural University. KUFOS is the first university in India exclusively dedicated to studies in fisheries and allied disciplines.

McNeese State University is a public university in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Founded in 1939 as Lake Charles Junior College, it was renamed McNeese Junior College after John McNeese, an early local educator. The present name was adopted in 1970. McNeese is part of the University of Louisiana System and is classified as a Master's University. The selective admissions university consists of six colleges and the Doré School of Graduate Studies. McNeese is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and all programs of study are accredited by their respective national boards.

Finger Lakes Community College is a public community college in Canandaigua, New York. It is affiliated with the State University of New York and sponsored by Ontario County. The main campus is just east of the City of Canandaigua, with additional campus centers in Victor, Geneva, and Newark to serve the needs of Ontario County, Wayne County, Yates County and Seneca County in the Finger Lakes region of New York.

Landmark University is a private Christian university, affiliated with the Living Faith Church Worldwide and located in Omu-Aran, Kwara State, Nigeria. In 2014, it was featured among the top five universities in Nigeria by Webometrics.

Mesa Community College is a public community college in Mesa, Arizona. It is the largest of the 10 community colleges in the Maricopa County Community College District, the largest community college district in the United States in terms of enrollment.

The University of Wisconsin–River Falls is a public university in River Falls, Wisconsin. It is part of the University of Wisconsin System. The campus is situated on the Kinnickinnic River in the St. Croix River Valley. The university has 32 major buildings and two laboratory farms, with a total of of land.

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