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An institute is an organisational body created for a certain purpose. They are often
An institute is an organisational body created for a certain purpose. They are often research
Research is "creative and systematic work undertaken to increase the stock of knowledge". It involves the collection, organization and analysis of evidence to increase understanding of a topic, characterized by a particular attentiveness t ...
organisations ( research institutes) created to do research on specific topics, or can also be a professional body.
In some countries, institutes can be part of a university or other institutions of higher education, either as a group of departments
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
or an autonomous educational institution without a traditional university status such as a "university institute" (see Institute of Technology). In some countries, such as South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...
and India
India, officially the Republic of India ( Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the ...
, private schools are sometimes referred to as institutes, and in Spain
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, secondary schools are referred to as institutes.
Historically, in some countries institutes were educational units imparting vocational training and often incorporating libraries, also known as mechanics' institutes.
The word "institute" comes from a Latin
Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European language