Accreditation is the standard against which colleges and universities are evaluated for the quality of their education and operating practices. Independence University is accredited by the ACCSC (Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges).
Siemens AG is a German conglomerate company headquartered in Berlin and Munich and the largest industrial manufacturing company in Europe with branch offices abroad. The principal divisions of the company are Industry, Energy, Healthcare, and Infrastructure & Cities, which represent the main activities of the company. The company is a prominent maker of medical diagnostics equipment and its medical health-care division, which generates about 12 percent of the company's total sales, is its second
Siemens has a primary listing on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and a secondary listing on the New York Stock Exchange. Siemens & Halske was founded by Werner von Siemens on 12 October 1847. Based on the telegraph, his invention used a needle to point to the sequence of letters, instead of using Morse code. The company, then called Telegraphen-Bauanstalt von Siemens & Halske, opened its first workshop on October 12.