(1) A society or organization for carrying on a particular work, as of a literary, scientific or educational character
Hence: An elementary and necessary principle; a precept, maxim, or rule, recognized as established and authoritative; usually in the plural, a collection of such principles and precepts; esp
A group or cluster of campuses/colleges administered by a central Institute office
To begin; to commence; to set on foot; as, to institute an inquiry; to institute a suit
If you institute a system, rule, or course of action, you start it. We will institute a number of measures to better safeguard the public. an organization that has a particular purpose such as scientific or educational work, or the building where this organization is based academy. to introduce or start a system, rule, legal process etc. Art Institute of Chicago Brook Farm Institute of Agriculture and Education California Institute of Technology California Institute of the Arts Curtis Institute of Music Georgia Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology Pratt Institute U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST