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Documents for "Colleges, International":
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Aberdeen, University of
at Aberdeen, Scotland; founded by the bishop of Aberdeen under the authority of a papal bull obtained 1494-95. It has faculties of arts and divinity; biological sciences; clinical medicine;...
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American University in Cairo
at Cairo, Egypt; English language; founded 1919. It has faculties of anthropology, computer science, economics and political science, engineering, English and comparative literature, management,...
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American University of Beirut
at Beirut, Lebanon; English language; chartered by New York State in 1866 as Syrian Protestant College, rechartered 1920 as the American Univ. of Beirut. It has faculties of arts and sciences,...
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Americas, University of the
at Cholula, Puebla, Mexico; founded 1940 as Mexico City College. The school achieved university status in 1963. It has faculties of administration, basic sciences, engineering, humanities, and...
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Australian National University
located in Canberra and state-sponsored, founded 1946 as Australia's only completely research-oriented university. Originally limited to graduate studies, it expanded in 1960, merging with Canberra...
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Beijing University
or Peking University, at Beijing, China; founded as Metropolitan Univ. 1898, renamed Peking Univ. 1911, absorbed nontechnical departments of Qinghua (Tsinghua) Univ. and merged with and moved to the campus of Yanjing...
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Berlin, Free University of
at Berlin, Germany; founded in 1948 by students and faculty seceding from Humboldt Univ. in East Berlin. Supported by both the city of Berlin and the German government, it is a large university...
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Birmingham University
at Birmingham, England; founded 1900. It has faculties of arts, science, engineering, medicine and dentistry, commerce and social science, law, and education and continuing studies. Associated with...
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Bologna, University of
at Bologna, Italy; founded in the 11th cent. It originated as a school where law books brought from Ravenna were interpreted. It has faculties of law, political science, economics and commerce,...
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Bosporus, University of the
at Istanbul, Turkey; opened 1863 as Robert College, with funds contributed by Christopher R. Robert and other Americans for the higher education of Turkish men. Its name was changed in 1971. It has...
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Bristol, University of
at Bristol, England; established 1876 as University College, Bristol. In 1909 it gained university status. It has faculties of arts, science, medicine, engineering, law, and social sciences, and a...
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Cambridge University
at Cambridge, England, one of the oldest English-language universities in the world. Originating in the early 12th cent. (legend places its origin even earlier than that of Oxford Univ.), Cambridge...
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Charles University
at Prague, Czech Republic; also called Univ. of Prague. The oldest and one of the most important universities of central Europe, it was founded in 1348 by Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV, for whom it...
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Collège de France
institution of higher learning founded in Paris, France, in 1529 by Francis I at the instigation of Guillaume Budé. It was founded to encourage humanistic studies and has always been independent of any university and free from supervision. Its lectures are open to the public without matriculation or fee. It...
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Dublin, University of
at Dublin, Ireland; founded 1591 by Queen Elizabeth I of England; also called Trinity College, Dublin. It has faculties of arts (humanities); arts (letters); business, economics, and social...
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Edinburgh, University of
at Edinburgh, Scotland; founded 1583. It has faculties of divinity, law, medicine, arts, science, music, social sciences, and veterinary medicine. The Institute for Advanced Studies in the...
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Friedrich Schiller University of Jena
at Jena, Germany; founded 1548 as an academy; became the Univ. of Jena 10 years later. The school gained an international reputation in the 18th cent. when G. W. F. Hegel , Johann Fichte , and Friedrich von Schiller taught there. In 1934 the university's name was changed to reflect its connection with Schiller. It includes faculties of theology, law, medicine, philosophy, economics, mathematics, chemistry,...
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Glasgow, University of
at Glasgow, Scotland; founded 1451. Its charter provided for studies in theology, canon and civil law, arts, and "any other lawful faculty." Today it has faculties of arts, science, social sciences, medicine, veterinary medicine, law and financial studies, divinity, and engineering. It operates the University Marine Biological Station,...
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Hebrew University
at Mt. Scopus, Givat Ram, Ein Karem, and Rehovot, Israel; coeducational. First proposed in 1882, formally opened 1925. It is the world's largest Jewish university and is noted for its work on the...
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Ireland, National University of
founded 1908 to provide higher education for Irish Roman Catholics. It consists of three colleges: University College, Galway; University College, Cork; and University College, Dublin (not to be...
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Leeds, University of
at Leeds, England; established 1884 by the amalgamation of Yorkshire College (1874) with the Leeds School of Medicine (1831). The school was known as Yorkshire College until 1904, when its present...
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Leiden, University of
at Leiden, the Netherlands; founded 1575 by William the Silent, Prince of Orange. It became a state institution in the 19th cent. It has faculties of theology, law, medicine, science, arts, social...
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Leipzig, University of
at Leipzig, Germany; founded 1409 when German scholars withdrew from Charles Univ. It was reorganized in 1946, and in 1953 its name was changed officially to Karl Marx Univ. Since German...
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Liverpool, University of
at Liverpool, England; established 1881 as University College, received royal charter in 1903. It has faculties of arts, education, engineering, law, medicine, dentistry, science, social and...
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London School of Economics and Political Science
at London, England; founded 1895, recognized as a school of the Univ. of London (see London, Univ. of ) in 1900. It publishes many periodicals, including the British Journal of Sociology, the British...
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London, University of
at London, England; founded 1836 as an examining and degree-giving body. Teaching functions were not added until 1898. It comprised at first University College (which had been founded in 1826 as...
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Manchester, Victoria University of
at Manchester, England; founded 1880 as Victoria Univ., an outgrowth of Owens College (est. 1851). In 1903 the university was reconstituted and its present name was adopted. It has faculties of...
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Mexico, National University of
at Mexico City, Mexico; founded 1551 by the Spanish king Charles I (Holy Roman Emperor Charles V). It has faculties of accounting and business administration, architecture, chemistry, dentistry,...
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Montpellier, University of
at Montpellier, France; founded 1220 by Cardinal Conrad and confirmed by papal bull. The university was suppressed during the French Revolution and replaced by faculties of medicine, pharmacy,...
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Moscow State University
at Moscow, Russia, officially M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State Univ.; founded 1755 as Moscow Univ. by the Russian scientist M. V. Lomonosov , renamed Moscow State Univ. after the Russian Revolution, and renamed after its founder in 1940. It has faculties of physics, computational mathematics and cybernetics, physics, chemistry, geology,...
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Naples, University of
at Naples, Italy; founded 1224; transferred to Salerno 1252 but returned to Naples 1258. It has faculties of law, economics, letters and philosophy, medicine, pharmacy, mathematics and natural...
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Newcastle upon Tyne, University of
at Newcastle upon Tyne, England; established 1937 as King's College as a result of the merger of Armstrong College (1871) and the College of Medicine (1834) of the Univ. of Durham. In 1963 the...
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Nottingham, University of
at Nottingham, England; established 1881 as University College, Nottingham. It received its charter as a university in 1948. It has faculties of agricultural science, arts, engineering, education,...
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Open University
headquartered at Milton Keynes, England; founded 1969 as the Univ. of the Air. In 1971 a distance learning program was begun that consists of correspondence courses integrated with television and radio broadcasts, residential summer schools, and a counseling and tutorial...
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Oxford University
at Oxford, England, one of the oldest English-language universities in the world. The university was a leading center of learning throughout the Middle Ages; such scholars as Roger Bacon , Duns Scotus...
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Paris, University of
at Paris, France; founded 12th cent., confirmed 1215 by papal bull. It was suppressed during the French Revolution and replaced in 1808 by an academy of the Université Impériale. In 1890 it was...
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Philippines, University of the
main campus at Quezon City, the Philippines; English language; founded 1908. Among its many schools and colleges are those of agriculture, forestry, fisheries, veterinary medicine, business...
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Queensland, University of
at Brisbane, Australia; founded 1909. It has faculties of agriculture, architecture and planning, arts, business studies, commerce and economics, education, social work, applied sciences,...
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Reading, University of
at Reading, England; established 1892 as a university extension college affiliated with Oxford Univ. In 1926 it received its charter as an independent university. It has faculties of letters and...
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Rome, University of
at Rome, Italy; founded 1303 by Pope Boniface VIII. It has faculties of jurisprudence; political science; economics and commerce; statistics, demography, and actuarial science; letters and...
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Saint Andrews, University of
at St. Andrews, Scotland; founded 1410. It is the oldest university in Scotland. It has faculties of arts, science, and divinity. St. Salvator's College was founded in 1450 and St. Leonard's...
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Salamanca, University of
at Salamanca, Spain; founded 1218 by Alfonso IX of León, reorganized 1254 by Alfonso X of Castile and León. It has faculties of philosophy, philology, geography and history, sciences, economic...
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San Marcos, University of
at Lima, Peru; the first university in South America; founded 1551 by the Spanish king Charles I (Holy Roman Emperor Charles V) and recognized by papal bull in 1571; closed at the time of the...
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Santo Tomás, University of
at Manila, the Philippines; Roman Catholic, coeducational; founded 1611 by Dominican priests. It is the oldest institution of higher learning in the country. It has faculties of sacred theology,...
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Sheffield, University of
at Sheffield, England; founded 1897 as University College, received royal charter 1905. It has faculties of arts, architectural studies, engineering, pure science, medicine, dentistry, law, social...
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Sorbonne
first endowed college in the Univ. of Paris, founded by Robert de Sorbon (1201-74), chaplain of Louis IX, and opened in 1253 for the purpose of providing quarters for theology students who were...
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Strathclyde, University of
at Glasgow, Scotland; founded 1796 as Anderson's Institution. In 1886 its name was changed to Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College, and in 1956 it became known as Royal College of Science...
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Tokyo, University of
at Tokyo, Japan; founded in 1877. In the 1920s it became one of the first Imperial universities and remains one of the most prestigious in Japan. It offers degrees in letters, law, economics,...
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Uppsala, University of
at Uppsala, Sweden; founded 1477 by Sten Sture, the Elder, and Archbishop Jakob Ulvsson. Its activities were suspended in 1510 as a result of religious disputes. It was reorganized in 1595. It is...
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Vienna University
at Vienna, Austria; founded 1365. It was reorganized in 1377, 1384, and 1850. It has faculties of Roman Catholic theology, Protestant theology, humanities, law and political science, medicine,...
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Wales, University of
Welsh Prifysgol Cymru, founded 1893 through the organization of three university colleges already existing in Wales into a unified system for the purpose of degree examinations. The university presently comprises the...
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West Indies, University of the
autonomous regional institution with main campuses in Jamaica, Trinidad, and Barbados; coeducational; est. 1948 in Mona, Jamaica, as an external university college of the Univ. of London,...
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