universities
Degree-granting institutions
Universities are institutions of higher education that grant degrees and conduct research.
They typically comprise multiple colleges or schools covering various fields—medicine, law, engineering, arts.
Unlike colleges, universities offer graduate programs and emphasize scholarly research alongside teaching.
She's applying to universities on the East Coast.
The university published groundbreaking research on climate change.
Highest-ranking university instructors
- facultyInherent power or ability
- tenureProtected employment status
- deanSenior academic administrator
- departmentDistinct unit within organization
lecturers · scholars · PhD · postdoc · humanities · sciences · philosophy · sociology
Degree-seeking college student
- postgraduateScholar past undergraduate level
- freshmanFirst-year student
- sophomoreSecond-year pupil
- juniorLower in standing
senior · matriculation · registration · admissions · tuition · transcript · degree · diploma
Enclosed campus lawn
- dormitoryStudent living building
- libraryBook collection or building
- cafeteriaSelf-service dining facility
- bookstoreShop selling printed works
commons · courtyard · amphitheater · lawn · arboretum · pathways · fountain · plaza
Educational funding or erudition
- endowmentPermanent donated fund
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
- grantBestow or award money
- bursaryEducational financial award
stipend · benefactor · philanthropy · donor · loan · bursar · foundation
Facility for scientific investigation
- grantsAwarded funds for purposes
- publicationsWorks issued to readers
- journalsPeriodicals or personal logs
- experimentsTests of a hypothesis
findings · breakthroughs · methodology · citations · ethics · collaboration · thesis · dissertation
Controlled warming enclosure
- startupsNewly launched businesses
- patentsExclusive rights to inventions
- entrepreneurshipCreating and managing ventures
- commercializationProfit-driven market introduction
venture · accelerator · licensing · prototype · R&D
Being made part
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
- multiculturalismCoexistence of diverse traditions
- accessibilityEase of approach
- representationDepiction or likeness
professors
Highest-ranking university instructors
department · lecturers · scholars · PhD · postdoc · humanities · sciences · philosophy · sociology · anthropology
undergraduate
Degree-seeking college student
- postgraduateScholar past undergraduate level
- freshmanFirst-year student
- sophomoreSecond-year pupil
junior · senior · matriculation · registration · admissions · tuition · transcript · degree · diploma · major
quad
Enclosed campus lawn
- dormitoryStudent living building
- libraryBook collection or building
- cafeteriaSelf-service dining facility
bookstore · commons · courtyard · amphitheater · lawn · arboretum · pathways · fountain · plaza · gymnasium
scholarship
Educational funding or erudition
- endowmentPermanent donated fund
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
- grantBestow or award money
bursary · stipend · benefactor · philanthropy · donor · loan · bursar · foundation
laboratory
Facility for scientific investigation
- grantsAwarded funds for purposes
- publicationsWorks issued to readers
- journalsPeriodicals or personal logs
experiments · findings · breakthroughs · methodology · citations · ethics · collaboration · thesis · dissertation · fieldwork
incubator
Controlled warming enclosure
- startupsNewly launched businesses
- patentsExclusive rights to inventions
- entrepreneurshipCreating and managing ventures
commercialization · venture · accelerator · licensing · prototype · R&D
inclusion
Being made part
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
- multiculturalismCoexistence of diverse traditions
- accessibilityEase of approach
representation · ESL · visa
- schoolsprimary school, school, college, academy, high school
- academiaprofessors, graduation cap, biology department, professor, thesis statement
- civilization elementsart, music, literature, language, religion
- universitiesHarvard, Yale, Oxford, Cambridge, Princeton
- BelgiumBrussels, Belgium, Flanders, Antwerp, Bruges
- university studentscampus life, dorms, dormitory, dormitory life, exams
universitiestrade schools
Job-focused training institutions
vocational schools · apprenticeships · technical colleges · coding bootcamps · job training programs
universitieshomeschooling
Family-directed academic instruction
self-education · autodidacticism · unschooling · school of hard knocks · tutoring
universitiesschool of hard knocks
Education through suffering
real-world experience · street smarts · life experience · learning by doing · hands-on training
- state universitiesGovernment-operated higher education schools
- public universitiesGovernment-funded higher education institutions
- private universitiesNon-governmental higher education institutions
- elite universitiesHighly selective higher education
- research universitiesInstitutions combining teaching with investigation
- American universitiesDegree-granting institutions stateside
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