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Manarat International University is a private university in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was established in 2001 by the Manarat Trust. History Manarat International University was established on 21 May 2001 by the Manarat Trust which owns Manarat Dhaka International School and College.

The National Labor College was a college for union members and their families, union leaders and union staff in Silver Spring, Maryland. Established as a training center by the AFL–CIO in 1969 to strengthen union member education and organizing skills, NLC became a degree-granting college in 1997 and in March 2004 gained accreditation from the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. Until the college closed on April 26, 2014, it was the only college of its kind in the United States.

Butler Community College is a public community college in El Dorado, Kansas. Campus There are a number of branch campuses throughout the area, in Andover, Council Grove, Marion, McConnell, Rose Hill, and a number of distance-learning sites in high schools.

Balkh University is a public university located in Mazar-i-Sharif, capital of Balkh Province in northern Afghanistan. Established in 1986, the university has about 18,000 students and is the third-largest in Afghanistan after Kabul University and Nangarhar University. Faculties include medicine, engineering, economics, journalism, literature, law and science.

Kandahar University is a government funded higher learning institution in Kandahar, Afghanistan. It is one of two universities in southern Afghanistan. Kandahar University was established in 1990, at a time when the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan was in power under President Mohammad Najibullah. Tooryalai Wesa, who returned to the country after 13 years and served as the governor of Kandahar province from 2008 to 2014, was the first chancellor of Kandahar University.

Lively Technical College is a public technical training school for both adult and high school students, located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. It occupies two sites, including the main campus at 500 Appleyard Drive, and the campuses at Tallahassee International Airport. The main campus on Appleyard is located adjacent to Tallahassee Community College, but the two are separate institutions. Lively Tech is operated by the Leon County Schools district.

Loyola College is a private Catholic higher education institution run by the Society of Jesus in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It was founded in 1925 by the French Jesuit priest, Francis Bertram, along with other European Jesuits. It is an autonomous Jesuit college affiliated with the University of Madras. Loyola commerce association celebrated its 75th year in 2019. Loyola College has more than 8000 students studying as of 2021.

The Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University is one of the few Indian language universities in India. University It was established as "Telugu University" on 2 December 1985 through an Act of Legislation by the State Legislature of the-then united Andhra Pradesh with headquarters at Hyderabad and satellite campuses at Srisailam and Rajamahendravaram. The School of Folk and Tribal Lore was established at Warangal during the year 1994. This university was founded with the broad objectives of serving the cause of the Telugu people, both within the State and outside. For this purpose, the state gover...

The Federal University of São Carlos is a public research university located in São Carlos, state of São Paulo, Brazil. History On December 13, 1960, a federal statute determined the creation of a university in São Carlos. On December 1, 1968, a presidential decree was enacted to create that university and a commission was formed to coordinate the project. The result was the Federal University of São Carlos, the first federal university in São Paulo state.

The University of Valparaíso is a state public university in Chile, with its headquarters and the majority of its campuses in the city of Valparaíso. It has several other campuses in the Valparaiso Region of Chile and in Santiago, which is 100 km from Valparaiso.

Istanbul Medeniyet University is a public university in Istanbul, Turkey. It was established on July 21, 2010. "Medeniyet" is the Turkish word for "civilization" or "culture". It ranked 40th among 50 universities in Turkey in the 2014 Entrepreneurial and Innovative University Index compiled by TÜBİTAK, but failed to make the list in the following years.

Netaji Satabarshiki Mahavidyalaya, established in 2000, is a general degree college in Ashoknagar. It offers undergraduate courses in arts. It is affiliated to West Bengal State University. Departments

The Islamic University of Madinah is a public Islamic university in Medina, Saudi Arabia. Established by King Saud bin Abdulaziz in 1961, the institute is said to have been associated with Salafism, while claiming to have exported Salafi-inclined theologians around the world. Others disagree and state that the institution is objective and scientific, being detached to any singular ideology. It received institutional academic accreditation without exceptions from the National Commission for Academic Accreditation and Assessment in April 2017.

Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University , formerly Kanpur University, is a public state collegiate university located in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is administered under the state legislature of the government of Uttar Pradesh.

The Rostock University of Music and Drama is a college of music in Rostock, Mecklenburg, Germany. It opened in 1994 and is situated in a former abbey called Katharinenkloster in the historical core of the city. The college was a member of the Association of Baltic Academies of Music until this association was dissolved in 2016.

Conrad Grebel University College is a university college affiliated with the University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. It is affiliated with the Mennonite Church Canada. The college is named after Conrad Grebel, a co-founder of the Swiss Brethren movement who is called the "Father of Anabaptists".

Snow College is a public community college in Ephraim, Utah. It offers certificates and associate degrees along with bachelor's degrees in music, software engineering, and nursing. Snow College is part of the Utah System of Higher Education.

The University of Teramo is an Italian public research university located in Teramo, Italy. The academic institution was officially established in 1993 after having been a detached section of the D'Annunzio University of Chieti–Pescara for over 30 years.

The University of Lincoln is a public research university in Lincoln, England, with origins dating back to 1861. It gained university status in 1992 and its present name in 2001. The main campus is in the heart of the city of Lincoln alongside the Brayford Pool. There are satellite campuses across Lincolnshire in Riseholme and Holbeach and graduation ceremonies take place in Lincoln Cathedral.

Fontbonne University is a private Roman Catholic university in Clayton, Missouri. It enrolled 955 students in 2021. Fontbonne is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and offers undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degree programs. Its athletic teams compete in the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.

The Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education – Economics Institute, known as CERGE-EI is an academic institution in Prague, Czech Republic, specialised in economics. The institute is a partnership between the Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education of Charles University and the Economics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences. It is also a New York State Education Department entity with a permanent charter for its degree-granting educational programs awarded by the New York State Board of Regents. It is located in the Schebek Palace in the center of Prague.

Regis University is a private Jesuit university in Denver, Colorado. Founded in 1877 by the Society of Jesus, the university offers more than 120 degrees through 5 colleges in a variety of subjects, including education, liberal arts, business, nursing, and technology. It is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.

Rojava University , is a university in Syria. The university was founded in July 2016 with curricula for medicine, engineering, sciences, arts, and humanities. Additionally, the university offers programmes for primary school education and Kurdish literature The university maintains a partnership with Paris 8 University in Saint-Denis, France and California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco. In August, the university opened registration for students in the academic year 2016–2017. An opening ceremony was held on 20 November 2016.

Western Delta University is located in Oghara, Delta State, Nigeria. It was established in 2007 and is a private university. The National Universities Commission NUC, Nigeria has officially approved Western Delta University WDU.

The National School of Leadership is the first leadership school of global standards in India focusing solely on leadership studies. The criteria for eligibility is very flexible, with openings for students from science, commerce, and humanities backgrounds.

Delhi Technological University , formerly known as the Delhi College of Engineering is a state university in Rohini, Delhi, India. It was established in 1941 as Delhi Polytechnic. In 1952, it started giving degrees after being affiliated with the University of Delhi. The institute has been under the Government of Delhi since 1963 and was affiliated with the University of Delhi from 1952 to 2009. In 2009, the college was given university status, thus changing its name to Delhi Technological University.

The National University of Mar del Plata is an Argentine national university in the city of Mar del Plata, on the Atlantic coast. The institution was established in 1962 as the Universidad de la Provincia de Buenos Aires . The university acquired its current name in 1975, when under the auspices of the Taquini Plan the Argentine government took over its administration and merged it with the Universidad Católica Stella Maris .

Brockenhurst College is a large tertiary college situated in Brockenhurst, Hampshire. Co-educational since the 1920s, Brockenhurst College accepts students over the age of 16 or year 12 students, whichever occurs first due to safeguarding policies.

The University of Hildesheim is a public university located in Hildesheim. History Alfeld University of Education – University of Hildesheim The University of Hildesheim originated from the University of Education in Alfeld established in 1946. Because of the massive destruction of the city of Hildesheim during the Second World War, the university has been relocated in Alfeld, which remained mostly intact. Under its director Hans Abmeier, 110 students were registered in the university in its first academic year in 1946/47, and approximately 50 students for several years after that. The aim...

The University of Southern Mississippi is a public research university with its main campus located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. It is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award bachelor's, master's, specialist, and doctoral degrees. The university is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity".

The Conservatory of Recording Arts and Sciences is a private for-profit technical school specializing in audio recording, audio engineering and production education with its main location in Tempe and a satellite campus in Gilbert, Arizona. It is accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges and approved by the Arizona State Board of Private Postsecondary Education.

Meredith College is a private women's liberal arts college and coeducational graduate school in Raleigh, North Carolina. As of 2021 Meredith enrolls approximately 1,500 women in its undergraduate programs and 300 men and women in its graduate programs.

Evangel Theological University is an evangelical theological seminary based in Kyiv, Ukraine. History In 1997, Ukrainian President Kuchma called a meeting of national religious leaders to plan for the 2000 anniversary celebration of the birth of Christ. During that meeting a request was made to the President that property be granted for the building of a church and seminary in the city of Kyiv. As a direct result of this request the mayor of Kyiv appropriated the present site. Plans were drawn, and construction began, and continued for years until the building was fully completed. Since...

Christ, also known as Christ University, is a deemed-to-be-university located in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. Founded in 1969 as Christ College, the University Grants Commission conferred autonomy to the college in 2004. On 22 July 2008, it was declared as an institution deemed to be university under section 3 of UGC Act 1956 by the Ministry of Education.

ESC Clermont Business School is a business school located in city of Clermont-Ferrand, France. Established in 1919, the school of management is a Grande Ecole recognized by the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research. The business school holds AACSB accreditation since 2005 and its Bachelor programme received EPAS accreditation in 2018. The school obtained the AMBA accreditation in 2020. It offers undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.

EBI is a Grande Ecole d'Ingénieurs founded in 1992, providing courses in Industrial Engineering with a strong focus on Biological Engineering. EBI is a private technical further education establishment managed by a non-profit association, the purpose of which is to offer further education courses in industrial biology, whether in the form of initial training or continued vocational training. EBI is state-approved and authorised to teach scholarship students. It awards a Master's engineering degree recognised by the Engineering Qualifications Commission and also offers specialised 1-year postg...

Télécom Saint-Etienne is a French grande école in the field of telecommunications engineering. Located in Saint-Étienne. It is associated with the Institut Telecom. It is part of Jean Monnet University.

The École de santé des armées is the only French military school for future doctors and pharmacists destined to serve within the Ministry of the Armed Forces. They are required to practice in the establishments specific to the health service of the armies, in particular the medical centers of the armies, the hospitals of instruction of the armies, the research centers for the benefit of the Army, the Army of the air force, the National Navy, the National Gendarmerie and military units of Civil Security. It belongs to the Lyon-Bron military health schools created on September 1, 2018.

The Polytechnic Institute of Bordeaux is a French technological university system consisting of six engineering schools. The institute is a Grand établissement. Bordeaux INP offers through its internal schools nine engineering specialties, in:Agrifood and Biological EngineeringBiotechnologyChemistry and Engineering PhysicsCognitiveElectronicsGeoresources and EnvironmentComputer scienceMathematics and MechanicsIndustrial Performance and Aeronautical MaintenanceTelecommunications.The institute also offers Masters of Science in: Radio and telecommunications systems, Nano and Micro technologies,...

, or Centrale Nantes, is a grande école - a French engineering school - established in 1919 under the name of Institut Polytechnique de l'Ouest. It provides Bachelor, Graduate, Master, and PhD Programmes based on the latest scientific and technological developments and the best management practices.

The Institut Supérieur de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace is a French grande école of engineering, founded in 1909. It is the world's first dedicated aerospace engineering. The school delivers a range of science and engineering degree programs. ISAE-SUPAERO is part of University of Toulouse, ISSAT, PEGASUS, GEA, Toulouse Tech, CESAER and Aerospace Valley. The institute is ranked highly among Europe’s engineering schools.

IMT Atlantique Bretagne Pays de la Loire is a technological university , which was created on January 1, 2017 through the merger of the École nationale supérieure des mines de Nantes and Télécom Bretagne. The engineering school is part of the Grandes Écoles, a prestigious group of French institutions dedicated to engineering, scientific research, and business education. It consists of three campuses: Brest, Nantes, Rennes. IMT Atlantique is a school of the Institut Mines-Télécom and a member of the Université Bretagne Loire.

The University of Toulon is a French university located in Toulon, France, and neighboring areas . It was founded in 1968 and is organized in 6 faculties, 2 autonomous institutes, an institute of business management and an engineering school.

The École nationale supérieure d'ingénieurs de constructions aéronautiques , meaning National Higher School of aeronautical constructions, was a French engineering school founded in 1945. It was located in Toulouse. In 2007, Ensica merged with Supaéro to form the Institut supérieur de l'aéronautique et de l'espace .

École polytechnique de l'université d'Angers is a French engineering College created in 1991. The school trains engineers in four majors:Building and securityBiological engineering and healthQuality, innovation, reliabilityAutomated Systems and Computer EngineeringLocated in Angers, Polytech Angers is a public higher education institution. The school is a member of the University of Angers.

The École Supérieure des Technologies Industrielles Avancées , translated as "Institute of Advanced Industrial Technologies", is a French engineering and research graduate school . Founded in 1996, it is a general engineering school training trilingual versatile engineers, to undertake positions such as product engineer, supply chain planner/manager, quality manager, production manager, and project manager.

The School of Agricultural and Life Sciences is a French public and national Grande Ecole in agricultural and life sciences, funded by the Ministry of Higher Education and Research and member of Toulouse Tech. The ENSAT is a school of the National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse , a university federating several schools dealing with engineering, agriculture and veterinary sciences, chemistry, meteorology.

École nationale supérieure de chimie de Rennes a French engineering College created in 1919. The school trains engineers in chemistry. Located in Rennes, the ENSCR is a public higher education institution. The school is a member of the University of Rennes 1.

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