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An academy (Greek ἀκαδημία) is an institution of higher learning, research, or honorary membership. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded about 385 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the goddess of wisdom, north of Athens, Greece.

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    The School of Athens, fresco by Raphael (1509–1510), of an idealized academy

  • Nalanda University India ruins

    Nalanda, ancient center of higher learning in Bihar, India from 427 to 1197

  • Athens academy

    The modern Academy of Athens, next to the University of Athens and the National Library forming 'the Trilogy', designed by Schinkel's Danish pupil Theofil Hansen, 1885, in Greek Ionic, academically correct even to the polychrome sculpture.

  • Univesidad Åbo Akademi

    Åbo Akademi, an academy building designed by Charles Bassi, was built on 1833 in Turku, Finland.

  • Phdposing

    Professors and newly conferred doctors of philosophy posing at a Worcester Polytechnic Institute graduation.

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