World Colleges & Universities

Why do they choose Empire State College? Because Empire State College is the SUNY solution for working adults. It is a more flexible way to take the courses you need – wherever, however, whenever. From distance learning via the web to faculty mentoring outside the traditional classroom, we do whatever it takes for you to learn, earn credits and earn a degree. We promise a more personalized experience than any other college ... and greater satisfaction when you finish.

Uma instituição pública de Ensino Superior com sede em Niterói, no Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Foi criada pela Lei nº 3.848, de 18 de dezembro de 1960, com o nome de Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UFERJ), a partir da integração de faculdades no município de Niterói. A Lei nº 4.831, de 5 de novembro de 1965, oficializou o nome atual, Universidade Federal Fluminense. É considerada um dos principais centros de excelência no Brasil e no mundo, com diversos cursos recebendo conceitos máximos no Provão e no Enade. Fonte: pt.wikipedia.org

A FABAVI faz parte de uma rede de ensino com 100 anos de história, tendo por filosofia contribuir para a transformação da sociedade através da educação. Com o compromisso de oferecer cursos de qualidade na área de negócios e direito, a FABAVI trouxe para o seu corpo docente profissionais com experiência empresarial e acadêmica. Aliado a isso, a FABAVI desenvolve projetos interdisciplinares, que levam o aluno mais perto da realidade empresarial, os capacitando a enfrentar a dura concorrência do mercado e do mundos dos negócios.

Standing as an example of the power of ordinary individuals to make extraordinary things happen. Every college has something special to brag about.

Tem como responsabilidade a formação dos profissionais da educação, em todos os níveis, bem como o desenvolvimento de projetos de pesquisa e de extensão universitária no campo educacional.

Stony Brook’s reach extends from its 1,039-acre campus on Long Island’s North Shore – encompassing the main academic areas, an 8,300-seat stadium and sports complex, a performing arts center, Stony Brook University Medical Center, the Health Sciences Center, and the Veterans Home – to Stony Brook Manhattan, a new Research and Development Park, three business incubators including one at Calverton, New York, and the Stony Brook Southampton campus on Long Island’s East End. Stony Brook also co-manages Brookhaven National Laboratory, joining Princeton, the University of Chicago, Stanford, and the University of California as the only major institutions involved in a research collaboration with a national lab.

Thomas University is a four-year coeducational university that serves the post-secondary educational needs of south Georgia and north Florida. The university is located in Thomasville, Georgia, a relatively small town of over 18,000 people in rural southwest Georgia. The town is 35 miles north of Tallahassee, Florida, 55 miles south of Albany, Georgia, and 45 miles west of Valdosta, Georgia.

The College's goal is that every student who passes through its doors acquires the intellectual, social and moral qualities that lead to personal satisfaction and exemplary citizenship. In this website, you will see how the diverse voices of Marymount Manhattan College create an environment of civility and inclusiveness that supports and enhances each student's talents. The leaders and innovators of tomorrow are finding their voices at MMC today.

Uma instituição privada de ensino superior do Brasil, com sede na cidade do Rio de Janeiro. Localiza-se entre os bairros de Laranjeiras, Flamengo e Botafogo. Foi fundada em 1937 por Alceu Amoroso Lima, um dos maiores pensadores católicos, já falecido. Foi a primeira a abrir vagas para mulheres no Rio. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org

Located in the town of Orono along the banks of the Stillwater River, the University of Maine offers a strong traditional education at an affordable price. You're in a great place here. UMaine is one of New England's premiere universities. We help students create success stories—with a wide variety of programs and opportunities—and we do so with world-class faculty members, nationally recognized research; first-rate facilities; a friendly, safe atmosphere; and easy access to some of the best year-round recreation sites in the nation.

A major, public, comprehensive, land-grant, research university. The state's oldest and most comprehensive university, UF is among the nation's most academically diverse public universities. UF has a long history of established programs in international education, research and service. It is one of only 17 public, land-grant universities that belongs to the Association of American Universities.

The principle of learning by practice underlies every major feature of a Bennington education: the master-apprentice model of teaching and learning; the requirement that students direct the course of their own education; the winter Field Work Term, which gives students work experience and connects them to the greater community. The College's commitment to learning across the disciplines extends to the faculty, who teach what is uppermost in their minds, exploring new pursuits as well as ongoing areas of study and work. Bennington is grounded in the conviction that as a college education develops students' professional capacities, it should also prepare them to be deeply thoughtful and actively engaged citizens of the world.

Boston University is one of the leading private research and teaching institutions in the world today, with two primary campuses in the heart of Boston and programs around the world.
Boston University was chartered in 1869 by Lee Claflin, Jacob Sleeper, and Isaac Rich, three successful Methodist businessmen whose abolitionist ideals led them to envision and create a university that was inclusive—that opened its doors to the world—and engaged in service to and collaboration with the city of Boston.

Wagner College prepares students for life, as well as for careers, by emphasizing scholarship, achievement, leadership, and citizenship. Wagner offers a comprehensive educational program that is anchored in the liberal arts, experiential and co-curricular learning, interculturalism, interdisciplinary studies, and service to society, and that is cultivated by a faculty dedicated to promoting individual expression, reflective practice, and integrative learning.

From its beginnings in a schoolhouse in lower Manhattan, Columbia University has grown to encompass two principal campuses: the historic, neoclassical campus in the Morningside Heights neighborhood and the modern Medical Center further uptown, in Washington Heights. Today, Columbia is one of the top academic and research institutions in the world, conducting pathbreaking research in medicine, science, the arts, and the humanities. It includes three undergraduate schools, thirteen graduate and professional schools, and a school of continuing education.

The Johns Hopkins University was the first research university in the United States. Founded in 1876, it was an entirely new educational enterprise. Its aim was not only to advance students' knowledge, but also to advance human knowledge generally, through discovery and scholarship. The university's emphasis on both learning and research—and on how each complements the other—revolutionized U.S. higher education. Today, Johns Hopkins has ventured from its home in Baltimore to countries throughout the world—China, Italy and Singapore, among many others. It remains a world leader in teaching, patient care and discovery. Please explore our university. We hope you'll discover something for yourself.

Monroe College was founded in 1933 with a single goal: To educate men and women for a successful future in the world. Monroe offers Bachelor's degree programs, with an Associate degree along the way, in the most relevant areas for today's rapidly changing global economy.

The College offers baccalaureate degrees in liberal arts and in a variety of professional programs such as accounting, business, computer studies, education, health, and social work. It maximizes each student's intellectual, professional, and personal growth by integrating studies in liberal arts and sciences, professions, knowledge of diverse cultures, and technology. It meets changing social and intellectual needs by developing undergraduate and graduate programs from its established academic strengths. The College aims to graduate students poised to meet new demands and provide leadership for human progress.

Yale’s roots can be traced back to the 1640s, when colonial clergymen led an effort to establish a college in New Haven to preserve the tradition of European liberal education in the New World. This vision was fulfilled in 1701, when the charter was granted for a school “wherein Youth may be instructed in the Arts and Sciences [and] through the blessing of Almighty God may be fitted for Publick employment both in Church and Civil State.” In 1718 the school was renamed “Yale College” in gratitude to the Welsh merchant Elihu Yale, who had donated the proceeds from the sale of nine bales of goods together with 417 books and a portrait of King George I.

Baccalaureate Colleges--Liberal Arts - These institutions are primarily undergraduate colleges with major emphasis on baccalaureate programs. They award at least half of their baccalaureate degrees in liberal arts fields.

The University of Toronto was founded as King’s College in 1827 and has evolved into a large and complex institution. It now occupies three campuses: Scarborough and Erindale and the historic St. George campus. It has federated with three smaller universities which are on the St. George campus, and is affiliated with several colleges and institutes. There are ten fully affiliated teaching hospitals in metropolitan Toronto. Faculty conduct research in many places in Canada and around the world.

Located between San Francisco and San Jose in the heart of Silicon Valley, Stanford University is recognized as one of the world's leading research and teaching institutions. The Introduction to Stanford website provides a guided tour of undergraduate academic opportunities, research, student life, and popular campus sights.

Spelman is part of the largest consortium of historically Black institutions of higher learning in the world. Its four partner institutions include Clark Atlanta University, the Interdenominational Theological Center, Morehouse College and Morehouse School of Medicine. Spelman shares cross-registration with its undergraduate partners. They also share the Robert W. Woodruff Library.

There's no better place to experience the energy of the business world than in New York City. Established in 1936, the New York City campus of Berkeley College has more than 1,700 day, evening, and weekend students earning degrees and certificates. Berkeley's two midtown buildings are on the East side of 43rd and 44th Streets, between 5th and Madison, just a block and a half from Grand Central Station, providing easy access to subways, trains, and buses. And the College's new Lower Manhattan Extension Center is located in the heart of New York's financial district, easily accessible by public transportation from the five boroughs.

St. Francis College is a private, independent co-educational college that welcomes students from all walks of life, providing a superior liberal arts education at an affordable price. The St. Francis student benefits from small classes taught by professors who are committed to provide an education in an atmosphere of support and friendship. By integrating liberal arts and pre-professional programs, the College promotes the development of the whole person. Both the Franciscan heritage and the Catholic tradition establish a cornerstone of academic excellence, social responsibility, and mutual respect throughout the entire College community.

O campus Niterói da Universidade Estácio de Sá está localizado no coração da cidade de Niterói. Fica situado a 200 metros da estação das barcas, 30 metros da prefeitura e a poucos minutos de caminhada dos terminais rodoviários norte e sul, que ligam o centro da cidade a vários bairros e cidades vizinhas, tais como: São Gonçalo, Itaboraí, Magé, Rio Bonito, etc. Ocupa o tradicional Colégio Gay Lussac, além de mais três unidades em prédios próximos, incluindo a Clínica de Fisioterapia (FisioNiterói), com equipamentos de última geração, localizada no Niterói Shopping. Possui 17 laboratórios de informática com computadores em rede e softwares atualizados. Os laboratórios da Estácio estão projetados para atender as especificidades de cada curso e possuem itens de conforto como ar-condicionado, mobiliário e equipamentos para o uso de cada especialidade. A infra-estrutura local oferece vantagens a seus alunos para que a prática acadêmica seja realizada plenamente.

A Universidade Veiga de Almeida (UVA) tem como missão formar profissionais, oferecendo ensino de qualidade, estimular e desenvolver pesquisa e promover atividades de extensão relevantes à comunidade, contribuindo desse modo para a formação plena do cidadão, alicerçada em uma cultura empreendedora e em princípios humanistas, éticos e democráticos.
A UVA tem como visão ser reconhecida como uma universidade atual e inovadora pelas competências profissionais e empreendedoras dos seus egressos, pela contribuição de suas pesquisas aplicadas às demandas da sociedade e ao setor produtivo, e pelo impacto de suas ações de extensão desenvolvidas, especialmente, nas regiões em que atua.
A UVA, no desempenho de sua missão: orienta-se pelos princípios da justiça e da ética fundamentados em pressupostos democráticos, de igualdade, da solidariedade humana, da verdade, da liberdade de expressão, da igualdade de oportunidades, da idoneidade, do mérito, da eficiência, da eficácia, da inovação e do respeito ao indivíduo.

A Universidade Candido Mendes é a instituição de ensino superior privado mais tradicional do país. Está completando 105 anos de vida. A primeira universidade vocacionada às ciências sociais e humanas do Brasil. Uma história de vida pela educação que fez e faz parte da história de milhares de estudantes, acadêmicos e profissionais. As unidades da Universidade Candido Mendes promovem cursos de graduação plena, seqüencial de formação específica, tecnológicos, pós-graduação lato e stricto sensu, além de manter curso de extensão e especialização, atividades de cunho social, de pesquisas e de estudos nas ciências sociais aplicadas.

A história oficial do ensino das artes no Espírito Santo remonta ao ano de 1909, quando foi criado o Instituto de Belas Artes, que teve existência efêmera, encerrando suas atividades, sobre as quais não existem registros históricos detalhados, no ano de 1916. Outras instituições e indivíduos desenvolveram, isoladamente e sem maiores repercussões, o ensino das Artes: desenho, pintura, instrumentos musicais (principalmente piano e violino).

Oferecer um ensino dinâmico e internalizador de conhecimentos, que propicie a formação de profissionais comprometidos com valores éticos, dotados de habilidades e competências, para intervir na transformação da sociedade.