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Institute

An institute is a permanent organizational body created for a certain purpose. Usually it is a research organization created to perform investigations in a certain area. The word comes from the Latin word institutum meaning facility or habit, from instituere meaning build, create, raise or educate.

A non-permanent organizational body, especially in the context of business organizations, is usually called a consortium.

See also: institution

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List of institutes

Below is a partial list of organisations with "Institute" in their name.

Global or regional

Argentina

Brazil

Canada

China

Czech Republic

Denmark

France

Germany

India

Israel

Japan

Korea

New Zealand

Poland

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

United Kingdom

United States

Vatican

  • Pontifical Biblical Institute

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Last updated: 08-18-2005 22:13:15