university studies

Collegiate academic pursuits

University studies refers to academic work undertaken at a university, typically toward a degree.

The phrase often appears in contexts describing someone's educational path or field of concentration: She completed her university studies in economics, He interrupted his university studies to travel.

The term is more common in British English and formal contexts than in American casual speech.

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seminars · office hours · tuition fees · literature · extracurriculars · lecture hall · graduation ceremonies · academic advisors · biology · accreditation · syllabus · online learning · liberal arts · time management · course load · scholarships · research · peer review

Opposites
educational pathway type

university studiesvocational training

Job-skill education

trade school · apprenticeship · technical college · on-the-job training · community college

formality of learning

university studiesautodidacticism

Practice of self-instruction

self-education · street smarts · school of hard knocks · life experience · learning by doing

life stage activity

university studiesfull-time employment

Steady, complete-schedule work

working life · manual labor · blue-collar work · military service · earning a living

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G