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The Thomas Young Centre is an alliance of London research groups working on the theory and simulation of materials . It is named after the celebrated scientist and polymath Thomas Young , who lived and worked in London and is known in the world of science for a number of important discoveries concerning the wave nature of light, the theory of vision, the elastic properties of solids, and the theory of surface tension. The participating research groups are based mainly at Imperial College London, King's College London, Queen Mary University of London and University College London , but there are also members at the National Physical Laboratory in Teddington.

Université Internationale de Casablanca is a licensed private university in Casablanca, Morocco, which opened in September 2010. External links Université Internationale de Casablanca

Catholic Kwandong University is a South Korean university located in Gangneung, Gangwon-do. The university was established in 1954. The Kwandong Hockey Centre is on its grounds. Notable people Xiumin Park Gwang-hyun

Texas A&M University–San Antonio is a public university in San Antonio, Texas. It is part of the Texas A&M University System. The university was established on May 23, 2009, and held its first classes as a stand-alone university on August 20, 2009. It currently enrolls more than 7,300 students and offers undergraduate and graduate-level classes, as well as a graduate alternative teacher certification program. Texas A&M–San Antonio has 161 full and part-time faculty. Texas A&M–San Antonio is the first Texas A&M University System institution to be established in a major urban center.

Florida National University is a private for-profit university in Hialeah, Florida. It was established in 1988. The student body is diverse, though primarily Hispanic. It is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools .

Himachal Pradesh Technical University, simply called HIMTU or HPTU, is a state university located in Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh, India and established in 2011. History The establishment of HPTU was announced by the chief minister of Himachal Pradesh Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal. Accordingly, the Himachal Pradesh Technical University Act, 2010

FEATI University is a private non-sectarian co-educational higher education institution with a Catholic orientation established in 1946 in Santa Cruz, Manila, Philippines. FEATI was formerly known as the Far Eastern School of Aeronautics.

The Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico School of Architecture is an institution of higher learning granting degrees in the field of architecture. It is located in the Ponce Historic Zone, across from Plaza Las Delicias. It was established in 2009. Together with the School of Law, it is one of two semi-autonomous professional colleges of the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico in the city of Ponce, Puerto Rico. In 2010, the school won an award from the Southern Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce for Valor del Año en Educacion . The school is accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board .

Darul Uloom Al-Madania is a private Islamic Madrasah in Buffalo, New York, that is devoted to producing Islamic scholars and Huffaz with academic study up to high school. It was founded by Hazrat Dr. Muhammad Ismail Memon and is run by his sons Moulana Mansoor Memon Saheb, Moulana Ibrahim Memon Saheb, and Mufti Husain Ahmad Memon Saheb. Mufti Masood Memon Makki Saheb, the eldest son of the school's founder, serves as the current president.

State University of Land Use Planning , formerly Moscow State University of Land Management , State University of Farming, is one of the oldest universities in Russia. History The history of the university began on 27 May 1779 when a Decree of the Governing Senate established a land survey school. The school was founded by Sergey Ivanovich Rozhnov. In 1819, the land survey school was renamed the Konstantinovoye Land Survey School, and in 1835 it was renamed again as the Constantine Land Institute. In 1849 the Konstantinovsky land surveying institute received the right of a first-rate university and was transferred to the position of a military institution that existed before 1867.

The Illinois College of Optometry is a private optometry college in Chicago, Illinois. Graduating approximately 160 optometrists a year, it is the largest optometry college in the United States and the oldest continually operating educational facility dedicated solely to the teaching of optometrists. The college complex incorporates more than including an on-site eye care clinic, electronically enhanced lecture center, library, computerized clinical learning equipment, cafeteria, fitness center, and living facilities.

Shorter College is a private, historically black, liberal arts junior college in North Little Rock, Arkansas. It is the only private historically black junior college in the United States. Shorter College was founded in 1886 as Bethel University by the Twelfth Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. The college is accredited by the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools and offers associate degrees through its six programs.

Debre Markos University is a public research university in Debre Markos, Amhara Region, Ethiopia. It was established in 2005 and has been growing fast. Overview Debre Markos University is a public research university in Debre Markos, Ethiopia. DMU is located in the area endowed with pleasant weather, abundant natural resources including Choke Mountains water-shade which covers six different agro-ecology zones within radius with various bio-diversity and the source of many tributaries to the Nile, and Upper Blue Nile Gorge. DMU was established in January 2005. Two years later, DMU started th...

Computer University is a university in Myeik, Taninthayi Region, Myanmar, offering courses in computer science and information technology. The total area is . History Government Computer College , Government Computer College was opened in the National Solidarity and Development Association Hall in 4 September, 2000. On 20 January 2017, it was promised into University Level. So, it has become Computer University . On 15 May 2012, it was transferred into Shwe-du Village. It is a three-storey building and it is situated by the side of the Union of Myeik-Tanin-thar-yi Highway Road.

Johnson College is a private technical school in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Johnson College was founded in 1912 as a trade school by Orlando S. Johnson, a wealthy coal baron, and offers associate degrees and certificates

Arts University Plymouth is an independent university-sector Higher Education provider located in Plymouth in South West England. The former Plymouth College of Art was officially granted university status in 2022. In April 2019 the specialist college was awarded taught degree awarding powers by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education , granting the institution the authority to award and accredit its own BA degrees and Masters awards.

Simpson University is a private Evangelical Christian University in Redding, California. Originally founded in 1921 in Seattle as Simpson Bible Institute, the institution relocated to San Francisco in 1955 and then to Redding in 1989. It is affiliated with the Christian and Missionary Alliance.

Texas Health and Science University is a private for-profit university university with its main campus in Austin, Texas and a second campus in San Antonio. It offers graduate and doctoral degrees in acupuncture, and traditional Chinese medicine with a Chinese herbal medicine specialty.

Edwin Clark University is a privately owned university located in Kiagbodo, Delta State, Nigeria. It was approved by the Federal Executive Council of Nigeria in 2015. History Chief Edwin K. Clark is the founder of Edwin Clark University. The institution was established in May 2015.It was previously known as Edwin Clark University of Technology but was later changed.

Institute Of Engineering & Science IPS Academy Indore is an Autonomous engineering education institution affiliated to RGPV BHOPAL under UGC guidelines, located at Indore city beside NH-3 in Madhya pradesh state, India. It was established in Indore on 19 October 1999 after securing approval of the All India Council for Technical Education, New Delhi, and Government of Madhya Pradesh to commence in the 1999–2000 academic year. It ranks among the top 45 private engineering institutions in India.

The Monterrey College of Music and Dance is a public music college in Monterrey, Mexico. Studies The School offers bachelor degrees in Music and dance. Facilities The school's campus is in central Monterrey, in the area known as Obispado. It occupies a large building with several large recital and rehearsal rooms, as well as library, teaching studios and practice rooms.

Morris College is a private, Baptist historically black college in Sumter, South Carolina. It was founded and is operated by the Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention of South Carolina. History Morris College was founded in 1908 by Jacob J. Durham, initially as a grade school, high school, and college. The college is named after the Reverend Frank Morris because of his outstanding leadership throughout the African American community of South Carolina. The college's first president was Dr. Edward M. Brawley . Morris College awarded its first bachelor's degree in 1915 under the administration of the college's second president Dr.

Capitol Technology University is a private university in South Laurel, Maryland near Washington, DC. The university was founded in 1927 as the Capitol Radio Engineering Institute by a former US Navy Radioman. CREI changed its name to Capitol Institute of Technology in 1964, changed its name again to Capitol College in 1987, and assumed its present name in 2014. Capitol offers undergraduate and graduate programs specializing in engineering, computer science, information technology, and business. It is classified among "Special Focus Institutions—Schools of Engineering" and is a National Center...

The Laboratory for Foundations of Computer Science is a research institute within the School of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh, in Scotland. It was founded in 1987 and is a community of theoretical computer scientists with interests in concurrency, semantics, categories, algebra, types, logic, algorithms, complexity, databases and modelling.

St. Petersburg Institute of Jewish Studies is a private institution of higher education in the area of Jewish Studies in Saint Petersburg, Russia. History Leningrad Jewish University was established in 1989 as a continuation of the Baron Günzburg's Courses for Oriental Studies and the Petrograd / Leningrad Jewish University . The latter was closed by the Soviet Authorities as "unnecessary" in 1925. The new Leningrad Jewish University was created in 1989 during the new Soviet policy of Perestroika by enthusiasts and Jewish Activists, Ilya Dvorkin , Vaniamin Lukin, Khava Korzakova, and others....

S.R. Fatepuria College, or Sewnarayan Rameswar Fatepuria College established in 1965, is a general degree college situated at Beldanga in Murshidabad district. It offers undergraduate courses in arts, commerce and sciences. It is affiliated with the University of Kalyani. It also offers post graduate degrees in distance mode under Kalyani University.

Big Sandy Community and Technical College is a public community college with its headquarters in Prestonsburg, Kentucky. It is part of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System. It was created in 2003 from the consolidation of Prestonsburg Community College and Mayo Technical College. BSCTC maintains four campus locations: Prestonsburg Campus in Prestonsburg; Mayo Campus in Paintsville; Pikeville Campus in Pikeville; and Hager Hill Campus in Hager Hill. Big Sandy Community and Technical College is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools .

Cadet college is a special military school system of British Raj and later, Pakistan and Bangladesh. History British Raj This system was first established in the pre-Partition, pre-Independence era in order to support the push to indigenise the officer corps of the British Indian Army, a reward to the social classes that had provided loyal support for the British Empire's war efforts in the 1914-1918 First World War and which in return expected greater opportunities for participation at higher levels.

Casper College is a public community college in Casper, Wyoming. It is one of the largest and most comprehensive community colleges in the region. Established in 1945 as Wyoming's first junior college and initially located on the third floor of Natrona County High School, Casper College moved to its current site 10 years later. Currently the campus consists of 28 buildings on more than 200 acres. The grounds are distinctive, with terraces that surround the modern buildings. It enrolls over 4,000 students and employs about 250 faculty. The Tate Geological Museum is located on the south end of t...

Karim City College, Jamshedpur, established in 1961, is one of the oldest degree college in the Jharkhand state of India with a view to impart education to the weaker section of Jamshedpur. It offers Intermediate, Undergraduate and Postgraduate courses in arts, commerce and science. It is a Muslim minority institution under Karim's Trust and permanently affiliated to Kolhan University.

The Maputo University is one of Mozambique's principal universities. The name of the university is abbreviated to UniMaputo or UM. As a university, it was the first and the only public fully dedicated to teacher education in the country. According to the institution's founding decree, its name is Maputo University, but it is commonly referred to as Maputo Pedagogical University.

Mahishadal Raj College, established in 1946, is the second oldest college in Purba Medinipur district. It offers undergraduate courses in arts, commerce and sciences. It is affiliated to Vidyasagar University.

Montserrat College of Art is a private, non-profit art college located in Beverly within Essex County of Massachusetts. The school is accredited by both the New England Commission of Higher Education and the National Association of Schools of Art and Design.

The University of Tifariti is a university in Tifariti, Western Sahara. History The University of Tifariti is the first Sahrawi university, established in 2013 under Presidential Decree 24/2012 of 23 December 2012. President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Mohamed Abdelaziz also appointed Khatari Ahmudi Abdallahi as its first president.

Sonamukhi College established in 1966, is the general degree college in Sonamukhi, Bankura district. It offers undergraduate courses in arts, commerce and sciences. It is affiliated to Bankura University.

Piula Theological College is a Methodist training institution in Samoa. It was established in 1868 in Lufilufi on the north coast of Upolu island after its initial beginnings in 1859 at Satupa'itea on the south coast of Savai'i island. The Methodist Mission in Samoa purchased the land at the Methodist leaning district and later named their training center Piula Theological College. The name Piula is a transliteration of the biblical name Beulah which means married .

Salter School is a for-profit vocational school in Malden. It is operated as a component of the Premier Education Group. Salter School grew from the Salter Secretarial School established in Massachusetts in 1937. As its academic and business reputation grew, the Salter School moved locations and removed "secretarial" from the title in 1981. Salter School also introduced expanded career programs.

North East Frontier Technical University was established under 2F of UGC Act 1956 through The North East Frontier Technical University Act, 2014, by the Government of Arunachal Pradesh Legislative, vide notification number LAW/LEGN-9/2014, in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, in 2014.

K.S. Saket P.G. College is a government-aided college in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, India. The college is affiliated to Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Awadh University. History K. S. Saket Post Graduation College was established in the year 1951. The institution was established to meet with its goal of empowering the youths with higher education.

Hagoromo Gakuen Junior College was a junior college in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, and is part of the Hagoromo Gakuen network. The institute was founded in 1923, and developed as a Junior College in 1964; in 2006, the Junior College was closed.

The K.L.E Society's KLE Institute of Technology is an engineering college in Hubli, India. Established in 2008, it is one of the institutes under the banner of Karnatak Lingayat Education Society. KLEIT is approved by the AICTE and recognized by University Grant Commission of India. KLEIT is affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum for its BE, MCA and M.Tech courses.

ISMAI - Instituto Universitário da Maia is an institute of higher education formed in 1990 in Maia, Portugal. Academic first degrees:PsychologyPsychosocial CounselingCommunication SciencesPhysical Education and SportsLaw AccountancyBusiness AdministrationPublic RelationsInformation Systems and SoftwareHuman Resources ManagementTechnologies of Multimedia CommunicationHealth and Safety in WorkTelecommunication NetworksManagement InformaticsSports ManagementPostgraduate degrees and Diplomas:

Government General Degree College, Gopiballavpur-II, also known as Beliabera Government College, established in 2015,. is the government degree college in Jhargram district. It offers undergraduate courses in arts and science. It is affiliated to Vidyasagar University.

Warren National University, previously known as Kennedy-Western University, was an unaccredited private distance learning university that claimed to offer undergraduate and graduate degrees in the United States from 1984 to 2009. It has been described by federal investigators and news sources as a diploma mill, a designation it has disputed. Its administrative offices were located in Agoura Hills, California.

IntelliTec College is for-profit technical career training school with locations in Colorado Springs, Pueblo, Albuquerque and Grand Junction. Started in 1965, the college has been in operation for more than fifty years. IntelliTec Colleges’ mission is to build a better community through quality and excellence in career training.

The Kaduna State College of Education is a state government higher education institution located in Gidan Waya, Kafanchan, Kaduna State, Nigeria. It is affiliated to Ahmadu Bello University for its degree programmes. The current Provost is Alexander Kure.

Oleksandr Dovzhenko Hlukhiv National Pedagogical University is a university in Hlukhiv, Ukraine. The university was founded in 1874 as a teachers institute. It was awarded the status of pedagogical university in 2001. Hlukhiv University is an integral part of the educational system of Ukraine. It is the educational establishment of the European type with powerful and effective education system, known and famous. Based on the best pedagogical traditions it follows the time demands giving profound education and training to the young generation. In more than 100 years of history of the university different social, political and economic changes in the society were reflected.

Lower Columbia College is a public community college in Longview, Washington. History Lower Columbia College was established in 1934 as Lower Columbia Junior College. Students registered for classes at Korten's Music Store in Longview, Dahlman Hardware in Castle Rock, and the Orr Furniture Store in Kelso. Classes were held at R.A. Long High School. The first class to graduate with an Associate degree was in 1936; the class consisted of seven students.

The Federal University Wukari was established in 2011 by the federal government of Nigeria led by the then President, Goodluck Jonathan, the school was established as one of the nine schools established at the time. Federal University Wukari is located in the town called Wukari in Taraba State, Nigeria.

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