Utrecht the central railway station. Utrecht hosts several large institutions of higher education. The most prominent of these is Utrecht University (est. 1636), the largest university of the Netherlands with 30,449 students (). The university is partially based in the inner city as well as in the Uithof campus area, to the east of the city. According to Shanghai Jiaotong University's university ranking in 2014, it is the 57th best university in the world. Utrecht also houses the much smaller University of Humanistic Studies, which houses about 400 students. Utrecht is home of one of the locations of TIAS School for
Provincial Capital Commission Provincial Capital Commission The BC Provincial Capital Commission was a government-owned Crown Agency of the province of British Columbia, Canada. Its primary mandate was to "connect and celebrate the Capital with all British Columbians." The PCC owned several important heritage buildings and sensitive properties in the Capital Regional District. Revenues from these holdings funded numerous initiatives including festival and event support, province-wide educational programs and Capital for Kids, a travel funding program that brings school and youth groups to Victoria to learn about the democratic process and the rich history of the BC Capital City. The Commission was dissolved in