Institutions Named For Contemporary Royalty or Politicians
Some educational institutions carry the names of members of royalty or political leaders who were in power at the time the institutions were established or received their present names. Some of these schools were given the names of the leaders who officially chartered them (for example, Charles University of Prague in the Czech Republic and College of William and Mary in the United States). Other institutions may have received other forms of support from their namesakes.
The following list includes both institutions named for members of royalty or politicians in power at the time the institutions received those names and institutions that were named for recently deceased royalty or politicians who may have been special supporters of the schools. Institutions named for family members of such leaders also are listed.
| Institution | Namesake | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria | Ahmadu Bello | Sardauna of Sokoto, Sir Ahmadu Bello, was the first premier of Northern Nigeria. |
| Cégep André-Laurendeau LaSalle, Quebec Canada. | André Laurendeau | Novelist, playwright, essay writer, journalist and politician in Quebec, Canada. |
| Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, Tennessee, United States | Austin Peay | Governor of Tennessee; died in office (in 1927) two years before school opened |
| Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheba Israel | David Ben-Gurion | School was originally University of the Negev, but was renamed after the death of Ben-Gurion, Israel's first Prime Minister, in 1973 |
| Charles University of Prague, Czech Republic | Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor | Holy Roman Emperor who authorized the establishment of the university. |
| Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India | Dhirubhai Ambani | Indian entrepreneur who founded Reliance Industries. |
| George Brown College, Toronto, Canada | George Brown | 19th century politician and newspaper publisher and one of the Fathers of Confederation. |
| Collège Gérald-Godin | Gérald-Godin Ste-Geneviève, Canada | Quebec poet, journalist and politician. |
| Grant MacEwan University, Edmonton, Canada | Dr. J.W. Grant MacEwan, | Author, educator, and former lieutenant governor of Alberta |
| Dr. NTR University of Health Sciences, Andhra Pradesh | N.T. Rama Rao | Famous actor in Telugu film industry and Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh when institution was founded in 1986 |
| Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Himachal Pradesh, India | Yashwant Singh Parmar | Established in 1962 as the Himachal Agricultural College and Research Institute; was named in 1985 for Parmar, popularly called "architect of Himachal Pradesh," who had been the first Chief Minister of the state and was an advocate for the Horticulture and Forestry University |
| Kim Il-sung University, Pyongyang North Korea | Kim Il-sung | Founder of Communist North Korea |
| King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia | King Fahd | First the College of Petroleum and Minerals and later the University of Petroleum and Minerals, was renamed in 1986 in honor of King Fahd, who ruled Saudi Arabia from 1982 to 2005. |
| King Faisal University, Dammam Saudi Arabia | King Faisal | Established in 1975, the same year that King Faisal was assassinated |
| Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco | Mohammed V of Morocco | Sultan of Morocco who became King in 1957, the year the university was established |
| Moshood Abiola University, Lagos, Nigeria | Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola | Foremost Nigerian philanthropist and politician, famous for the aborted June 12, 1993 Presidential held in Nigeria |
| Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria | Dr.Nnamdi Azikiwe | The only indigenous Governor-General of the Post Independence Nigeria. |
| University of Naples Federico II, Italy | Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor | Holy Roman Emperor who authorized the establishment of the university |
| Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg, Russia | Boris Yeltsin | The first President of the Russian Federation (1991–1999), graduate of the University |
| Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria | Jeremaiah Obafemi Awolowo | First premier of the old Western Region. Politician, Lawyer and Elder Statesman |
| Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | Prince Sultan | Born in 1928, currently Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia |
| Queen Maud University College, Norway | Queen Maud of Norway | In 1954 King Haakon VII gifted his late wife's memorial fund to the school. |
| Queen's University, Canada | Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom | The university received a royal charter (as Queen's College) from Queen Victoria in 1841. |
| Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland | Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom | The university received a royal charter from Queen Victoria in 1845. |
| Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Ranchi, Jharkhand State, India | Dr. Rajendra Prasad | First president of India |
| Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Uttar Pradesh, India | Sanjay Gandhi | Deceased son of Indira Gandhi, who was India's prime minister when the institute was established in 1983. |
| The College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, United States | King William III and Queen Mary II of England | College was founded in 1693 by a Royal Charter issued by King William and Queen Mary |
| Zayed University, Dubai and Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan | First president of United Arab Emirates |
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