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University of Texas at San Antonio College of Engineering The University of Texas at San Antonio College of Engineering hosts undergraduate degrees in the fields of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Civil Engineering. Graduate degrees are also offered in multiple areas, including Biomedical Engineering.
University of Texas Health Center at Tyler The University of Texas Health Center at Tyler (UTHCT) is a health institution located in Tyler, Texas. Originally named "East Texas Tuberculosis Sanitarium", it was established in 1947 as a tuberculosis treatment facility.
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA) is the largest comprehensive health sciences university in South Texas. Located in the South Texas Medical Center, it serves San Antonio and all of the 50,000 square mile (130,000 km²) area of central and south Texas.
University of Texas Medical Branch The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) is a component of the University of Texas System located in Galveston, Texas, about 50 miles (80 km) southeast of downtown Houston. It is the oldest medical school west of the Mississippi River.
University of Texas Performing Arts Center Since its first performance in 1981, The University of Texas Performing Arts Center (UT PAC) has evolved into one of the largest and most extraordinary university arts presenters in the country. Powered by a commitment to educate, enlighten and entertain, the PAC has helped establish The University of Texas and Austin, Texas as a venue for international culture and performing arts.
University of Texas Press The University of Texas Press is a university press that is part of the University of Texas at Austin. Established in 1950, the Press publishes scholarly books in several areas, including Latin American studies, Texana, anthropology, U.
University of Texas School of Law The University of Texas School of Law is an ABA-certified American law school located on The University of Texas at Austin campus. The law school has been in existence since the founding of the University in 1883.
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School is one of the top medical schools in Texas (located in Dallas). The medical school makes up a part of the Southwestern Medical District, which ranks among the top academic medical centers in the world.
University of Texas System The University of Texas System comprises fifteen educational institutions in Texas, of which nine are general academic universities and six are health institutions. The UT System also offers online courses and degrees from UT institutions via the UT TeleCampus.
University of Texas–Pan American The University of Texas – Pan American, also known as UTPA or UT Pan Am, is part of The University of Texas System. Located in Edinburg, Texas, it serves the Rio Grande Valley and southern Texas with offerings of various bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees.
University of The West of Scotland It is proposed to create The University of The West of Scotland by a merger of the University of Paisley and Bell College in Autumn (fall) 2008. The new university will have four campuses, at Ayr, Dumfries, Hamilton and Paisley.
University of Tirana University of Tirana (Universiteti i Tiranës) is located in Tirana, Albania. It was the first university in Albania when it was founded in October 1957 as State University of Tirana (Universiteti Shtetëror i Tiranës) by joining five higher institutes.
University of Toronto at Mississauga The University of Toronto at Mississauga (UTM), known as Erindale College until 2002, is a campus of the University of Toronto, with an enrollment of approximately 8,500 students. UTM is in Mississauga, Ontario, a suburb of Toronto on its western border, set upon a park-like campus on the Credit River.
University of Toronto Campus Police The University of Toronto Police Service was created in 1904 to provide policing services to the University community. Today, the University of Toronto Police Service is responsible for the safety of over 80,000 students, faculty and staff, in addition to the thousands of visitors to the University each day.
University of Toronto Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering The Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering at the University of Toronto (U of T) is one of Canada's largest engineering teaching and research institutions. The University of Toronto Engineering Society is the community of engineering students at U of T and uses the trademarked term Skule, which embodies the engineering spirit at the university.
University of Toronto Faculty of Arts and Science The Faculty of Arts and Science at the University of Toronto (U of T) is one of Canada's largest and most reputable arts and science teaching and research institutions. With almost 22,000 undergraduate and 3,000 graduate students, Arts and Science represents over half the student population on the downtown campus.
University of Toronto Faculty of Information Studies The Faculty of Information Studies (commonly abbreviated as FIS) is part of the University of Toronto and devoted to the study of library and information science. It was originally founded as the Library School within the Ontario College of Education in 1928.
University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine The Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto, founded in 1843 as a school of medicine, is regarded as one of the best medical faculties in the world. More than 5,000 faculty members engage in a combination of research, teaching, administration, and clinical practice across the University of Toronto Campus, the faculty's nine fully-affiliated teaching hospitals (at 11 sites), the city of Toronto's department of public health, and a large number of community affiliated hospitals and organizations.
University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies The University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies, or UTIAS (pronounced you-TIE-us), was established in 1949. It serves as both a premier research institute, and a graduate school, offering masters and doctorate degrees.
University of Toronto Space Design Contest The University of Toronto Space Design Contest, or UTSDC is an annual contest for high school students, founded in 2003 by Norman Goh. Teams work together to develop a solution for a design challenge, set every year.
University of Transkei University of Transkei (now part of Walter Sisulu University for Technology and Science) was situated in the former Transkei region of South Africa. It started as a branch of the University of Fort Hare, and after the "independence" of the Transkei in 1977 it became the University of Transkei.
University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro The University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD) is a public university located in Vila Real, Portugal. It was created in 1986 from the structure of the former Instituto Politécnico de Vila Real, a polytechnic institution dating from 1974.
University of Trieste The University of Trieste (Italian UniversitĂ  degli Studi di Trieste, UNITS) is a medium-sized university in Trieste in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of Italy. The university consists of 12 faculties, boasts a wide and almost complete range of university courses and currently has about 23,000 students enrolled and 1,000 professors.
University of Trinity College The University of Trinity College, or simply Trinity College is one of the federated colleges making up the modern University of Toronto (U of T). It also houses an Anglican divinity school and is part of the Toronto School of Theology (TST), an ecumenical federation of seven theological schools affiliated with the University of Toronto.
University of Tsukuba The , located in the city of Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture in the KantĹŤ region, is one of Japan's most prestigious national universities. The University has 28 college clusters and schools with a total of around 15,000 students (in 2003).
University of Tulsa The University of Tulsa is a private, comprehensive university awarding bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees located in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It currently ranks 88th in the nation by US News and World Report and is named by the Princeton Review as one of America's best universities.
University of Turin The University of Turin (Italian UniversitĂ  degli Studi di Torino, UNITO) is a university in the city of Turin in the Piedmont region of north-western Italy. It is one of the most traditional and prestigious universities in Italy and Europe, currently consisting of 12 faculties and 55 departments.
University of Turku The University of Turku (Finnish Turun yliopisto, Swedish Ă…bo universitet), located in Turku in southwestern Finland, is the second largest university in the country as measured by student enrolment. It was established in 1920.
University of Udine The University of Udine (Italian Università degli Studi di Udine, Friulian Universitât di Udin, Latin Universitas Studiorum Utinensis, UNIUD) was founded in 1978 as part of the reconstruction plan of Friuli after the earthquake in 1976. Its aim was to provide the Friulian community with an independent centre for advanced training in cultural and scientific studies and it's an important centre for the studies of Friulian language.
University of Ulm The University of Ulm (German: Universität Ulm) is a public university in the city of Ulm], in the South [[Germany|German state of Baden-Württemberg. The university was founded in 1967 and focuses on natural sciences, medicine and the engineering sciences, mathematics/ economics and computer science.
University of Ulster The University of Ulster (UU) is a multi-centre university located in Northern Ireland and is the largest single university on the island of Ireland, discounting the federal National University of Ireland. Its origins are in the combination of the New University with Magee College, Ulster Polytechnic and the College of Art and Design.
University of Ulster at Coleraine The University of Ulster at Coleraine (UUC), is the Coleraine campus of the University of Ulster. It houses the administration headquarters of the University and is the most traditional in outlook, with a focus on science and the humanities.
University of Urbino The University of Urbino "Carlo Bo" (Italian UniversitĂ  degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo", UNIURB) is the university of Urbino, a quite small Renaissance city in the north-eastern part of central Italy. It was founded in 1506, and currently has around 22,000 students.
University of Utah The University of Utah (also The U or the U of U or the UU) is a public university in Salt Lake City, Utah. Originally established February 28, 1850 by Latter-day Saint leader Brigham Young; it was initially named "University of Deseret.
University of Vechta The University of Vechta (Hochschule Vechta) is a small university in northwestern Germany, in the town of Vechta in Lower Saxony. Its study programmes concentrate on teacher training, social sciences, social work and gerontology.
University of Venda The University of Venda or Univen, in full the University of Venda for Science and Technology, is a South African university, located in Thohoyandou in Limpopo province. It was established in 1982 to serve the inhabitants of the Venda bantustan.
University of Vermont The University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, or simply "The University of Vermont," is a public university located in Burlington, Vermont. The university was chartered at the impetus of Ira Allen in 1791, under the name "University of the Green Mountains," or in Latin Universitas Viridis Montis (UVM), and is the sixth oldest college in New England, after Brown University, Castleton State College, Dartmouth College, Harvard College, and Yale University.
University of Veterinary Medicine Hanover The School of Veterinary Medicine Hanover (in German, Stiftung Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover) is a vocational university and one of the five facilities for veterinary medicine in Germany, and the only one that remains independent. It is often referred to as TiHo by its staff and students.
University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna The University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna (German: Veterinärmedizinische Universität Wien - in short: VUW) was founded in 1767 as the world's third school for veterinary medicine (after Lyon and Alfort) by Milan's Ludovico Scotti, originally named k. k.
University of Veterinary Science The University of Veterinary Science in Yezin, Myanmar, was established in 1957 as the Veterinary College of the University of Rangoon. In 1964 it became independent from its parent institution and took up the name "The Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science".
University of Vicenza The University of Vicenza is an ancient university located in the the town of Vicenza in the Veneto region of Italy which has declined in importance since it was overtaken by newer Italian universities. It has been recognised as a studium generale since early in the 13th Century.
University of Victoria The University of Victoria (usually known as UVic, though originally as U of V) is located in Greater Victoria, British Columbia, Canada (northeast of Victoria). It is a medium-sized university, with approximately 20,000 students, as of 2006.
University of Virginia College of Arts & Sciences The University of Virginia College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences is the largest of the University of Virginia's ten schools. Consisting of both a graduate and an undergraduate program, the College comprises the liberal arts and humanities section of the University.
University of Virginia Japanese Text Initiative The University of Virginia Japanese Text Initiative (JTI) is a project intended to provide a comprehensive online database of Japanese literary texts. Sponsored by the University of Virginia, the online collection contains somewhere over 300 texts from Japan's pre-modern and modern periods (generally defined as before and after the Meiji Restoration of 1868).
University of Virginia School of Continuing and Professional Studies The School of Continuing and Professional Studies (SCPS) is committed to bringing the outstanding academic resources of the University of Virginia to adult learners. By providing interesting, innovative and unique educational opportunities, SCPS reaches nearly 15,000 non-traditional students annually.
University of Virginia School of Law The University of Virginia School of Law was founded in Charlottesville in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson as one of the original subjects taught at his "academical village," the University of Virginia. The School maintains an enrollment of approximately 1,100 students.
University of Virginia School of Medicine University of Virginia School of Medicine is an allopathic medical school located in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States. The University of Virginia School of Medicine has a long tradition of excellence in a highly collaborative atmosphere not only within the School, but also with the Health System, across Grounds with other schools, as well as throughout the Commonwealth with our sister universities and beyond.
University of Virginia's College at Wise The University of Virginia's College at Wise, commonly called UVa-Wise, is a public liberal arts college located in Wise, Virginia. It is the only branch of the University of Virginia, and the westernmost public college in Virginia.
University of Waikato The University of Waikato is located in Hamilton and Tauranga, New Zealand, and was established in 1964. It has strengths across a broad range of subject areas, particularly its degrees in Computer Science and in Management.
University of Wales The University of Wales (Prifysgol Cymru in Welsh) is a federal university founded in 1893. It has member institutions in all parts of Wales, ranging from University of Wales, Lampeter (founded in 1822), to old Red Brick universities such as Aberystwyth to post-1992 universities such as UWIC and Newport.
University of Wales College of Medicine The University of Wales College of Medicine was a medical school based in the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, that formed a part of the University of Wales. It was also known as UWCM and by its Welsh name Coleg Meddygaeth Prifysgol Cymru.
University of Wales Institute, Cardiff The University of Wales Institute, Cardiff (Welsh: Athrofa Prifysgol Cymru, Caerdydd, commonly: UWIC) is an institute of higher education and member of the University of Wales situated in Cardiff. It operates from four campuses; Llandaff on Western Avenue, Cyncoed, Colchester Avenue and Howard Gardens in the City Centre.
University of Wales, Aberystwyth The University of Wales, Aberystwyth (Welsh: Prifysgol Cymru, Aberystwyth) is a leading teaching and research university located in Aberystwyth, Wales. A founding Member Institution of the federal University of Wales, it was one of the first university institutions to be established in Wales.
University of Wales, Bangor The University of Wales, Bangor () is a constituent institution of the University of Wales based in the city of Bangor in the county of Gwynedd in North Wales, United Kingdom. The university occupies a substantial proportion of the city and also has some departments in Wrexham.
University of Wales, Lampeter University of Wales, Lampeter (Welsh: Prifysgol Cymru, Llanbedr Pont Steffan) is a university in Lampeter, Wales, the oldest degree awarding institution in Wales, and the third oldest in England and Wales after Oxford and Cambridge. The university started in 1822 as St David's College (Coleg Dewi Sant), becoming St David's University College (Coleg Prifysgol Dewi Sant) in 1971, when it became part of the federal University of Wales.
University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn The University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn was established on September 1, 1999. The founding of the University in Olsztyn, a city with a 600-year history, was a dream come true for the many generations who had been trying to turn Olsztyn into a strong academic centre.
University of Warwick Conservative Association The University of Warwick Conservative Association is a strong and active political society whose objective is to ensure a pragmatic centre-right voice is heard on campus. The society has been present on campus since the University was founded in 1965.
University of Warwick Halls of Residence The University of Warwick provides the majority of accommodation to first-year undergraduate and first-year postgraduate students in purpose-build Halls of Residence. There are 5,671 student bedrooms on campus.
University of Warwick Science Park Opened in 1984, the University of Warwick Science Park is a joint venture between the University of Warwick and local authorities. It is now home to 130 High Technology Companies and employs a total workforce of 1,860.
University of Warwick Symphony Orchestra The University of Warwick Symphony Orchestra (UWSO) is based in the University of Warwick Music Centre and is comprised mainly of university students, together with some staff and members of the local community.
University of Washington The University of Washington, founded in 1861, is a public research university in Seattle, Washington. Also known as Washington and locally as The U or UW (usually pronounced "U-Dub"), it is the largest university in the Northwestern United States and the oldest public university on the West Coast.
University of Washington Department of Global Health The University of Washington Department of Global Health is a department jointly run by the schools of Medicine and Public Health at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington. Its aim is to provide a multidisciplinary venue to address issues of global health at the university.
University of Washington Husky Marching Band The University of Washington Husky Marching Band (HMB) is a 240-member ensemble utilizing the traditional chair-step and toe-point style of marching. The HMB is a year-round ensemble that actively participates in supporting all of the Husky Athletics.
University of Washington Press The University of Washington Press is the nonprofit book and multimedia publishing arm of the University of Washington. Since its establishment in 1920, the University of Washington Press has been the major scholarly publisher in the U.
University of Washington School of Law The University of Washington, School of Law is the law school of the University of Washington. It is generally regarded as the top law school in the State of Washington, as well as one of the top thirty law schools in the United States, as ranked by US News and World Report.
University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine The University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine serves as the public health school for the University of Washington. It is the only public health school located in the Northwest, and is headquartered in the Health Sciences Center south of the University of Washington main campus.
University of Washington, Tacoma The University of Washington Tacoma (UW Tacoma) is one of three campuses in the University of Washington system, located in Tacoma, south of the main campus in Seattle, Washington, USA. The other satellite campus is in Bothell.
University of Waterloo The University of Waterloo, also known as "UW", "UWaterloo", or simply, "Waterloo" is a medium-sized research-intensive public university in the city of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The enrollment for 2006 was 23,729 undergraduate and 3,013 graduate students, with 963 full-time faculty members and 2,167 staff.
University of Waterloo Faculty of Engineering The Faculty of Engineering is one of six faculties at the University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Ontario. As of 2006, it has 5,109 undergraduate students, 1,115 graduate students, 219 professors and over 27,000 alumni making it one of Canada's largest engineering faculties.
University of Waterloo Faculty of Mathematics The Faculty of Mathematics is one of six faculties of the University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Ontario. As of 2006, it has 5,300 students, 200 full-time professors, and offers 180 courses in mathematics, statistics and computer science.
University of Waterloo Faculty of Science The Faculty of Science is one of six faculties at the University of Waterloo, it is home to Canada's only English-language School of Optometry, renowned for its outreach programs and vision research. In 2004-05, Science attracted almost $42.
University of Waterloo School of Accountancy The School of Accountancy at the University of Waterloo was formed in 1985 as a result in the growth in need for accountants in the public sector, as well as Waterloo's growing reputation as an innovative centre of learning, especially through the co-op program. Today the School of Accountancy has nearly 1000 students enrolled in any one of its undergraduate and graduate accounting programs, and is home to the largest accounting co-op program in Canada.
University of Waterloo School of Pharmacy The School of Pharmacy is one of the professional schools at the University of Waterloo. It is housed in the Faculty of Science, but will re-located to a new $34 million dollar building in downtown Kitchener in 2007.
University of West Alabama The University of West Alabama is a public four-year institution offering both undergraduate and graduate degrees. It is most often referred as U DUB (pronounced "you dub" and/or "oooh dub") or U-WAH (pronounced "you wah" and/or "oooh wah") by the students.
University of West Los Angeles The University of West Los Angeles (UWLA) is a private, non-profit university with two campuses in the Los Angeles metropolitan area at Inglewood and Woodland Hills, California. The university consists of a School of Law and School of Paralegal Studies.
University of West Macedonia In 2002 the Ministerial Council under the Prime Minister of Greece, decided the foundation of the University of Western Macedonia. On 28 July 2003 a group of ministers leaded by the Minister of Education and Religious Affairs Petros Eythymiou settles the Administrative Committee in Kozani.
University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia (UWA) is Western Australia's oldest university, established in February 1911, and is the only university in the state to be a member of the Group of Eight. The University was established under and is governed by the University of Western Australia Act 1911.
University of Western Ontario Debating Society The University of Western Ontario Debating Society is the oldest student association at the University of Western Ontario. It was originally part of the student union at the university, and was separated in 1915 and named "The New Areopagus of Western University", after the supreme tribunal of Athens.
University of Western Sydney The University of Western Sydney is a public, multi-campus, higher educational institute located in the Western Sydney region of New South Wales, Australia. It was formed in 1989 as the University of Western Sydney Federation.
University of Westminster The University of Westminster is a British university in London, formed in 1992 as a result of the Further and Higher Education Act, 1992, which allowed the London Polytechnic (Polytechnic of Central London or PCL ) to rename itself as a university. The London Polytechnic itself was formed from the merger of the Holborn College of Law, Languages and Commerce and the Regent Street Polytechnic in 1971.
University of Winnipeg The University of Winnipeg received its charter in 1967 but its roots date back more than 130 years. The founding colleges were Manitoba College 1871, and Wesley College 1888, which merged to form United College in 1938.
University of Wisconsin Field House The University of Wisconsin Field House (commonly known as the UW Fieldhouse) is a 11,500 -seat multi-purpose arena in Madison, Wisconsin. Designed by Wisconsin State Architect Arthur Peabody in consultation with Paul Cret of the firm of Laird and Cret, the arena opened in 1930.
University of Wisconsin System The University of Wisconsin System is the public state university system in the state of Wisconsin, composed of fifteen institutions with twenty-six campuses. It is one of the largest public higher education systems in the country, enrolling more than 160,000 students each year and employing more than 32,000 faculty and staff statewide.
University of Wisconsin-Barron County The University of Wisconsin–Barron County, part of the University of Wisconsin Colleges, is a two-year campus of the University of Wisconsin System located in Rice Lake, Wisconsin. The current Dean of the campus is Paul Chase.
University of Wisconsin-Extension The University of Wisconsin-Extension, UW-Extension, is the outreach arm of the University of Wisconsin System. Through UW-Extension, all Wisconsin people can access university resources and engage in lifelong learning, wherever they live and work.
University of Wisconsin-Fox Valley The University of Wisconsin-Fox Valley, part of the University of Wisconsin Colleges, is a two-year campus of the University of Wisconsin System located on a 41-acre campus in Menasha, Wisconsin. It is one of thirteen two-year campuses in the University of Wisconsin System.
University of Wisconsin-Madison The University of Wisconsin–Madison (also known as UW–Madison, Madison, University of Wisconsin, or UW) is a public research university located in Madison, Wisconsin. Founded in 1848, it is the largest university in the state with a total enrollment of over 41,000 students, of whom approximately 29,000 are undergraduates.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum The University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum (1260 acres) is an arboretum operated by the University of Wisconsin-Madison and located at 1207 Seminole Highway, Madison, Wisconsin. The arboretum is open daily without charge.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Steam Tunnel System The steam tunnel system of the University of Wisconsin-Madison carries heat in the form of hot steam to campus buildings from two plants; one on Charter Street and an additional one on Walnut Street. It provides access to the basements of some campus buildings; however, nearly all access hatches are locked.
University of Wisconsin-Marathon County The University of Wisconsin–Marathon County (UWMC), part of the University of Wisconsin Colleges, is a two-year campus of the University of Wisconsin System located near downtown Wausau, Wisconsin, adjacent to 78-acre Marathon Park. The current Dean of the campus is James Veninga, who is retiring from his position after the 2006-2007 school year to spend more time teaching.
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is a public research university located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It is one of the two doctoral granting institutions in the University of Wisconsin System and the second largest university in the state of Wisconsin.
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh The University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh (in Oshkosh, Wisconsin) is one of the thirteen baccalaureate-granting institutions of the University of Wisconsin System. University of Wisconsin undergrad headcount (PDF File) It has the fourth largest undergraduate headcount in UW System.
University of Wisconsin-Parkside The University of Wisconsin-Parkside is a regional, state supported, comprehensive public institution located in Kenosha, Wisconsin, immediately south of Racine, Wisconsin, in the center of the Chicago-Milwaukee Conurbation, and just a mile from the Lake Michigan shoreline.
University of Wisconsin-River Falls University of Wisconsin-River Falls is a four year university and a member of the University of Wisconsin System located in River Falls, Wisconsin on the famed trout fishing Kinnickinnic River. Founded in 1874, the University of Wisconsin-River Falls serves approximately 6000 students.
University of Wisconsin-Rock County The University of Wisconsin–Rock County, part of the University of Wisconsin Colleges, is a two-year campus of the University of Wisconsin System located in Janesville, Wisconsin, USA. The current Dean of the campus is Diane Pillard.
University of Wisconsin-Sheboygan The University of Wisconsin-Sheboygan (UW-Sheboygan) was established in 1933 in space provided by the Sheboygan School of Technical, Vocational and Adult Education. During its first semester of operation, the campus (then known as The Sheboygan County Center) offered six credits of coursework.
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (UWSP) is one of fifteen institutions in the University of Wisconsin System and grants baccalaureate, associate, and master's degrees. The campus is located in Stevens Point, Wisconsin.
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater The University of Wisconsin–Whitewater is part of the University of Wisconsin System, located in Whitewater, Wisconsin. It became Wisconsin's second public college on April 21, 1868 when it opened its doors to 39 students taught by nine faculty members.
University of Wollongong in Dubai The University of Wollongong in Dubai (UOWD) is one of the UAE’s oldest and most prestigious universities. Established in 1993, it was the first Australian university in Dubai to be licensed by the UAE Ministry of Higher Education & Scientific Research.
University of Worcester The University of Worcester is a university in Worcester in the United Kingdom. It was given university status by the Privy Council in September 2005, having previously been known as University College Worcester, and before that as Worcester College of Higher Education.

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