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Jiroft University of Medical Sciences is a medical sciences university in Jiroft, Kerman, Iran. The university has four schools including medicine, health, para-medicine, and nursing & midwifery. External links Official website
Le Petit Séminaire de Québec, campus de l'Outaouais is a private French language college in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. It offers a secondary school International Baccalaureate program as well as the post-secondary Diploma of Collegial Studies.
Government Islamia Science College is located in Karachi, Pakistan. It is one of the largest colleges in Pakistan. The college provides faculties of Science, Law, Commerce and Arts. It is located just opposite Dawood College of Engineering and Technology. Islamia Science College, Islamia Law College, Islamia Commerce and Arts College are in one complex which was founded by Abdul Rehman Muhammad Qureshi. The college was inaugurated by President Ayub Khan in August 1961.
Erode Arts College is an arts college in Rangampalayam, Erode, Tamil Nadu, India, founded in 1971. The college belongs to the Mudaliar Educational Trust, which also includes Dr. RANM Arts & Science College.
Srihatta Sanskrit College is the only Sanskrit college in Bangladesh located in Mirer Moydan, Sylhet city. Besides Sanskrit, the college also offers a four and a half year diploma course, DAMS, in the Ayurveda. This educational institution was established in 1920 at Mirer Moydan in Sylhet during the British rule.
Holy Name University College of Law or HNU-COL is a department of the Holy Name University, formerly Divine Word College of Tagbilaran , an institution of higher learning, located in Tagbilaran, Bohol, Philippines. The College offers a Baccalaureate course leading to the degree of Bachelor of Laws or LLB. The degree is preparatory to taking the Philippine Bar Examination every September.
The Biju Pattanaik Film and Television Institute of Odisha, Cuttack is an autonomous college established by the Government of Odisha under World Bank assisted scheme to meet the emerging demand of well trained technical manpower in the field of television network and film production activities. Situated on the bank of river Mahanadi, BPFTIO occupies an independent space in the sprawling campus of Bhubanananda Orissa School of Engineering , Cuttack the oldest Engineering School of the State. Funded by Government of Odisha, Department of Employment and Technical Education & Training, the institute offers diploma courses in 3 disciplines such as Cinematography, Sound & TV.
Maharaja Agrasen College is a government aided private college of Arts and Commerce, located in Jagadhri, in the state of Haryana, India. Academic provision The College is co-educational, catering to a total of 1143 students in four faculties of Arts, Commerce, Business Administration and Computer Science. Of these students, 904 are boys and 239 girls in 13 departments . The College has 11 permanent and 27 contractual faculty members.
R.S. More College, also known as Ram Sahai Mull More College, established in 1959, is a general degree college in Gobindpur, Dhanbad district, Jharkhand. It offers undergraduate courses in arts, commerce and sciences.It was awarded with "One District One Green Champion Award" in 2021 by MGNCRE. It is affiliated to Binod Bihari Mahto Koyalanchal University.
The Saint Francis of Assisi College Calamba is one of the campuses of the Saint Francis of Assisi College System, a multi-campus, non-sectarian but Catholic Oriented, private institution of learning. The system is a sister school of the Seattle Central Community College, Time Magazine's Community college of 2001.
Government Engineering College, Jehanabad is a government engineering college in Jehanabad district of Bihar. It was established in the year 2019 under Department of Science and Technology, Bihar. It is affiliated with Bihar Engineering University and approved by All India Council for Technical Education.
Sri Ram Dayal Khemka Vivekananda Vidyalaya was established in 1982 in Thiruvottiyur and is one of the oldest schools in that region. It is a part of the Vivekananda Educational Society and follows the CBSE curriculum. It started off by acquiring Bala Saraswati Mandir in Tondiarpet in 1974. Land was acquired with the help of Ravi Prakash Khemka in Thiruvottiyur in 1982 where the school now stands. The school has been affiliated with Central board of Secondary Education since 1983.
The Mapúa Institute of Technology at Laguna is the flagship college of the Mapúa Malayan Colleges Laguna. The college is under the Mapúa School of Engineering in the Philippines. MITL is among the three pioneer colleges under MCL. It offers architecture and seven engineering programs.
Government Engineering College, Buxar is a government engineering college in Buxar district of Bihar. It was established in the year 2019 under Department of Science and Technology, Bihar. It is affiliated with Bihar Engineering University and approved by All India Council for Technical Education.
Lapu-Lapu City College is an educational institution in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu, Philippines. It is located at Barangay Basak and Barangay Gun-ob. It was established through the City Ordinance No. 354-2010, designed to serve indigent students of the city by providing them access to quality and affordable education.
Institute of Corporate Secretaries of Pakistan was established on 22 November 1973 as a company limited by guarantee, under the then Indian Companies Act 1913, later substituted by the Companies Ordinance 1984. Since incorporation, the ICSP is functioning as the only recognized professional body of corporate secretaries which is imparting professional education and prudence in the areas of secretarial practice. Besides, equipping the students with knowledge for meeting challenges of modern corporate and financial world, the ICSP is also providing commands in the subjects of corporate & busin...
St Mary's College was a Roman Catholic seminary in Aberystwyth, Wales, in the United Kingdom. It was the only Roman Catholic diocesan seminary founded in Wales. Also, as it trained priests in the Welsh language, it was the only post-reformation Roman Catholic college of its kind. It was founded in 1904 in Holywell and moved to Aberystwyth in 1936. It was closed in 1970 and now houses the Welsh Books Council.
Monsbey College is a private vocational college offering over 15+ programs, including Certified Nursing Assistant, Home Health Aide, Pharmacy Technician, Medical Assistant, and Medical terminology . Its main campus is located in Watsonville, California. The college opened in 2008. As is true with most vocational colleges, the a majority of its students attend part-time. A main attraction to the college is the low cost and efficient training under those with years of experience. The college had its programs approved by: California Dept. of Public Health
Mendipathar College, established in 1971, is a general degree college situated at Mendipathar, in Meghalaya. This college is affiliated with the North Eastern Hill University. Departments Arts GaroEnglishAsameseHistoryGeographyEducationEconomicsPhilosophyPolitical Science
Saint Joseph College is a college located at Tomas Oppus Street, Maasin, Southern Leyte, Philippines. It was established in 1928 and is a member of the Commission on Higher Education , through the Federation of Accrediting Agencies of the Philippines and the Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities . and it is recognized as one of the oldest Catholic Colleges in the Philippines .
Varun Arjun Medical College, established in 2016, is a full-fledged tertiary private Medical college and hospital. It is located at Shahjahanpur in Uttar Pradesh. The college imparts the degree of Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery . The yearly undergraduate student intake is 150.
Colegio de Sta. Rosa - Makati, also referred to by its acronym CSR - Makati is a private Catholic institution of learning, run by the Congregation of the Augustinian Recollect Sisters in Rockwell, Makati in the Philippines.
Purbaya Polytechnic Institute, officially Politeknik Purbaya, is a private coeducational vocational education institution located in Tegal Regency, Central Java Province, Indonesia. It is the first technical higher education institution in the regency. Its campus is situated at Jalan Pancakarya No. 1 Talang. The polytechnic is operated autonomously under patronage of Yayasan Pertiwi di Tegal .
Bethel Bible College is an ecumenical theological seminary located in Guntur in Andhra Pradesh in India. It was founded in 2000 November 4 and is affiliated to the Senate of Serampore College , Serampore, West Bengal.
The Department of Mechanical, Aerospace & Civil Engineering at the University of Manchester was formed from three departments in the 2004 merger between the Victoria University of Manchester and the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology . The merged departments were the Department of Civil and Construction Engineering which was joint between both universities, the Department of Mechanical Aerospace and Manufacturing Engineering at UMIST and the Manchester School of Engineering at VUM.
Great Oaks Career Campuses is a joint vocational school district that has operated in parts of southwestern Ohio since 1970. History The Hamilton County Joint Vocational School District was formed in 1970 when 22 school districts came together as the Hamilton County Joint Vocational School District . The name was changed to its current name two years later as school districts in Clermont County, Clinton County, and other areas in southwest Ohio joined.
Castlereagh College was a further and higher education college in east Belfast. In 2007, it merged with the Belfast Institute of Further and Higher Education to form part of the Belfast Metropolitan College. The site is home to 6 buildings in total with classrooms for different disciplines.
North Gate University is a public university being constructed on the outskirts of Kigali in Rwanda. Its creation was approved by a legislative act in Rwandan parliament in 2011. It is being constructed to handle 10,000 students from across the East Africa region, and its capacity expected to increase to 50,000 in 15 years. Construction of the university is being funded partly by the oversubscribed Euro bond sale in Rwanda, donations from the East African community at large, the Africa Development Bank, the United Nations Development Programme, and USAID. The university's curriculum is being d...
Gratia Christian College is a private christian higher education institution in Hong Kong near Shek Kip Mei station. The College was founded by the former head of the Hang Seng University, Dr. Chui Hong-sheung.
The Government College of Arts & Science is a college in Surandai, India. It was founded in 2008 for the students who live in Tamil Nadu. Departments available here 1
Jamshedpur Women's College, established in 1953, is a general degree women's college in the Jharkhand state of India. It was founded by Perin C. Mehta. In 1962 the college acquired its own campus which was gifted by philanthropist Ratan Tata.
The Interamerican University Studies Institute transferred its principal programs to the Oregon University System's International Office in 2009, and shut down its operations the following year. For information regarding the current programs, see https://web.archive.org/web/20121015063619/http://oia.pdx.edu/ea/
Overview Admas University commenced its operation in Hargeisa, Somaliland, in September 2006 as the first private Higher Education Institution in Somaliland on the basis of two legally binding Memoranda of Understanding. The first was drawn by and between the Ministries of Education of the two neighboring Horn of Africa Countries: Ethiopia and Somaliland, while the second one was drawn by and between the owners and operators of the respective institutions: Admas University, Ethiopia and Admas University, Hargeisa.
College of Dairy Science & Technology , Mannuthy, established in 1993 is a constituent college under the Faculty of Dairy Science and Technology of the Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University , a State Public University headquartered at Pookode in Wayanad district of Kerala.
Hawaiʻi Technology Institute was a non-profit, vocational school located in Honolulu, Hawaii. It has been licensed by the State of Hawaii Department of Education as a private trade, vocational, and technical school.
The Crayenborgh lecture series is the Honours Class of the history department at Leiden University in the Netherlands. The Crayenborgh was started in the 1993–1994 academic year by Dr Leonard Blussé. The concept was based on the Friday afternoon seminars at the Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Historical Studies, but Blussé decided to aim the lecture series at third and fourth year students. Twelve high-performing students are selected to participate in the twelve lectures given by experts in the field. Each year a different theme is chosen. The Crayenborgh was the first honours programme in the...
Lokanayak Omeo Kumar Das College, abbreviated as LOKD College is a general degree undergraduate, coeducational college situated in Dhekiajuli, Assam established in 1970. This college is affiliated with the Gauhati University.
Ahman Pategi University, Patigi is one of the twenty new private universities in Nigeria that was approved for establishment by the Federal Executive Council in February, 2021. Though, it was approved in February but it was not licensed until April 8, 2021, in a statement signed by the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu and the Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission , Prof. Abubakar Adamu Rasheed.
Scuola Italiana Statale di Atene is an Italian international school in Ano Patissia in northern Athens, Greece. Owned by the Italian government, it serves elementary, lower secondary, and liceo levels.
MSR – The Israel Center for Medical Simulation is Israel's national institute for simulation-based medical education and patient safety training. It is located at the Chaim Sheba Medical Center in the Tel HaShomer neighborhood of Ramat Gan, in the Tel Aviv District. MSR is internationally recognized as leader in patient safety simulation-based training.
Tula's Institute is a private and self-financing engineering and management college set up by the Rishabh Educational Trust in 2006. It is at Dehradun in Uttarakhand. It is an ISO 9001:2008 certified institute.
The Zimbabwe Institute of Legal Studies in Harare, is the first and currently only college awarding law courses in Zimbabwe. It was founded in 2009 by Godwills Masimirembwa a lawyer by profession and former Chairman of the ZMDC. First students enrolled in 2010 and all programmes are taught in the English language. The college awards five courses up to National Diploma level through five law-related departments. The college is accredited by the National Council for Higher Education, under the Ministry of Higher and Tertiary Education. Therefore, the courses awarded by the ZILS have equal weight as courses awarded by Harare Polytechnic because their courses are accredited by the same body.