research university
Scholarly degree-granting institution
A research university is a higher education institution that emphasizes original scholarship and scientific investigation alongside teaching.
Faculty are expected to publish, secure grants, and train graduate students in addition to undergraduate instruction.
These universities typically have doctoral programs, extensive libraries, and specialized laboratories.
She chose a research university because she wanted to work in a lab as an undergrad.
- campusInstitutional grounds and buildings
- facultyInherent power or ability
- studentOne formally enrolled somewhere
- grad studentAdvanced degree pursuer
- academic freedomProtected scholarly inquiry rights
peer review · college · ivory tower · grants · library · physics · graduate school · global partnerships · technological innovation · government funding · lecture · tenure track · endowed chair · doctoral programs · scientific breakthroughs · cutting edge · Nobel Prize · publish
- schoolsprimary school, school, college, academy, high school
- college termscommunity college, fall semester, spring semester, liberal arts college, state school
- higher educationcollege, degree, diploma, graduate school, law school
- educational institutionscollege, school, academy, high school, elementary school
- Dutch Educationschool, gymnasium, student, docent, professor
- German UniversitiesHeidelberg, Bonn, Leipzig, Marburg, Munster
research universityliberal arts college
School prioritizing broad education
community college · trade school · vocational school · junior college · two-year college