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Rome, University of
(Encyclopedia)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; le...Regina, University of
(Encyclopedia)Regina, University of, at Regina, Sask., Canada. Established in 1911 as a residential high school, it became a junior college at the Univ. of Saskatchewan in 1925, a second campus of that university i...Salamanca, University of
(Encyclopedia)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...Sheffield, University of
(Encyclopedia)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, ...Sherbrooke, University of
(Encyclopedia)Sherbrooke, University of, at Sherbrooke, Que., Canada; French language; founded 1954. It has faculties of letters and human sciences, science, administration, law, applied science, medicine, educatio...Saskatchewan, University of
(Encyclopedia)Saskatchewan, University of, at Saskatoon, Sask., Canada; provincially supported, coeducational; chartered 1907, opened 1909. It has faculties of agriculture, arts and science, commerce, education, en...Prague, University of
(Encyclopedia)Prague, University of: see Charles Univ. ...Pittsburgh, University of
(Encyclopedia)Pittsburgh, University of, main campus at Pittsburgh; private with some state support; coeducational; chartered and opened as an academy 1787, called Western Univ. of Pennsylvania 1819–1908. It oper...Oregon, University of
(Encyclopedia)Oregon, University of, mainly at Eugene; state supported; coeducational; chartered 1872, opened 1876. Its is one of seven institutions in the Oregon Univ. System. The university has schools and colleg...Pennsylvania, University of
(Encyclopedia)Pennsylvania, University of, in Philadelphia; private with some state support; coeducational. It dates to 1740 and plans for a charity school, and the first predecessor opened in 1751 as an academy, l...Browse by Subject
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