IIM Kozhikode

IIM Kozhikode seeks to achieve excellence and a leadership position in management education.
The Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode was set up by the Government of India in collaboration with the State Government of Kerala as the 5th Indian Institute of Management. Being a part of the IIM family of institutions, which have earned a worldwide reputation for academic excellence, the Institute strives hard for maintaining international standards in all of its academic activity. IIM Kozhikode is aiming to emerge as an internationally reckoned fully integrated management institute of higher learning. It conducts the full range of academic activities in the field of management education covering research, teaching and training, consulting and intellectual infrastructure development to help improve the management systems in the country. The Institute emphasizes development of analytical skills and is known for its focus on global and cross-cultural issues.  IIM_Kozhikode1IIM Kozhikode strives to groom business leaders who are an asset to the society and are able to strike a proper balance between business demands and social concerns. The Institute makes special efforts for perspective building, teamwork, co-operation and harmony among various members of the supply chain of a business organization both internal and external. It promotes an orientation of friendship, cooperation and collaboration even with competitors wherever the opportunity exists to serve society better. IIM Kozhikode seeks to achieve excellence and a leadership position in management education and to become a major learning resource centre in the Asia-Pacific region. IIM Kozhikode seeks to inculcate a spirit of lifelong learning. It aspires to strengthen the capabilities of integrating concepts with applications and values. It aims to contribute towards the development of communities of dependable, capable, caring and fair-minded people. The Institute's activities presently include teaching, research and consulting. The Major programmes and activities at IIM Kozhikode are:
Post Graduate Programme in Management
Management Development Programmes
Research
Consultancy Services
Seminars and Workshops

Location and accommodation
Kerala, India
The Institute is located at Kunnamangalam, Kozhikode, (also known as Calicut) in the State of Kerala, the God's own Land. Calicut is a historic city where Vasco-de-Gama put his foot first to establish Indo-European business relationship over 500 years ago. Kunnamangalam is famous for a large number of small green hills, a unique feature that cannot be described but has to be experienced. Visitors have this unparalleled view of miles of greenery from every nook and corner of IIMK. They can enjoy the panoramic view of a hill station, sea beaches and backwaters in the same place.

Living on campus is a terrific way to make friends, become part of a community, get connected with the university and develop leadership skills. Campus accommodation is a place to work, relax and socialize side by side with an incredible mix of smart, interesting, creative individuals from around the world. IIM Kozhikode has excellent accommodation facilities for the students inside the campus. The classrooms, computer centre, canteen and all other facilities are within walking distance of the hostel. Every student has been provided individual rooms.  IIM_Kozhikode2One television and a washing machine is provided in every hostel. Facilities for making STD/ISD calls are located within the hostel itself. The hostels also has facilities for various sports like table tennis, badminton, carrom and chess. All the hostels rooms have been provided with a LAN connection to cater to the computing needs of the students. Lady students are provided separate accommodation inside the campus. A fully automated modern Library & Information Centre (LIC) is on its way to becoming an outstanding learning resource centre catering to the ever growing and uncompromising information and intellectual requirements of the students, faculty, and researchers. A balanced programme on the development of the collection of hard copy, audio/video, CD-ROM and other electronic forms of documents is being followed. The LIC has one of the finest collections of latest management publications.

University of Melbourne

The University of Melbourne (informally Melbourne University or simply Melbourne) is an Australian public research university located in Melbourne, Victoria. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in Victoria. Times Higher Education ranks Melbourne as 33rd in the world, while the QS World University Rankings places Melbourne 31st in the world. According to QS World University Subject Rankings 2015, the University of Melbourne is ranked 5th in the world for Education, 8th in Law, 13th in Computer Science & IT, 13th in Arts and Humanities, 14th in Dentistry and 18th in Medicine.
Melbourne's main campus is located in Parkville, an inner suburb north of the Melbourne central business district, with several other campuses located across Victoria. Melbourne is a sandstone university and a member of the Group of Eight, Universitas 21 and the Association of Pacific Rim Universities. Since 1872 various residential colleges have become affiliated with the university. There are 12 colleges located on the main campus and in nearby suburbs offering academic, sporting and cultural programs alongside accommodation for Melbourne students and faculty.
Melbourne comprises 11 separate academic units and is associated with numerous institutes and research centres, including the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research and the Grattan Institute. Amongst Melbourne's 15 graduate schools the Melbourne Business School, the Melbourne Law School and the Melbourne Medical School are particularly well regarded.
Four Australian prime ministers and five governors-general have graduated from Melbourne. Seven Nobel laureates have been students or faculty, the most of any Australian university.

Australian Catholic University

Australian Catholic University (ACU) is a national public teaching and research university. It has seven campuses and offers programs in four faculties throughout Australia. The university was formed on 1 January 1989 following the amalgamation of the Catholic College of Education in Sydney, the Institute of Catholic Education in Melbourne, McAuley College in Brisbane and Signadou College in Canberra. As its name implies, the university has a Catholic identity, history, and mission.

Profile
ACU has four faculties, each offering a range of courses:
Education and Arts – including education, arts and humanities, global studies and international development studies, mathematics, media communications, social science, youth work, and creative arts, visual arts and design
Health Sciences – including counselling, environmental science, exercise physiology, exercise science, mental health, midwifery, nursing, occupational therapy, paramedicine, physiotherapy, public health, psychology, social work and speech pathology
Law and Business – including commerce, business administration, accounting and finance, information technology, human resource management, law, marketing, supply chain management, occupational health and safety, and sustainability
Theology and Philosophy – these disciplines encourage students to search for wisdom, knowledge and truth
In addition to the above four faculties, the university has a number of research institutes, programs, academies, organisational units, partnerships and associated centres.

University of Vaasa

The University of Vaasa (Finnish: Vaasan yliopisto, Swedish: Vasa universitet) is a multidisciplinary, business-oriented university in Vaasa, Finland. The campus of the university is situated by the Gulf of Bothnia adjacent to downtown Vaasa. The university has evolved from a school of economics founded in 1968 to a university consisting of three faculties: Faculty of Business Studies, Faculty of Philosophy and Faculty of Technology. With its Faculty of Business Studies, also called the Vaasa School of Economics, University of Vaasa is one of the largest business universities in Finland. The university has 425 personnel which includes a teaching staff of 180 and 54 professors. Around 5000 students are currently studying in various degree programs at the university.


History

In 1966 the Council of State made the decision to establish a School of Economics and Business Administration in Vaasa, and so Vaasa got its first institution of higher education which the region of Vaasa had worked for since the 1940s. The very next year the first students started their studies; 90 business and 60 correspondence students. The first principal to be chosen for the school was Tryggve Saxén and the first vice principal was Mauri Palomäki, who later would become the longest serving principal the school has seen so far. The lectures were first held in a yard building of Vaasa Commercial College in Raastuvankatu street, but in its second year the school moved into the whole house as the commercial college moved to a new building.
In 1977 the school became a state institution along with all other academic institutions in Finland.
In 1980 education in Humanities (languages) began and so the school became a "School of higher education" (in Finland the term is "Korkeakoulu". In order to be called a University, or "Yliopisto", in Finland at least four faculties are needed). In 1983 studies in the Social Sciences began and in 1990 Technology studies began in connection with Helsinki University of Technology. In 1992 the school was organised into four faculties; The Humanities, Business Administration, Accounting and Industrial Management, and Social Sciences, so that it could finally officially be labelled a University. In 1994 the school moved into its new premises on Palosaari.

Faculties

There are three faculties at the University of Vaasa:
Faculty of Business Studies
Faculty of Philosophy
Faculty of Technology

Middlesex University

Middlesex University is a university in Hendon, north west London, England. It is located within the historic county boundaries of Middlesex from which it takes its name. It is one of the new universities and is a member of the Million+ working group. As is the case with many former polytechnics, Middlesex can trace its history back to the 19th century, yet was not formally organised as a teaching institution until 1973.
Since 2000, the university has been reducing the number of campuses dotted around London's North Circular Road in an effort to cut costs and provide a better student experience by consolidating most of the university at the flagship campus in Hendon. As of the 2013 academic year, its estate strategy which has cost £150 million has now concentrated the university on one site in north London.
In 2012, the university re-structured its academic schools to align them more closely with the needs of industry. Courses at Middlesex are now delivered by the schools of Business, Law, Art and Design, Health and Education, Media and Performing Arts and Science and Technology, alongside the university's Institute for Work Based Learning.

History

Students learn technical drawing at Tottenham polytechnic in 1944
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The university grew out of merger between different schools and colleges in North London. The oldest and perhaps the most prominent was the Hornsey College of Art, founded in 1882. Other institutions included Ponders End Technical Institute (founded in 1901) and Hendon Technical Institute (founded in 1939). All three were amalgamated to form Middlesex Polytechnic in January 1973.
Before becoming a university in 1992, Middlesex expanded further by adding three more colleges in north London. While continuing to grow through mergers in the 1990s, the university had also begun developing its international presence, by opening regional offices in continental Europe. As of July 2011, it has been operating 21 such offices worldwide.
Since 2000, the university launched a major restructuring programme, which, specifically, translated into a total image rebrand in 2003, the closure of a number of campuses over 2005–2012, the expansion of other campuses and generally the consolidation of the university's activities on fewer, bigger campuses in north London.

Timeline
1878 – St Katherine's College opens in Tottenham
1882 – Hornsey College of Art founded
1901 – Ponders End Technical Institute begins
1939 – Hendon Technical Institute opens
1947 – Trent Park College of Education opens
1962 – New College of Speech and Drama opens
1962 – Ponders End Technical Institute is renamed Enfield College of Technology by the Ministry of Education.
1964 – St Katherine's College unites with Berridge House to form The College of All Saints
1973 – Middlesex Polytechnic formed
1974 – Trent Park College of Education and New College of Speech and Drama join Middlesex Polytechnic
1978 – The College of All Saints at Tottenham joins Middlesex Polytechnic
1992 – Middlesex University formed; Baroness Platt of Writtle becomes the first Chancellor of the university; First overseas regional office opens in Kuala Lumpur
1994 – The London College of Dance becomes part of the university
1995 – North London College of Health becomes part of the university; Regional offices open in Europe
1996 – Michael Driscoll becomes the Vice-Chancellor; Middlesex receives its first Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education
1998 – Whittington Hospital is jointly purchased with University College London (UCL) from National Health Service (NHS); Queen's Anniversary Prize awarded for the second time;
1999 – Middlesex achieves Investors in People status
2000 – Lord Sheppard of Didgemere becomes Chancellor; Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture on the Cat Hill campus opens to the public; Middlesex awarded third Queen's Anniversary Prize; Hendon campus redevelopment begins
2003 – Rebranding initiated in 2001 is completed with the approval of new university logo; Bounds Green campus closes; Queen's Award for Enterprise received
2004 – London Sport Institute established within the School of Health and Social Sciences
2005 – First overseas campus opens in Dubai (U.A.E.); Tottenham campus closes with most programmes transferred to Trent Park campus
2007 – Middlesex Media programmes awarded Skillset Media Academy status by the Government Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
2008 – Enfield campus closes in summer – programmes, students and staff relocate to Hendon
2009 – Second overseas campus opens in Mauritius
2010 – Philosophy research centre and postgraduate programmes relocate to Kingston University after a decision to close taught programmes and subsequent campaign to save them
2011 – 2nd Queen's Award for Enterprise; to charge £9,000 a year in tuition fees – maximum under government legislation; Cat Hill closed, relocated to Trent Park and Hendon. 200 redundancies to make £10m of savings
2012 – Trent Park campus closed and programmes relocated to flagship campus in Hendon.
2013 – Closure of Archway campus and transfer of programmes to Hendon. All UK teaching at Hendon. Third international campus opens in Malta
2015 – Professor Tim Blackman becomes the Vice-Chancellor