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
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
External links and references
Last updated: 08-18-2005 22:13:15