An institution is a humanly devised structure of rules and norms that shape and constrain social behavior. All definitions of institutions generally entail...

The Smithsonian Institution (/smɪθˈsoʊniən/ smith-SOH-nee-ən), or simply the Smithsonian, is a group of museums, education and research centers, the largest...

A financial institution, sometimes called a banking institution, is a business entity that provides service as an intermediary for different types of...

The Brookings Institution, often stylized as Brookings, is an American think tank that conducts research and education in the social sciences, primarily...

The Hoover Institution (officially The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace) is an American public policy think tank which promotes personal...

A cultural institution or cultural organization is an organization within a culture or subculture that works for the preservation or promotion of culture...

An educational institution is a place where people of different ages gain an education, including preschools, childcare, primary-elementary schools, secondary-high...

A total institution or residential institution is a place of work and residence where a great number of similarly situated people, cut off from the wider...

Raffles Institution (RI) is an independent educational institution in Singapore. Founded in 1823, it is the oldest school in the country. It provides secondary...

The Royal Institution of Great Britain (often the Royal Institution, abbreviated Ri or RI) is an organisation for scientific education and research, based...

Swedish: Folkpensionsanstalten (Fpa), English: The Social Insurance Institution (SII), is a Finnish government agency in charge of settling benefits...

Colloquially, a depository institution is a financial institution in the United States (such as a savings bank, commercial bank, savings and loan associations...

Institutional economics focuses on understanding the role of the evolutionary process and the role of institutions in shaping economic behavior. Its original...

A thrift institution is a financial institution that obtains the majority of its funds from the savings of the public. The term can include several cooperative...

The institutions of the European Union are the seven principal decision-making bodies of the European Union and Euratom governed under the Treaties of...

Institutional betrayal is a concept described by psychologist Jennifer Freyd, referring to "wrongdoings perpetrated by an institution upon individuals...

An academic institution is an educational institution dedicated to education and research, which grants academic degrees. See also academy and university...

His Majesty's Young Offenders Institution (Her Majesty's Youth Offenders Institution if the reigning monarch is female) (or HM YOI) are youth detention...

A public institution is a juristic person in the United States which is backed through public funds and controlled by the state. Typically a public institution...

the first and foremost Fullerian Professor of Chemistry at the Royal Institution, a lifetime position. Faraday was an experimentalist who conveyed his...

Institutiones may refer to several works: Institutes of Gaius, legal textbook, written about 161 AD Institutes of Justinian, Latin: Institutiones Justiniani...

The Chautauqua Institution (/ʃəˈtɔːkwə/ shə-TAW-kwə) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit education center and summer resort for adults and youth located on 2,070...

constitutional institution, constitutional body or constitutional organ is a government institution created by a constitution. As these institutions derives...

The Victoria Institution is the oldest secondary school in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is a memorial school, so-called because it was partly funded by...

The Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE) was a British professional organisation of electronics, electrical, manufacturing, and information technology...

The Edmonton Institution (French: Établissement d'Edmonton) is a maximum security federal institution located in the northeastern part of Edmonton, Alberta...

Taylorian The Taylor Institution (commonly known as the Taylorian) is the Oxford University library dedicated to the study of the languages of Europe...

Millhaven Institution (French: Établissement de Millhaven) is a maximum security prison located in Bath, Ontario. Approximately 500 inmates are incarcerated...

Look up Reichstag in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Reichstag is a German word generally meaning parliament, more directly translated as Diet of the...

Development financial institution (DFI), also known as a Development bank, is a financial institution that provides risk capital for economic development...