Northwestern or North-western or North western may refer to:
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Northwest
The points of the compass are a set of horizontal, radially arrayed compass directions (or azimuths) used in navigation and cartography. A compass rose is primarily composed of four cardinal directions—north, east, south, and west—each s ...
, a direction
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Northwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world.
Charte ...
, a private research university in Evanston, Illinois
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Northwestern Wildcats, this school's intercollegiate athletic program
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Northwestern Medicine, an academic medical system comprising:
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Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
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Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Northwestern Memorial Hospital (NMH) is a nationally ranked academic medical center located on Northwestern University’s Chicago campus in Streeterville, Chicago, Illinois. It is the flagship campus for Northwestern Medicine and the primary ...
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Other colleges and universities
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Northwestern College (Iowa)
Northwestern College (NWC and informally Northwestern Iowa) is a private Christian liberal arts college in Orange City, Iowa. It is affiliated with the Reformed Church in America and enrolls more than 1,500 students. In addition to approximatel ...
, a small Christian college in Iowa
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University of Northwestern – St. Paul (formerly Northwestern College), a small Christian college, located in Roseville, Minnesota
* The former Northwestern College in Watertown, Wisconsin, which was incorporated into
Martin Luther College in New Ulm, Minnesota in 1995
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Northwestern Michigan College, a small college located in Traverse City, Michigan
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Northwestern Oklahoma State University in Alva, Oklahoma
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Northwestern State University, in Natchitoches, Louisiana
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Northwestern California University School of Law
Northwestern California University School of Law is an online-based law school in Sacramento, California, founded in 1982.
It is accredited by the State Bar of California, and is approved to award the Juris Doctor degree upon completion and grad ...
, an online based law school in Sacramento, California
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Northwestern Polytechnic University
Northwestern Polytechnic University (NPU) is a private, non profit university in Fremont, California. Founded in 1984, the university awards bachelor's and master's degrees in computer science, engineering, technology and management programs.
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in Fremont, California
Other schools
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Northwestern High School (disambiguation), a number of high schools in the United States
Geographic areas
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Northwestern United States, a region of the United States of America
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North Western Oklahoma City, a district of Oklahoma City around Western Avenue
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North West Province, South Africa, a province of South Africa
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North Western Province, Sri Lanka, a province of Sri Lanka
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North-Western Province, Zambia, one of Zambia's ten provinces
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Northwestern Federal District, Russia
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Northwestern Krai, a subdivision of Imperial Russia
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North-Western Territory, a Hudson's Bay Company region, precursor to today's Northwest Territories though including what is now Yukon Territory
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North-Western Provinces
The North-Western Provinces was an Presidencies and provinces of British India, administrative region in British India. The North-Western Provinces were established in 1836, through merging the administrative divisions of the Ceded and Conquere ...
, an administrative region in British India
Other
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Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Northwestern Memorial Hospital (NMH) is a nationally ranked academic medical center located on Northwestern University’s Chicago campus in Streeterville, Chicago, Illinois. It is the flagship campus for Northwestern Medicine and the primary ...
, a nationally ranked academic medical center in Chicago, Illinois
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Northwestern Station in Chicago, Illinois
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Chicago and North Western Railway
The Chicago and North Western was a Class I railroad in the Midwestern United States. It was also known as the "North Western". The railroad operated more than of track at the turn of the 20th century, and over of track in seven states bef ...
* The ''
Oshkosh Northwestern
The ''Oshkosh Northwestern'' is a daily newspaper based in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
The ''Northwestern'' was owned by the Schwalm and Heaney families until 1998, when it was sold to Ogden Newspapers; Ogden traded the paper to Thomson Newspapers two m ...
'', a daily newspaper based in Oshkosh, Wisconsin
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FV Northwestern crab fishing vessel featured on ''Deadliest Catch''
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The Northwestern (band), a British rock band
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Northwestern (genre), a genre of literature and film depicting Westerns set in Canada and Alaska
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North Western Road Car Company (1923)
The North Western Road Car Company was a bus company in Stockport, England, formed in 1923 from the existing bus services of the British Automobile Traction Company Limited (itself a subsidiary of the British Electric Traction Company Limited) ...
, the historic 1923-1974 bus company based in Stockport, England
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North Western Road Car Company (1986), the historic 1986-1997 bus company based in Liverpool, England
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North Western Railway (disambiguation)
See also
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Northwest (disambiguation)
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