Institution

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...

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

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

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 the Euratom. They are, as listed in Article...

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

His Majesty's Young Offenders Institution (or HM YOI) are youth detention centres for offenders between ages 15 to 21 in the United Kingdom. These offenders...