university
Campus with professors
A university is an institution of higher education that grants degrees and conducts research.
Universities typically comprise multiple colleges or schools—arts and sciences, law, medicine, engineering—and offer both undergraduate and graduate programs.
The word often appears in proper names: the University of Michigan, Oxford University.
Informally, university or uni means the experience of attending one: I studied philosophy at university.
Senior university teacher
- lectureEducational spoken presentation
- seminarGroup discussion for learning
- thesisAcademic argument requiring defense
- dissertationExtended academic treatise
research · tenure · faculty · department · syllabus · curriculum · pedagogy · publication
Student living building
- quadEnclosed campus lawn
- libraryBook collection or building
- laboratoryFacility for scientific investigation
- auditoriumRoom for spectators
cafeteria · gymnasium · bookstore · stadium · chapel · observatory · commons · quadrangle
Degree-seeking college student
- graduateOne who earned degree
- freshmanFirst-year student
- sophomoreSecond-year pupil
- juniorLower in standing
senior · fraternity · sorority · homecoming · commencement · orientation · alumni · matriculation
Payment for instruction
- scholarshipEducational funding or erudition
- grantBestow or award money
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
- bursaryEducational financial award
endowment · stipend · work-study · merit-based · need-based · donor · benefactor · philanthropy
First university degree
- master'sAdvanced graduate credential
- doctorateHighest academic credential awarded
- PhDHighest academic credential
- MBAGraduate degree in commerce
major · minor · diploma · credits · degree · associate's · honors · postdoctoral
Higher education institution
- academyInstitution of learning
- instituteEstablish or scholarly organization
- polytechnicApplied sciences institution
- conservatoryGlass-enclosed plant room
seminary · land-grant · public · private · consortium · accreditation · charter · chancellor
Including multiple ethnic traditions
- inclusionBeing made part
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
- first-generationEarliest iteration of something
- accessibilityEase of approach
demographic · representation · global · cross-cultural · ESL · visa · diverse · intercultural
professor
Senior university teacher
- lectureEducational spoken presentation
- seminarGroup discussion for learning
- thesisAcademic argument requiring defense
dissertation · research · tenure · faculty · department · syllabus · curriculum · pedagogy · publication · accreditation
dormitory
Student living building
- quadEnclosed campus lawn
- libraryBook collection or building
- laboratoryFacility for scientific investigation
auditorium · cafeteria · gymnasium · bookstore · stadium · chapel · observatory · commons · quadrangle · dining-hall
undergraduate
Degree-seeking college student
junior · senior · fraternity · sorority · homecoming · commencement · orientation · alumni · matriculation · rush
tuition
Payment for instruction
- scholarshipEducational funding or erudition
- grantBestow or award money
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
bursary · endowment · stipend · work-study · merit-based · need-based · donor · benefactor · philanthropy · assistantship
bachelor's
First university degree
- master'sAdvanced graduate credential
- doctorateHighest academic credential awarded
- PhDHighest academic credential
MBA · major · minor · diploma · credits · degree · associate's · honors · postdoctoral · JD
college
Higher education institution
- academyInstitution of learning
- instituteEstablish or scholarly organization
- polytechnicApplied sciences institution
conservatory · seminary · land-grant · public · private · consortium · accreditation · charter · chancellor · president
multicultural
Including multiple ethnic traditions
- inclusionBeing made part
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
- first-generationEarliest iteration of something
accessibility · demographic · representation · global · cross-cultural · ESL · visa · diverse · intercultural · heritage
- Citycity, town, downtown, midtown, suburb
- educationeducation, school, schools, teachers, students
- schoolteachers, classrooms, classes, student, grades
- school lifeschool, teacher, classroom, homework, grades
- schoolingelementary school, school, middle school, high school, primary schools
- schoolsprimary school, school, college, academy, high school
universitytrade school
Career-focused technical education
vocational school · technical college · apprenticeship · vocational training · beauty school
universityschool of hard knocks
Education through suffering
self-education · autodidacticism · street smarts · real world · work experience
- university pressInstitution's publishing arm
- University of WisconsinWisconsin's primary public institution
- Johns Hopkins UniversityPrivate Baltimore research university
- university athleticsCompetitive sports at colleges
- university administrationThose governing a college
- Auburn UniversityPublic Alabama research institution