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Liège College, Leuven
Liège College, founded 1605, was a college for the more academically inclined students of theology from the Diocesan Seminary of Liège to study at the University of Leuven. The land for the foundation was purchased in 1602 at the request of Ernest of Bavaria, prince-bishop of Liège A prince-bishop is a bishop who is also the civil ruler of some secular principality and sovereignty, as opposed to '' Prince of the Church'' itself, a title associated with cardinals. Since 1951, the sole extant prince-bishop has been the B .... The official foundation took place on 1 July 1605, with Jan Clarius as college president and three resident students. By 1671 the college consisted of a building on the Muntstraat, a chapel, a large garden and an additional house. The college was closed in 1797 and the buildings sold in 1806. The parts of the original buildings that survive have been protected since 1974 and now house a number of restaurants. What had been the college garden is now ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
College Van Luik
A college (Latin: ''collegium'') may be a tertiary educational institution (sometimes awarding degrees), part of a collegiate university, an institution offering vocational education, a further education institution, or a secondary school. In most of the world, a college may be a high school or secondary school, a college of further education, a training institution that awards trade qualifications, a higher-education provider that does not have university status (often without its own degree-awarding powers), or a constituent part of a university. In the United States, a college may offer undergraduate programs – either as an independent institution or as the undergraduate program of a university – or it may be a residential college of a university or a community college, referring to (primarily public) higher education institutions that aim to provide affordable and accessible education, usually limited to two-year associate degrees. The word "college" is generally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
