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Synod College, established in 1965, is a general degree college situated in Shillong, Meghalaya. This college is affiliated with the North Eastern Hill University. Departments Science PhysicsMathematicsChemistryBotanyZoology
Sankardev College, established in 1962, is a general degree college situated in Shillong, Meghalaya. This college is affiliated with the North Eastern Hill University. Departments Science PhysicsMathematicsChemistryStatisticsBotanyZoology
Raid Laban College, established in 1984, is a general degree college situated in Shillong, Meghalaya. This college is affiliated with the North Eastern Hill University. Departments Science PhysicsMathematicsChemistryComputer ScienceEnvironmentBotanyZoologyPsychology
Shillong College, established in 1956, is a general degree college situated in Shillong, Meghalaya. This college is affiliated with the North Eastern Hill University. Departments Science PhysicsMathematicsChemistryStatisticsBotanyZoologyMicrobiologyComputer Science and ApplicationEnvironmental Science
Shillong Commerce College, established in 1986, is a general degree college situated in Shillong, Meghalaya, India. This college is affiliated with the North Eastern Hill University. External links http://scccollege.ac.in
Shillong Law College is an undergraduate law college affiliated to the North Eastern Hill University. The college is situated in Malki, Shillong, in the State of Meghalaya. This college has gained the approval of Bar Council of India , New Delhi. It offers three years undergraduate course in legal education and five year B.A.LL.B integrated course.
Seng Khasi College, established in 1973, is a general degree college situated in Shillong, Meghalaya. This college is affiliated with the North Eastern Hill University. This college offers a bachelor's degree in arts.
The Women's College, Shillong is an Education India sponsored linguistic minority institution established in 1984. Functioning now from its own complex at Upper New Colony, Laitumkhrah, Shillong, India, the college offers academic courses from the plus two level to the Three Years integrated Degree in the Arts stream of studies.
Martin Luther Christian University is a private university in Shillong, Meghalaya, India. The university is named after Martin Luther , the father of reformation. MLCU was established in July 2005; it is the first Christian university in India after more than two centuries of Christian education in the country that does not focus on theological training. The creation and functioning of the university is in accordance with the University Grants Commission Act, 1956, under Section 2.
Oregon College of Art and Craft was a private art college in Portland, Oregon. It granted Bachelor of Fine Arts and Master of Fine Arts degrees as well as art-focused certificates. The college offered an Artist-in-Residence program and provided continuing education in the arts to the local community. It was founded by Julia Christiansen Hoffman, a photographer, painter, sculptor, metal worker and weaver, out of her desire to foster the Arts and Crafts movement through classes and exhibitions. The college closed at the end of the spring 2019 semester.
Government College for Women, Thiruvananthapuram, also known as H.H. The Maharaja's College for Women, is one of the oldest women's colleges located in Trivandrum, Kerala. It was established in the year 1864 under the University of Madras.
The Autonomous University of Tlaxcala is a Mexican public university based in the state of Tlaxcala. It is currently ranked among the best universities in the United Mexican States and Latin America.
KCA University is a private, non-profit institution, founded in July 1989 as Kenya College of Accountancy by the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya to improve the quality of accountancy and financial management training in the country. KCAU is located on Thika Road in Ruaraka, Nairobi, Kenya. The institution also maintains satellite colleges under the School of Professional Programmes in Nairobi CBD Githunguri, Kericho, Eldoret, Kisumu, Amagoro, and Kitengela.
MICA, formerly Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad, is a business school and an autonomous, non-profit institute of higher education, located on the outskirts of the western Indian city of Ahmedabad. Established in 1991, MICA is the only residential institute in India and perhaps in the Asia-Pacific region, dedicated to creating leadership in the area of Strategic Marketing and Communication. MICA has a wide range of academic offerings including residential programmes for Post Graduate Management Studies and a Fellow Programme in Management .
The Laguna College, more popularly known by its initials LC, is a private, nonsectarian, co-educational institution located in San Pablo City, Laguna, Philippines. It offers elementary, junior high school, senior high school, college, graduate studies.
Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy is one of the oldest agrarian educational institutions in Moscow, Russia. It was founded on December 3, 1865. It is under the Supervisory of the Russian Ministry of Agriculture. It was named for Kliment Timiryazev, a Russian botanist and physiologist and proponent of evolution by natural selection. Prior to this it was called the Petrovsky Agricultural Academy.
Trinity Lutheran College was a private Christian liberal arts college in Everett, Washington. It offered bachelor's degrees, associate degrees, and 1-year certificates. The college ceased instruction in 2016.
Turība University is the largest business school in Latvia. The university was established in 1993. It has three branches located in Liepāja, Cēsis, and Talsi. Faculties The university consists of four faculties with main study directions – business administration, law, international tourism, and communication. It runs a total of 25 study programmes, which include Professional Bachelors Program, Professional Masters Program and Doctoral study program.Faculty of Business Administration Faculty of Law Faculty of International Tourism Faculty of Communication
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.
The École de Chirurgie is a historic building located at 10–12 rue de l'École de Médecine in the 6th arrondissement of Paris. Today it is the headquarters of the Paris Descartes University. Background
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 Ghana Baptist University College is a Baptist Christian university college located at Kumasi in Ghana. The university has been granted accreditation by the National Accreditation Board. It is affiliated with the Ghana Baptist Convention.
Lynn University is a private university in Boca Raton, Florida. Founded in 1962, the university awards associate, baccalaureate, master's, and doctoral degrees. It is named for the Lynn family . It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 3,520.
The Memphis School of Preaching is a two-year collegiate institution devoted to the training of gospel preachers within the Church of Christ branch of Christian theology. It is overseen by the elders of the Forest Hill Church of Christ in Germantown, a suburb of Memphis, in the U.S. state of Tennessee.
The Mohammed Goni College of Legal and Islamic Studies is a state government higher education institution located in Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria. The current Provost is Ali Shettima. History The Mohammed Goni College of Legal and Islamic Studies was established in 1981.
The College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa is an independent body that fosters postgraduate education in surgery and provides surgical training throughout the region of East, Central and Southern Africa. COSECSA delivers a common surgical training programme with an internationally bench-marked exam and qualification.
Graphic Era University is a private deemed-to-be university in Clement Town, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India. History Graphic Era was founded in 1993 by Dr. Kamal Ghanshala and started with undergraduate programs in core engineering and allied sciences. It is situated in Dehradun, Uttarakhand. In 2008 the institute was accorded the status of deemed university. In 2022 Graphic Era was accredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council with grade 'A+'.
Kakojan College, established on 24 July 1967, is a general degree college situated at Kakojan, in Jorhat district, Assam, India. It is affiliated with the Dibrugarh University. Departments Science PhysicsMathematicsChemistryStatisticsBotanyZoology
HRH The Prince of Wales Institute of Engineering and Technology is a technical institute of Assam, and was established in 1927 by the British Government. It is the first engineering institute established in India's North Eastern Region.
Jorhat Kendriya Mahavidyalaya, established in 1981, is a general degree college situated in Jorhat, Assam. This college is affiliated with the Dibrugarh University. Departments Science PhysicsMathematicsChemistryStatisticsBotanyZoology
CKB Commerce College or Chandra Kamal Bezboruah Commerce College is a government-aided educational institution in Jorhat, in the Indian state of Assam. The college was established under founder principal Madhab Chandra Chakrabarty and promoted by the Jorhat Education Society with a vision of providing education in Trade, Industry, and Commerce. A Bachelor of Commerce degree is expected to take three years.
Jorhat College is an undergraduate humanities college located in Jorhat, Assam, India. It offers two- and three-year degrees as well as vocational training. History The college was formerly two separate institutions, Jorhat College and New Jorhat College. Both formed in 1962, the former was initially a night school created to serve economically disadvantaged students, while the New Jorhat College was a day school. In 1967, the original Jorhat College began construction of its own campus. Given economic depression in the region, the two schools amalgamated in 1970 under the guidance of principal Bidyakanta Baruah.
Dr. Nobin Bordoloi College, established in 1986, is a general degree college situated at Dhekiajuli, in Jorhat district, Assam. This college is affiliated with the Dibrugarh University. This college offers bachelor's degree courses in arts.
Devicharan Barua Girls' College, also known as D.C.B. Girls' College, established in 1955, is a women's college in Jorhat, Assam. This college is affiliated with the Dibrugarh University. Departments
Bahona College, established in 1966, is a general degree college situated at Bahona, in Jorhat district, Assam. Ram Kumar Baruah was the founder principal of the college. This college is affiliated with the Dibrugarh University. It offers higher secondary and undergraduate courses in both arts and science.
Zion College was a Bible institute in Chattanooga, Tennessee. It was founded in 1949 by the Highland Park Baptist Church to train African American ministers and church workers. In 1964, Zion College was renamed Chattanooga City College. In 1969, the college merged with the University of Chattanooga to form the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga as part of the UT System.
Chittagong Government Model School and College is a government owned educational institution situated in the port city Chittagong, Bangladesh established by the Ministry of Education of the country. It is one of the eleven model educational institution established in the six divisional towns of the country.
Gaya College, Gaya is an public state college located in Gaya, Bihar, India. Established in February 1944 during the British Raj, it is affiliated with Magadh University, Bodhgaya and is one of the prestigious colleges in Bihar. It was previously placed under Patna University between 1944 and 1951 and then Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Bihar University from 1952 until the establishment of Magadh University in 1962.
Sancta Maria, Mater et Regina, Seminarium , formerly St. Pius X Seminary - Cagay Campus, is a major seminary of the Archdiocese of Capiz, Philippines and one of the schools in Capiz. It is home to the archdiocese's philosophy and theology seminarians. SMMRS was founded by the former archbishop of Capiz, Onesimo C. Gordoncillo, D.D.
Chembai Memorial Government Music College, Palakkad, Kerala was established in 1957 as Government Music Academy offering Bachelor degree courses in Music, Veena, Violin and Mridangam and Master Degree course in Music.
National Institute of Fashion Technology Hyderabad known as NIFT Hyderabad is one of the 18 campuses of NIFT, an institution for Fashion, Design, Technology and Management located in Hyderabad, India. The institute is located at Madhapur, the heart of IT hub of Hyderabad. It is near the HITEC City metro station.
Northbrook College is a further education and higher education college with three campuses: Broadwater Campus and West Durrington Campus in Worthing and Shoreham Airport Campus in Shoreham-by-Sea. It was founded as West Sussex College of Art & Design in 1912 and became Northbrook College Sussex in 1986. In 2017 Northbrook merged with City College Brighton & Hove to create a unified college under the name Greater Brighton Metropolitan College . Northbrook College is now part of the Chichester College Group after Greater Brighton Metropolitan College merged with CCG on 1 August 2022.
El Camino College is a public community college in Alondra Park, California. It consists of 37 buildings spanning an area of roughly . It is one of two community colleges serving Southern California's South Bay area.
Galileo University is a private university in Guatemala City. It was founded and authorized on October 31, 2000. Initially, it was the School of Computer Engineering of Universidad Francisco Marroquín. It stands out for its technological contribution in higher education in Guatemala.
Adelphia College was a Swedish-American college in Seattle, Washington, run by the Swedish Baptist Church. The institution opened in 1905, but went bankrupt in 1918 or 1919. In 1919, the main building and campus were sold to the Jesuit Seattle College ; the campus has since 1930 been used by a related Jesuit institution, the Seattle Preparatory School.
Northeastern Baptist College is a Baptist college located in Bennington, Vermont, United States. It is affiliated with the Baptist Convention of New England . History NEBC was founded in 2013 by Mark Ballard.
Bryant University is a private university in Smithfield, Rhode Island. It has two colleges, the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Business, and is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education.