| UNIVERSITY |
Universität UG 2002 |
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University |
A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is a corporation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education. |
| UNIVERSITY_OF_APPLIED_SCIENCES |
Fachhochschule |
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University of Applied Sciences |
A university of applied sciences. |
| PRIVATE_UNIVERSITY |
Privatuniversität |
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Private University |
A university that is not operated by the government but authorised to grant academic degrees. |
| RESEARCH_INSTITUTE |
Außeruniversitäre Forschungseinrichtung |
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Research Institute |
A research institute is an establishment endowed for doing research. Research institutes may specialize in basic research or may be oriented to applied research. |
| COMPANY |
Unternehmen |
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Company |
A company is a form of business organization. In the United States, a company is a corporation—or, less commonly, an association, partnership, or union—that carries on an industrial enterprise.“ Generally, a company may be a „corporation, partnership, association, joint-stock company, trust, fund, or organized group of persons, whether incorporated or not, and (in an official capacity) any receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, or similar official, or liquidating agent, for any of the foregoing.“ In English law, and therefore in the Commonwealth realms, a company is a form of body corporate or corporation, generally registered under the Companies Acts or similar legislation. It does not include a partnership or any other unincorporated group of persons. |
| PRIVATE_NON_PROFIT |
Gemeinnützige Organisation |
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Private non-profit |
An organization that is incorporated under state law and whose purpose is not to make profit, but rather to further a charitable, civic, scientific, or other lawful purpose. |
| INDEPENDENT_RESEARCHER |
Einzelforscher*in |
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Independent researcher |
A qualified individual or individuals who are not bound by a university to fill another capacity such as teaching in order to gain funding for research. |
| GOVERNMENT |
Gebietskörperschaft |
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Government |
A government is the organization, or agency through which a political unit exercises its authority, controls and administers public policy, and directs and controls the actions of its members or subjects. |