Northwestern or North-western or North western may refer to: *

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 *

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 ** The

Northwestern Wildcats The Northwestern Wildcats are the athletic teams that represent Northwestern University, located in Evanston, Illinois. Northwestern is a founding member of the Big Ten Conference and the only private university in the conference. Northwestern ...

, this school's intercollegiate athletic program **

Northwestern Medicine Northwestern Medicine formerly Northwestern Memorial Healthcare, is a non-profit healthcare system affiliated with the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, in Chicago, Illinois. Members include research hospitals, acute care fac ...

, an academic medical system comprising: ***

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine is the medical school of Northwestern University and is located in the Streeterville neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1859, Feinberg offers a full-time Doctor of Medicine degree p ...

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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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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 * 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 * Northwestern Michigan College, a small college located in Traverse City, Michigan *

Northwestern Oklahoma State University Northwestern Oklahoma State University (NWOSU) is a public university in Alva, Oklahoma, with satellite campuses in Enid and Woodward. It offers both bachelor's and master's degrees. History In 1897, a normal school, or school for teachers, ...

in Alva, Oklahoma *

Northwestern State University Northwestern State University of Louisiana (NSU) is a public university primarily situated in Natchitoches, Louisiana, with a nursing campus in Shreveport and general campuses in Leesville/Fort Polk and Alexandria. It is a part of the Univer ...

, in Natchitoches, Louisiana *

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 *

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. ...

in Fremont, California

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* Northwestern High School (disambiguation), a number of high schools in the United States

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Northwestern United States The Northwestern United States, also known as the American Northwest or simply the Northwest, is an informal geographic region of the United States. The region consistently includes the states of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. ...

, a region of the United States of America * North Western Oklahoma City, a district of Oklahoma City around Western Avenue *

North West Province, South Africa North West is a province of South Africa. Its capital is Mahikeng. The province is located to the west of the major population centre of Gauteng and south of Botswana. History North West was incorporated after the end of Apartheid in 1994, a ...

, a province of South Africa *

North Western Province, Sri Lanka North Western Province ( si, වයඹ පළාත ''Wayamba Paḷāta'', ta, வட மேல் மாகாணம் ''Vada Mael Mākāṇam'') is a province of Sri Lanka. The province consists of the districts of Kurunegala and Puttalam. ...

, a province of Sri Lanka *

North-Western Province, Zambia North-Western Province is one of ten Provinces of Zambia. It covers an area of , has a population of 727,044 and a population density was 5.80 per square kilometre as of 2010. It is the most sparsely populated province in the country. The provi ...

, one of Zambia's ten provinces *

Northwestern Federal District Northwestern Federal District,, ''Severo-Zapadny federalny okrug'' is one of the eight federal districts of Russia. It covers most of Northwest Russia. Its population was 13.6 million, of which 83.5% was urban, living in an area of , accordin ...

, Russia *

Northwestern Krai Northwestern Krai (russian: links=no, Северо-Западный край) was a ''krai'' of the Russian Empire (unofficial subdivision) in the territories of the former Grand Duchy of Lithuania (present-day Belarus and Lithuania). The adminis ...

, a subdivision of Imperial Russia *

North-Western Territory The North-Western Territory was a region of British North America extant until 1870 and named for where it lay in relation to Rupert's Land. Due to the lack of development, exploration, and cartographic limits of the time, the exact bounda ...

, a Hudson's Bay Company region, precursor to today's Northwest Territories though including what is now Yukon Territory *

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

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, a nationally ranked academic medical center in Chicago, Illinois *

Northwestern Station The Richard B. Ogilvie Transportation Center (; formerly Chicago and North Western Terminal) is a commuter rail terminal in downtown Chicago, Illinois. It is the terminus for the three commuter rail lines of Metra's Union Pacific District to Chic ...

in Chicago, Illinois * The

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 *

FV Northwestern F/V ''Northwestern'' is an Alaskan crab, Pacific cod, and salmon tendering commercial fishing vessel featured in the Discovery Channel series ''Deadliest Catch''. To date the ''Northwestern'' is the only vessel to have featured on all 18 sea ...

crab fishing vessel featured on ''Deadliest Catch'' *

The Northwestern (band) The Northwestern were an English indie rock band, formed by former Hope of the States members Sam Herlihy and Simon Jones Their first full tour commenced on 29 May 2009, playing eleven shows across the UK. Their debut single "Telephones" / " ...

, a British rock band *

Northwestern (genre) The Northern or Northwestern is a genre in various arts that tell stories set primarily in the late 19th or early 20th century in the north of North America, primarily in western Canada but also in Alaska. It is similar to the Western genre, bu ...

, a genre of literature and film depicting Westerns set in Canada and Alaska *

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 *

North Western Road Car Company (1986) North Western Road Car CompanyCompanies House extract company no 5 ...

, the historic 1986-1997 bus company based in Liverpool, England *

North Western Railway (disambiguation) North Western Railway is the name of: *North Western Railway zone, India *"Little" North Western Railway (NWR), a British railway company from 1848 to 1879 * North Western Railway (fictional), the railway company featured in ''The Railway Series'' a ...

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