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 Işık University - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Işık University and the Feyziye Schools Foundation under whose umbrella the University is operating, are claimed to be founded by the apostate Sabbatarian crypto-jewish sect descending from Sabbatai Zevi, the self-proclaimed messiah of 17th century.
Işık University is governed by a board of trustees, in conjuction with the university president and provosts and the deans of the various faculties.
The university is a part of the Feyziye Schools Foundation, established in 1885.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Isik_University   (447 words)

  
 Jagiellonian University - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jagiellonian University (Polish: Uniwersytet Jagielloński, often shortened to UJ) is a university in Krakow, Poland.
The university and the chancellors were partisans of the Council of Basel.
Golden era of the University took place during the Polish Renaissance, between 1500 and 1535, when it was attended by 3215 students in the first decade of the 16th century - a record not surpassed until the late 18th century.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jagiellonian_University   (586 words)

  
 Potchefstroom University - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Potchefstroom University College for Christian Higher Education was officially recognised as an independent university and was renamed the Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education in 1951.
Potchefstroom University developed out of the Theological School of the Reformed Churches in South Africa (Gereformeerde Kerke van Suid-Afrika in Afrikaans, abbreviated as GKSA), which was founded on 29 November 1869 in Burgersdorp.
In 1921, the Potchefstroom University College (without the "for Christian Higher Education" suffix), was incorporated into the University of South Africa; the PUK only got the "for Christian Higher Education" part of its name back in 1933.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Potchefstroom_University   (479 words)

  
 Islamic Azad University of Mashhad
Islamic Azad University of Mashhad - Ostad Yousefi - Ghasem Abad - Mashhad - IRAN (0098511-6627512) (0098511-6619123)
www.iaum.com /VC_student.HTM   (17 words)

  
 Laurentian University - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Laurentian University (Université Laurentienne), founded in 1960, is a mid-sized bilingual university in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, approximately 350 km north of Toronto.
The university is also a key partner in the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO), the world's deepest underground laboratory that has been providing, since 1998, new clues on the composition of the sun and the origins of the universe.
The university's campus is located on the south side of Ramsey Lake, just south of Greater Sudbury's downtown core and near some of the city's wealthiest residential neighbourhoods.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Laurentian_University   (1784 words)

  
 Kobe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kobe is also home to Kobe University, which traces its roots back to 1902.
Kobe is the capital of Hyogo Prefecture and is one of Japan's major ports along with the ports of Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Hakata, and Tokyo.
Kobe was briefly the capital of Japan in 1180 A.D. at the end of the Heian period.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kobe,_Hyogo   (758 words)

  
 Peking University - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
After the People's Republic of China was established in 1949, Yenching University was merged into Peking University and Peking University lost its "national" appellation to reflect the fact that all universities under the new socialist state would be public.
Peking University has been becoming a center for teaching and research, consisting of diverse branches of learning such as pure and applied sciences, social sciences and the humanities, and sciences of management and education.
Peking University is a comprehensive and national key university.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Peking_University   (953 words)

  
 Fatih University - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
At present, Fatih University is comprised of 3 faculties, a School of Medicine, 3 graduate institutes and 4 vocational schools located in 3 campuses.
Fatih University is a private (foundation) university principally located in Buyukcekmece, Istanbul, Turkey.
Verdal Hosta is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Fatih University.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fatih_University   (259 words)

  
 Waseda University - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Waseda University Library is also possessed of a unique collection which survived the Bombing of Tokyo in World War II unlike many of its counterparts.
Waseda currently is the reigning rugby champion in Japan, reaching the university championships 25 times, and winning nine times.
Northwest of the university is Ikebukuro, the second busiest station in Tokyo.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Waseda_University   (648 words)

  
 Brunel University - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Brunel University is one of the new British universities, having been founded within the last half century.
This became Brunel's second campus, and is still owned by the University, although as of the academic year 2004/05, it now only comprises halls of residence.
The University continued to use both campuses until 1971, when it was eventually able to evacuate the Acton site, and for the next nine years used only the Uxbridge campus.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Brunel_University   (1240 words)

  
 Fudan University - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
After the establishment of the People's Republic of China, Fudan lost its "National" appellation and became Fudan University to reflect the fact that all universities under the new socialist state would be public.
Fudan was the first university to be adjusted by the new government in 1952 and modelled on Soviet education.
Fujia Yang(杨福家 Yang Fujia), physicist and university administrator, the chancellor of the University of Nottingham.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fudan_University   (717 words)

  
 Bournemouth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Traditionally a retirement town, Bournemouth now houses many students who attend Bournemouth University, which is noted for its Media School, and the Arts Institute.
Bournemouth is part of a conurbation with, to the west, Poole (population 138,385 in 2001) and to the east Christchurch (population 44,865), the whole area being sufficiently populous to be one of the major retail and commercial centres in the south of England.
Bournemouth is a seaside resort in the county of Dorset on the south coast of England.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bournemouth   (2985 words)

  
 Cairo University - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cairo University (formerly the Egyptian University) is an institute of higher education located in Giza, Egypt.
Cairo University has, among others, a School of Law and a School of Medicine.
Constituent colleges preceded the establishment of the university.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cairo_University   (208 words)

  
 Cranfield University - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The University was formed in 1946 as the College of Aeronautics at the air force base RAF Cranfield.
Cranfield University is a UK University based on three campuses at Cranfield, Silsoe and Shrivenham.
This United Kingdom university, college or other education institution article is a stub.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cranfield_University   (158 words)

  
 SCHREINER UNIVERSITY - Mountaineer Athletics
Their next game will be later this afternoon against Sul Ross State University.
They will also play against Sul Ross State University, University of Dallas and ASC powerhouse Austin College at the University of Dallas Tournament.
Schreiner's next game will be on Friday, October 6th against the University of Mary-Hardin Baylor in Belton, TX.
athletics.schreiner.edu /volleyball   (158 words)

  
 Putian - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The prefecture-level city of Putian administers 4 districts and 1 county.
Putian (Simplified Chinese: 莆田; Pinyin: Pútián) is a prefecture-level city in eastern Fujian province, People's Republic of China.
Meizhou Island, most famous for being the legendary birthplace of the goddess Matsu, is located closely offshore of Putian.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Putian   (118 words)

  
 Flinders University - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Flinders University, or The Flinders University of South Australia, is located in Adelaide, South Australia and was established in 1966.
Flinders University is a member of Innovative Research Universities Australia (IRU Australia).
The University is set to become the South Australian partner of the Australia and New Zealand School of Government.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Flinders_University   (564 words)

  
 Tianjin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In December 1946, the rape of a Beiping (now Beijing) female university student by an American soldier, together with a series of rapes that had previously occurred in Tianjin, sparked protests in Tianjin that culminated in a demonstration on January 1, 1947 involving thousands of students.
Tianjin Municipality borders Hebei province to the north, south, and west; the municipality of Beijing in a small portion to the northwest; and Bohai Gulf to the east.
Tianjin was established as a municipality of China in 1927.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tianjin   (2697 words)

  
 Alzahra University - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tehran, Iran, is a state-run university that only admits female applicants.
Zahra Rahnavard was appointed as chancellor of Alzahra university on September 23, 1998.
1975, it was named Farah Pahlavi University after
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Al-zahra_University   (2697 words)

  
 Shantou - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shantou was a fishing village part of Tuojiang City(鮀江都), Jieyang District (揭陽縣) during the Song Dynasty.
Shantou (Simplified Chinese: 汕头; Traditional Chinese: 汕頭; pinyin: Shàntóu; POJ: Sòaⁿ-thau; also seen as Swátōw or Suátao) is a city of 784,000 in coastal eastern Guangdong Province, China.
In 1563, Shantou was a part of Chenghai District (澄海縣) in Chao Prefecture (Chaozhou).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shantou   (365 words)

  
 Ignaz Semmelweis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Semmelweis returned to Pest after his first year and continued his studies at the local university from 1839-1841.
Semmelweis was born on July 1, 1818 in Tabán, an old commercial sector of Buda, the fifth child of a prosperous shopkeeper of German origin.
Semmelweis' father wanted him to become a military advocate in the service of the Austrian bureaucracy, but when Semmelweis travelled to Vienna in the fall of 1837 to enroll in its law school he was instead attracted to medicine.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ignaz_Semmelweis   (365 words)

  
 Napier University - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 1994, Napier University acquired its Craighouse campus.
Dr Andrew Cubie CBE is chairman of the University Court.
The college was renamed Napier Polytechnic in 1986 and in the same year acquired the former Hydropathic hospital buildings at Craiglockhart.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Napier_University   (626 words)

  
 Leiden University - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Leiden University in the city of Leiden, is the oldest university in the Netherlands.
The anatomical and pathological laboratories of the university are modern, and the museums of geology and mineralogy have been restored.
It is traditionally said that the citizens of Leiden were offered the choice between a university and a certain exemption from taxes, and that the citizens believed that a tax law could be rescinded, whereas the great universities of Europe had survived for many centuries.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Leiden_University   (1283 words)

  
 Lanzhou - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
After the fall of the Han Dynasty, Lanzhou became the capital of a succession of tribal states.
Lanzhou also is the home of far too many factories including petroleum processing, and suffers from storms of dust kicked up from the Gobi Desert, especially in the winter and spring.
Lanzhou is a rail, highway, and air hub and the junction point to remote Xinjiang in extreme
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lanzhou   (1283 words)

  
 Kingston University - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kingston University is currently investing in the New University Project (NUP) which it states is for "for the future benefit of both our students and staff, and also for the local community"[2].
Kingston University is a university in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, south-west London.
A collaboration with St George's, University of London, this faculty is based at both the Kingston Hill campus and at St.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kingston_University   (579 words)

  
 Hasselt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 1967, Belgian Limburg was detached from the Diocese of Liège and Hasselt became the seat of the Diocese of Hasselt.
Hasselt was founded in the 7th century on the Helbeek, a tributary of the Demer river.
Hasselt is a city in Belgium, capital of the province of Belgian Limburg.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hasselt   (637 words)

  
 Kabul - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kabul has a university, established in 1931, and a number of colleges.
Kabul was captured by the Taliban in September, 1996, publicly lynching ex-president Najibullah, repressing the city's dangerously literate populace and effectively moving the capital to Kandahar.
Kabul (34°32′ N 69°10′ E, Kâb'l, in Persian کابل) is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan with a population variously estimated at 2 to 4 million.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kabul   (1419 words)

  
 Ordinance (university) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An Ordinance is a particular class of internal legislation in a United Kingdom university.
Some university systems influenced by the UK model, particularly in the Commonwealth, use the word Ordinance in the same way.
Typically any change to Ordinances will require the agreement of the governing body of the university.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ordinance_(university)   (1419 words)

  
 University of Salamanca - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In conjunction with the University of Cambridge, the University of Salamanca co-founded the Association of Language Testers in Europe (ALTE) in 1989.
The University of Salamanca (Spanish Universidad de Salamanca), located in the town of Salamanca, west-northwest of Madrid, is the second oldest university in Spain (the first one is the university of Palencia, now disappeared), and one of the oldest in Europe.
The university was founded as a "General School of the kingdom" by the Leonese king Alfonso IX in 1218 to allow the Leonese people to study at home without having to leave for Castile.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/University_of_Salamanca   (398 words)

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