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Kosin University is a private Christian university in Busan, South Korea. The name "Kosin" is derived from the name of a denomination of Presbyterian churches in Korea that had organized actions against the Empire of Japan. This university was established in 1946 at the end of Japanese rule in Korea.

Ivan Petrovsky Bryansk State University is a university in Bryansk, Bryansk Oblast, Russia. History In 1930 was founded Novozybkov State Pedagogical Institute. In 1976 it was transferred to Bryansk and renamed the Bryansk State Pedagogical Institute . The Council of Ministers of the RSFSR of August 18, 1976 №460 Bryansk State Pedagogical Institute was named after Academician Ivan Petrovsky. According to order of the State Committee of the Russian Federation for Higher Education on April 13, 1995 № 545 Bryansk State Pedagogical Institute named after Academician IG Petrovskii was renamed in Bryansk State Pedagogical University named after Academician Ivan Petrovsky.

Changsha Aeronautical Vocational and Technical College is a university located in Changsha, Hunan, China. The university covers a total area of 800 mu, with more than 300,000 square meters of floor space.

The University of Almería is a public university situated in Almería, Spain. Located on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea, it belongs to the La Cañada de San Urbano district of Almería City. In 2008 the university offered 38 different degree programmes, with 871 lecturers, and 11,825 students.

University Centre Weston, also known as UCW, is a university centre based in the town of Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England. The centre was formed by Weston College in 2016 following the college's announcement of university centre status with UWE Bristol and Bath Spa University in November 2015.

Habib Medical School is the school of medicine of the Islamic University in Uganda , one of Uganda's private universities. The school is the newest medical school in the country, having been part of IUIU since 2014. The school provides medical education at diploma and undergraduate levels.

Leeds Conservatoire is a higher education music conservatoire based in the Quarry Hill district of Leeds, England. It was founded in 1965 by Joseph Stones. Aside from its education provision, which also includes short courses and programmes for adults and school-age musicians, Leeds Conservatoire hosts a seasonal programme of concerts, largely in its 350-seat auditorium 'The Venue'. In 2011, Leeds Conservatoire was awarded All-Steinway School status, becoming the only conservatoire in England to have 90% of its pianos from the Steinway family.

Johnson County Community College is a public community college in Overland Park, Kansas, which is in Johnson County. History In 1963, Johnson County Commissioners, recognizing the emerging community college movement and seeking to accommodate the rapidly growing population of Johnson County, Kansas, formed a committee to examine the feasibility of forming such an institution in Johnson County.

The Nippon Dental University is a private university in Tokyo and Niigata, Japan, established in 1947. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1907. One out of every seven dentists in Japan is a graduate of this school.

St. George's Girls' School is an all-girls secondary school in George Town, Penang, Malaysia. Originally established in 1885, it is notable for its academic achievements and notable alumnae from different racial, ethnic and cultural backgrounds, leading to its inclusion in the Malaysian Ministry of Education's Cluster School and High Performance School systems. The school is academically selective, accepting only the top ten percentile of students from a number of primary schools, including Islands Girls' School, Northam Road Primary Girls' School, and Residency Road Girls' School. The teach...

Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology is a private college in East Elmhurst, New York, specialized in aviation and engineering education. It is adjacent to LaGuardia Airport but was founded in Newark, New Jersey in 1932 before moving to New York City in 1940. The college's most recent name change, to honor a founder, was on September 1, 2004.

Erzincan Binali Yıldırım University is a university in Erzincan, Turkey, with more than 25,000 students. It has 12 faculties and 12 high schools . It was established on March 1, 2006, from a number of existing schools. The education school was established in 1967 and the law school was established in 1987. The university plans to offer a program in cemetery management.

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is a public community college with its main campus in Perkinston, Mississippi. It was founded as Harrison County Agricultural High School in 1912. MGCCC has three campuses and six centers: The main campus in Perkinston; the Jackson County Campus is in Gautier; the Harrison County Campus is in Gulfport; with the George County Center in Lucedale; the West Harrison County Center in Long Beach; the Advanced Manufacturing & Technology Center in Gulfport; the Keesler Center at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi; the Naval Construction Battalion Center in Gul...

Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute is a public tribal land-grant community college in unincorporated Bernalillo County, New Mexico, with an Albuquerque postal address. It is federally operated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs and funded through the Bureau of Indian Education, both agencies within the United States Department of the Interior. More than 120 different Indian Tribes are represented in SIPI's student body.

The Pakistan Institute of Development Economics is a post-graduate research institute and a public policy think tank located in the vicinity of Islamabad, Pakistan. History Founded in 1957 by the Government of Pakistan, it is located in the university area of Quaid-e-Azam University but it has its own board of overseers. In 1964, it gained its influence on government and gained autonomous status the same year. Since its establishment, the PIDE has been an influential voice in the formation of Pakistan's public policy concerning diverse issues. The institute has long been a place of scholars...

Quinsigamond Community College is a public community college in Worcester, Massachusetts. It has an enrollment of over 7,000 students. Many students are enrolled in the college's transfer program, MassTransfer, with the intent of continuing on to a college or university in the state.

Great Northern Way Campus Ltd is a private limited company and educational enterprise located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is the offspring of a consortium of four local academic institutions that has attracted significant public and private funding. The company is the trustee of the Great Northern Way Campus Trust, whose stated purpose is to create "a centre of convergence for arts and culture, digital media and the environment." At present, it manages a Master's degree in Digital Media, which admitted its first students in the Fall of 2007.

Northampton Community College is a public community college in Pennsylvania with campuses in Bethlehem in Northampton County and Tannersville in Monroe County. The college, founded in 1967, also has satellite locations in the south side of Bethlehem and Hawley. The college serves more than 34,000 students a year in credit and non-credit programs.

Hanoi University of Natural Resources and Environment is a public university under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and under the state management of the Ministry of Education and Training. The university is one of the National Key Universities of Vietnam.

The National University of Engineering is located in Managua, Nicaragua. It is acknowledged by its meticulous and selective admission system, through a high difficulty exam with top components of math and physics. The average acceptance rate is about 6% out of a pool of more than 2,000 applicants per year. This keeps the new students compromised permanently to the "highest exigency level" of excellency.

The University of Gibraltar is a degree-awarding higher education institution established by the Government of Gibraltar through the University of Gibraltar Act 2015. The founding of the university was described by Gibraltar's Chief Minister Fabian Picardo as "a coming-of-age" for the British Overseas Territory.

The Catholic University School of Engineering is one of the twelve schools at The Catholic University of America, located in Washington, D.C. , and one of 41 higher education catholic institutions that offer Engineering Programs in the United States. It was reported to be the biggest Catholic graduate school of engineering in the nation.

Union Graduate College was an American college in Schenectady, New York from 1905 until it merged into Clarkson University in 2016. It was a part of Union College from 1905-2003, and was independent from 2003-2016. In 2016 it merged with Clarkson University.

The Tianjin University of Finance and Economics is a public university in Tianjin, China. The university was founded in 1958 and is one of the earliest offering applied economics and business administration in China.

The College of West Anglia is a four-campus college of further and higher education in Cambridgeshire and Norfolk, England. The college has three campuses, located in King's Lynn, Milton and Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, as well as a sports campus at Alive Lynnsport in King's Lynn. The college has more than 10,000 students and 800 staff.

The University of Caxias do Sul is a higher education institution in the northeast region of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It has units in the cities of Caxias do Sul, Bento Gonçalves, Vacaria, Canela, Farroupilha, Guaporé, Nova Prata and São Sebastião do Caí, offering more than 150 admission options in nine different areas of knowledge. In 2017 and 2018 it was listed by the university ranking of Folha de S. Paulo as the sixth best private university in the country.

Palo Alto College is a public community college on the South Side of San Antonio, Texas. It is one of five separately accredited colleges in the Alamo Colleges District. History Palo Alto College was first approved by ACCD Board of Trustees on February 21, 1983, and chartered by the Texas Legislature on March 19, 1983 - the official date of its founding. The college began with 231 students in high schools and military installations with administrative offices located at Billy Mitchell Village. As of 2007–2008, the college had 7,662 students enrolled. The college is set on nearly of land. Palo Alto College has over 100 staff members and full-time faculty members.

University of Global Health Equity is a health sciences university in Rwanda. An initiative of Partners In Health, UGHE is a private, not-for-profit, accredited institution. Catalytic partners that have helped to launch the University include: Cummings Foundation, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Government of Rwanda. The Cummings Foundation committed an initial $15 million for Phase I of the University and was instrumental in raising matching funds from other sources.

The Ohio State University at Mansfield is a satellite campus of Ohio State University in Mansfield, Ohio. It was founded in 1958 as a land-grant college and occupies a campus that is shared with North Central State College. The campus offers ten bachelor's degree programs and graduate-level coursework in education. The campus practices open admissions. Students can start at Mansfield and finish their degrees at The Ohio State University, Columbus, with one or more of Ohio State’s 200+ majors. The Bromfield Library of the Ohio State Mansfield campus provides access to all the resources of the ...

Hebei University of Economics and Business is a public university located in Shijiazhuang, the capital of Hebei province, China. History Hebei Trade & Finance Institute Hebei Trade & Finance Institute traces its roots back to the establishment of the Hebei Provincial Supply and Marketing Society Cooperative School in Shijiazhuang in 1953. In 1958, it was renamed as the "Hebei Province School of Business and Technical Cadres." Following a merger with the Provincial Grain School in 1959, it was transformed into the "Hebei Province School of Finance and Trade Technical Cadres." Building upon ...

Central University of Rajasthan is a central university located in Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. CURAJ has 12 schools, 32 academic departments and one community college covering technology, science, humanities, commerce, management, public policy and social science programs with a strong emphasis on scientific, technological and social education as well as research. Total student enrollment at the university exceeds 3000 and includes students from over 23 states.

Oryol State Institute of Culture is a Russian state higher educational institution located in the city of Oryol, the administrative centre of Oryol Oblast. History On 15 March 1972, by Order of the Ministry of Culture of the RSFSR No. 182, the Oryol branch of the Moscow State Institute of Culture was founded in the city of Oryol. was appointed the first rector of the branch. The first teaching staff of the institute included 60 people. 210 students were admitted to the first course of full-time education, another 135 students began to study at the extramural courses. Initially, two faculties and six general institute departments were created as part of the institute.

The Letterkenny Institute of Technology was an institute of technology, located in Letterkenny, Ireland. Based at Letterkenny in County Donegal, it was one of the smaller places of third level education in the historic province of Ulster, with a lower student intake than other colleges such as Belfast Metropolitan College and the regional colleges of the North West, South, South East and South West, all of which themselves are smaller than the universities in Belfast and Belfast/Coleraine/Derry/Jordanstown.

Hachinohe Institute of Technology is a private university located in the city of Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, Japan, established in 1972. Departments and graduate school programs Departments Department of Mechanical EngineeringDepartment of Electric and Electronic SystemsDepartment of System and Information EngineeringDepartment of Biotechnology and Environmental EngineeringDepartment of Civil Engineering and ArchitectureDepartment of Kansei Design

Doon University is a state public university located in Dehradun in the north Indian state of Uttarakhand. History The university was founded by order of the Government of Uttarakhand in October 2005. Its first courses started in July 2009.

Bangabandhu Textile Engineering College is a textile based research college located in Kalihati, Tangail. The college is academically operated by BUTEX and was previously affiliated with University of Dhaka under its faculty of science and engineering for nine years. It is one of the seven textile engineering colleges of Bangladesh which are collectively funded and controlled by the Directorate of Textiles, Ministry of Textiles and Jute.

Anugarh Memorial Law College is one of the oldest law college of Bihar. It is situated beside Katari Hill Road, Ashok Nagar in Gaya in the Indian state of Bihar. It offers undergraduate 3 years LL.B. course which is approved by Bar Council of India , New Delhi and affiliated to Magadh University.

Hamamatsu Gakuin University is a private university in Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1933, and it was chartered as a junior college in 1951. It became a four-year college 2004. It specializes in modern communications studies.

St. Lawrence College is a College of Applied Arts and Technology with three campuses in Eastern Ontario, namely Brockville , Cornwall and Kingston . It is affiliated with private Alpha College of Business & Technology in Toronto and Canadian College in Vancouver.

The Pontifical Lombard Seminary of Saints Ambrose and Charles in Urbe is an ecclesiastical institution that serves as a residence for and trains diocesan priests who have been sent to Rome by their bishop to pursue an advanced degree or follow a specialized course of study at one of the pontifical universities there.

Marwadi University is a private university located in Rajkot, Gujarat, India. It was established on 9 May 2016 by the Marwadi Education Foundation through The Gujarat Private Universities Act, 2016. , it offers 54 different courses. It is graded A+ by NAAC.

"Royal University for Women" in West Riffa, Kingdom of Bahrain is the first private, purpose-built, international university in the country that is dedicated solely to educating women. Established in 2005, the initial degree programmes of the university were designed in collaboration with McGill University in Canada and Middlesex University in the United Kingdom. Among the courses offered by the university are Bachelor of Arts degrees in fashion design, graphic design, and interior design; Bachelor of Science degree in architecture; as well as Bachelor of Law and Bachelor of Business degrees in [banking and finance], human resources, international business, and marketing .

American Samoa Community College is a public land-grant community college in the village of Mapusaga, American Samoa. Only legal residents of American Samoa who have graduated from high school or obtained a General Equivalency Diploma are admitted to ASCC.

The School for International Training, widely known by its initials SIT, is a private non-profit regionally-accredited institution headquartered in Brattleboro, Vermont, United States. The institution has two main divisions. SIT Graduate Institute administers a wide range of internationally-focused master's degree programs as well as a Doctor of Education degree in Global Education. SIT Study Abroad administers undergraduate study abroad programs which combine field-based experiential learning with academic research or internship opportunities.

Highline College is a public community college in Des Moines, Washington. Highline was founded in 1961 as the first community college in King County, Washington. The main campus covers . , there were approximately 17,000 students and 350,000 alumni of the college.

Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research also known as Bharath Institute of Science and Technology , informally Bharath University, and formerly Bharath Engineering College is a private deemed university located in Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu, India. It is recognised by the University Grants Commission and is accredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council with the highest grade of A. It is also approved by the All India Council for Technical Education .

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...

Blackfeet Community College is a private tribal land-grant community college on the Blackfeet reservation in Browning, Montana. The Blackfeet reservation occupies an area of 1,525,712 acres adjacent to Glacier National Park, Lewis and Clark National Forest, and the province of Alberta, Canada. In 1994, the college was designated a land-grant college alongside 31 other tribal colleges.

SIM University was a private university in Singapore between 2005 and 2017. The university was established and managed under the Singapore Institute of Management Group. It was the only private university in Singapore after Nanyang University. The university practiced an open-door academic policy towards working adults and offered only part-time programmes. Between 2010 and 2017, UniSIM was registered under the Committee for Private Education .

Williston State College is a public community college in Williston, North Dakota. It is part of the North Dakota University System. Founded in 1961, WSC provides general, vocational, and technical education. For most of its history the college has worked in close connection with the University of North Dakota. It was originally the University of North Dakota-Williston .

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