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The Polytechnic University of Hauts-de-France , previously known as University of Valenciennes and Hainaut-Cambrésis until 1 January 2018, is a French public university, based in Valenciennes. It is under the Academy of Lille and is a member of the European Doctoral College Lille-Nord-Pas de Calais and of the Community of Universities and Institutions Lille Nord de France.

The Presbyterian College/Le Collège Presbytérien, 3495 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, is a Theological College of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, and is affiliated with McGill University through its School of Religious Studies. The Presbyterian College's student base comes from across Canada and around the world.

Joongbu University is a private research university established in 1983 with campuses located in Geumsan and Goyang, South Korea. History In 1983, the university received approval for the establishment of the Joongbu Educational Foundation. In 1984, it received approval for the establishment of Joongbu Theology School. The school then changed its name to Joongbu Social Industrial School. Dr. Lee Bo-yeon was inaugurated as the chairman of the board in 1990. In 1992, the university received approval to establish Joongbu University. In 1993, the Joongbu Social Industrial School was closed and Jo...

Yasuj University is a public university in the province of Kohgiloyeh and Boyerahmad, Iran. University Rank In 1398, Yasuj University rankings conducted by the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology was ranked 10th among comprehensive universities in the country and also from the Institute of Yasouj University ranking Times Higher Education as the second top university in Iran and 401-500 The world was achieved in 2020.

J. Selye University is the only Hungarian-language university in Slovakia. It was established in 2004 in Komárno and it has three faculties. It is named after Hans Selye , a 20th-century Hungarian endocrinologist . The number of students attending the university has increased from 1731 in 2015 to 1894 in 2020.

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.

The University of Dayton School of Law is a private law school located in Dayton, Ohio at Keller Hall. It is affiliated with the University of Dayton, which is a Catholic university of the Society of Mary. The school is accredited by the American Bar Association and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools.

The University of Mohaghegh Ardabili , and known as Mohaghegh Ardabili University, is a public university in Ardabil province, Iran. It is named in honor of Allama Mohaghegh Ardabili . The university was established in 1978 as a college of agriculture under the supervision of Tabriz University. It became a separate, independent university in 1996.

Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University is a public university in Patan, Gujarat, India. The geographical jurisdiction of the North Gujarat University encompasses four districts: Aravalli_district, Banaskantha, Mehsana, Patan and Sabarkantha. It is NAAC 'A' accredited state university with a CGPA of 3.02.

Daystar University is a private Christian liberal arts university in Nairobi. Daystar's original campus is close to Nairobi city centre, but there was no room to expand at that location. Therefore, in 1992 a new campus was built at Athi River, some 40 km to the south-east of the city, on the Mombasa Road which became the main campus.

Caldwell University is a private Catholic university in Caldwell, New Jersey. Founded in 1939 by the Sisters of St. Dominic, the university is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, chartered by the State of New Jersey, and registered with the Regents of the University of the State of New York. Caldwell offers 25 undergraduate and 30 graduate programs, including doctoral, master's, certificate, and certification programs, as well as online and distance learning options.

Oduduwa University was established in 2009, it is a private higher education institution located in Ipetumodu, Osun state. The university was officially accredited and recognized by the National Universities Commission of Nigeria as a higher education institution. Oduduwa University is located in Ipetumodu, Ile Ife, Osun State, Nigeria. It was named after Oduduwa, the progenitor of the Yoruba people.

Hutchinson Community College is a public community college in Hutchinson, Kansas. It serves nearly 5,000 credit students every semester. History The college was established in the spring of 1928 as Hutchinson Junior College, and held its first classes that fall. On July 1, 1965, the name was changed to Hutchinson Community Junior College, then in 1980 to Hutchinson Community College.

Queen Margaret College was a women-only higher education institution based in North Park House in Kelvinside, Glasgow, Scotland. History The idea of a college arose as the result of English literature lectures for women that were suggested by Janet "Jessie" Campbell to Professor John Nichol of the University of Glasgow. The Glasgow Association for the Higher Education of Women was established, as women were not at the time permitted to study at Scottish universities. The first secretary of the College was Janet Anne Galloway.

Ho Chi Minh City University of Foreign Languages and Information Technology is a university located at 828 Su Van Hanh, District 10, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Date of foundation: October 26, 1994, according to Decision No. 616/Ttg by the Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. HUFLIT is the first private university in Ho Chi Minh City and South Vietnam on the basis of former Saigon Foreign Languages and Information Technology School which was established in 1992.

The Open University of China is a national public university headquartered in Beijing, China. Established in 1978 by an executive order of Deng Xiaoping, the university is directly affiliated with and sponsored by the Ministry of Education of China.

The University of Bohol, also referred to by its acronym U.B., is a private nonsectarian co-educational basic and higher education institution institution of higher learning in Tagbilaran City, Bohol, Philippines. It is the first university to be established in the province of Bohol.

Pellissippi State Community College is a public community college based in Knox and Blount counties in Tennessee. It is operated by the Tennessee Board of Regents. The college's main campus is located in west Knox County. There are four satellite campuses in the surrounding area. Pellissippi State was named Pellissippi State Technical Community College until July 1, 2009. It is the successor to the former State Technical Institute at Knoxville , founded in 1974.

Basirhat College, established in 1947, is a general degree college in Basirhat. It offers undergraduate courses in arts, commerce and sciences. It is affiliated to West Bengal State University. History Basirhat College was founded in mid-November 1947 on the banks of river Icchamati. In 1947, the college was primarily housed in Basirhat Town Hall. It later moved to the residence of Khan Bahadur A.F.M. Abdur Rahaman in Basirhat. Dr. Shyamaprasad Mukherjee laid the foundation stone at the present location of the college.

G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, also known as Pantnagar University, is the first agricultural university of India. It was inaugurated by Jawahar Lal Nehru on 17 November 1960 as the "Uttar Pradesh Agricultural University" . Later the name was changed to "Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology" in 1972 in memory of the first Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, statesman and Bharat Ratna recipient Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant. The University lies in the campus-town of Pantnagar in Kichha Tehseel and in the district of Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand. The univ...

Motlow State Community College is a public community college with multiple locations in southern Middle Tennessee. The main campus opened its facilities in 1969 and is located in Moore County on 187 acres of land donated by the late Senator Reagor Motlow and family. Motlow College also has learning centers in Fayetteville, McMinnville and Smyrna, a teaching site in Sparta and a partnership in Shelbyville at the Middle Tennessee Education Center.

St. Peter's College is a Roman Catholic boys-only primary to secondary school in the Bambalapitiya zone of Colombo, Sri Lanka, founded in 1922. In 1919, just after the end of World War I, Fr. M. J. Le Goc, Rector of St Joseph's College, Colombo, wanted to start a college in the southern suburbs of Colombo and acquired a block of cinnamon land in Bambalapitiya.

Lake Forest Graduate School of Management is a private non-profit business school in Lake Forest, Illinois. It opened in 1946 as a response to the need for WWII veterans to translate their experience into practical business skills and foundational business knowledge. In 2004, the institution moved its campus to its present location near the Tri-State Tollway. As of 2022, its graduate programs include a Leadership MBA, Leadership Foundations Graduate Certificate and open-enrollment, non-credit baring Executive Education courses. The campus of Lake Forest Graduate School of Management is also as...

The Pyongyang Theological Seminary is a Protestant theological seminary in Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea. It is run by the government-controlled Korean Christian Federation and trains pastors and evangelistss for it.

European Theological Seminary is a private, faith-based, accredited, graduate school located in Kniebis , Germany. It is part of the educational ministry of the Church of God. History European Theological Seminary was founded in 1949 through the initiation of Church of God World Missions. The seminary has undergone several name changes in its history. It began in 1958 as the German Church of God Bible School in Krehwinkel. The name was changed to the International Bible Seminary in 1964, and then became the European Bible Seminary in 1972. In autumn of 2002, the European Bible Seminary relo...

Shuchiin University is a private university in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan, established in 1949. External links Official website

Chung Cheong University is a private technical university in Cheongju City, the capital of North Chungcheong province, South Korea. It employs about 150 instructors and has approximately 5000 students enrolled. The current president is Yu Sun Gyu .

Osaka Dental University is a private university in Hirakata, Osaka, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1911, and it was chartered as a university in 1947. There is a hospital associated with the university located near Temmabashi Station in Chūō-ku, Osaka.

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.

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.

Digital Hollywood University is a private university in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1994, and it was chartered as a university on April 1, 2005 by Digital Hollywood Corporation, a school establishment corporation based on the Act on Special Districts for Structural Reform.

The Tianjin University of Technology and Education is a public vocational university in Tianjin, China. The university is sponsored by the Ministry of Education and Tianjin Municipal People's Government.

Centennial College is a private degree-granting institute in Pokfulam, Hong Kong. The College was established by The University of Hong Kong as its second private subsidiary after the School of Professional and Continuing Education . At present, the College is recognised as an Approved Post Secondary College under the Post Secondary Colleges Ordinance .

Shah Abdul Latif University , is a public research university in Khairpur, Pakistan. The university is named after the mystic poet and spiritualist Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai. The university also maintains teaching campuses in Shikarpur, Shahdadkot and Ghotki. Founded in 1976 as a single campus, the university has grown in both keeping its reputation and physical enlargement whilst developing a strong and transparent system of higher education in the north of Sindh. The university offers undergraduate, post-graduate, and doctorate programmes in various academic disciplines. The university is n...

Davangere University is a public state university located in Davangere, Karnataka, India. The university was established in the year 2008 by the Government of Karnataka. History Davangere University was a post-graduate centre of the University of Mysore from 1979 to 1987 and functioned as a post-graduate centre of Kuvempu University from 1987 to 2009. Davangere University was established on 18 August 2009 out of Kuvempu University with a vision to meet the education aspirations of the people of the region.

UCLA Extension is a public continuing education institution headquartered in Westwood, Los Angeles, on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles. Classes are held at UCLA, in Downtown Los Angeles, and other locations throughout Los Angeles County.

North Island College North Island College , is a community college located primarily on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Starting as a distance educational institution in the 1970’s, NIC has grown to a comprehensive post-secondary institution with a range of academic and career-training programs from one-year certificates to four-year degrees and post-graduate studies.

Nayoro City University is a public university in Nayoro, Hokkaido, Japan. The school was established as a junior women's college in 1960, and it became a four-year college in 2006. External links

Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth is a university in Pune, Maharashtra, India. It was established in 1921, and named after the Indian independence movement activist Bal Gangadhar Tilak. External links Tilak Maharashtra University

The Changshu Institute of Technology is a provincial public university, which is characterized by polytechnic, application technology and teacher education. It is located in the center of the Yangtze Delta, in Changshu, a satellite city of Suzhou, Jiangsu, China. It is across a lake from Shajiabang . The university occupies about . It is divided into the East Lake campus and the Southeast campus . It was grown out of Suzhou Normal College and was officially opened on 12 May 2004.

Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy , is an institute of national importance established in 2016, in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy , Visakhapatnam, a domain-specific Institute at par with IITs and IIMs, is established by the Government of India under the aegis of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas in the year 2016. The Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy Act, 2017 enacted by the Parliament and declared the Institute as an 'Institution of National Importance'.

Ara Institute of Canterbury, often simply referred to as Ara, is an institute of technology in Canterbury, New Zealand. It was formed in 2016 from the merger of Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology and Aoraki Polytechnic.

Sri Venkateswara Medical College is a medical college in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India. The college was established in the year 1960. It has 240 Undergraduate and 146 postgraduate seats. The college is recognized by National Medical Council. For the details of college recognition by NMC visit college website Svmctpt.edu.in

Shaqra University is a public university in Shaqra, Saudi Arabia. It comes under the supervision of the Ministry of Education. The university has twenty-four colleges in various disciplines. It is headquartered in Shaqra with its various colleges being geographically spread in the largest area of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia covering several governorates and sub-governorates lying in the west of Riyadh.

Choonhae College is a private technical college located in Ulsan metropolitan city, in southeastern South Korea. The current president is Bok-yong Kim . Founded as a nursing school, the college continues to have a strong focus on medical studies, and also operates a hospital.

Shokei Gakuin University is a private university in Natori, Miyagi, Japan, established in 2003. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1892. External links Official Website Official Website

Shenyang Agricultural University is a university in Shenyang, Liaoning, China under the provincial government.

Amman Arab University is a private university in Amman, Jordan. It is mainly for graduate studies. Colleges College of Education and Psychological SciencesCollege of Information TechnologyCollege of BusinessCollege of LawCollege of PharmacyCollege of Engineering

The Agricultural University of Plovdiv is a university in Plovdiv, Bulgaria History The Agricultural University of Plovdiv was founded in 1945 in the city of Plovdiv, Bulgaria. It has strengthened its positions as a national centre of agricultural science and education in Bulgaria.

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