Universities Definition–noun, plural -ties. | an institution of learning of the highest level, having a college of liberal arts and a program of graduate studies together with several professional schools, as of theology, law, medicine, and engineering, and authorized to confer both undergraduate and graduate degrees. Continental European universities usually have only graduate or professional schools. |
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institution of higher education, usually comprising a liberal arts and sciences college and graduate and professional schools and having the authority to confer degrees in various fields of study. A ...
Rice University
private, coeducational institution of higher learning in Houston, Texas, U.S. The university includes the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Management, Shepherd School of Music, Wiess School of ...
Stanford University
private coeducational institution of higher learning at Stanford, California, U.S. (adjacent to Palo Alto), one of the most prestigious in the country. The university was founded in 1885 by railroad ...
Charles University
state-controlled institution of higher learning in Prague, Czech Republic. The school was founded in 1348 by the Holy Roman emperor Charles IV, from whom it takes its name. It was the first ...
Gregorian University
Roman Catholic institution of higher learning in Rome. It was founded in 1551 as the Collegium Romanum (College of Rome) by St. Ignatius of Loyola and St. Francis Borgia and constituted as a ...
Peking University
university in Beijing, one of the oldest and most important institutions of higher learning in China. Its total enrollment is approximately 55,000.Maryland, University of
state university system consisting of 11 coeducational campuses in eight cities. In 1970 the University of Maryland comprised five campuses. The University of Maryland System was created in 1988 when ...
Mumbai, University of
one of India's first modern universities, established by the British in 1857. Originally an affiliating and degree-granting body, the university later added teaching to its functions. With the ...
Maine, University of
state university system of Maine, U.S. It comprises seven coeducational institutions, including the University of Southern Maine. The University of Maine is a land-grant and sea-grant university ...
Vermont, University of
public, coeducational institution of higher learning in Burlington, Vt., U.S. It is a land-grant university composed of the Graduate College and colleges of agricultural and life sciences, arts and ...
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