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university

(juːnɪvɜːʳsɪti)
Word forms: plural universities
variable noun & countable noun
A university is an institution where students study for degrees and where academic research is done.
Patrick is now at London University.
They want their daughter to go to university, but they are also keen that she geta summer job.
The university refused to let the controversial politician speak on campus.

university in British English

(ˌjuːnɪˈvɜːsɪtɪ)
nounWord forms: plural -ties
1. 
an institution of higher education having authority to award bachelors' and higher degrees, usually having research facilities
2. 
the buildings, members, staff, or campus of a university
Word origin
C14: from Old French universite, from Medieval Latin universitās group of scholars, from Late Latin: guild, society, body of men, from Latin: whole,totality, universe

university in American English

(ˌjunəˈvɜrsəti)
nounWord forms: plural ˌuniˈversities
1. 
an educational institution of the highest level, typically, in the U.S., with one or more undergraduate colleges, together with a program of graduate studies and a number of professional schools, and authorized to confer various degrees, as the bachelor's, master's, and doctor's
2. 
the grounds, buildings, etc. of a university
3. 
the students, faculty, and administrators of a university collectively
Word origin
ME universite < MFr université < ML universitas < L, the whole, universe, society, guild < universus: see universe

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Examples of 'university' in a sentence
university

Now the university will guarantee students a minimum of ten hours a week contact time.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
 Research at the university focuses on biomedical and scientific discovery.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
There is value in a university education that goes well beyond the wage benefit it confers.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Some universities have built campuses overseas where they teach international students who pay higher fees.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It recommended giving all university staff regular training in diversity.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Many creative thinkers are now not in universities.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
The university is also aiming to increase its income by 50m and double its research profile.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It's not the job of universities to teach adults not to be criminals.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Some have great research universities, some don’t.
Smithsonian Mag (2017)
So is a university education a bad investment?
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Universities are so keen on the extended project that many offer help to pupils undertaking it.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Thirteen universities awarded him honorary doctor of science degrees.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The university defended its research and academic independence yesterday.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Universities are also getting in on the act.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Students knew when they left university jobs were waiting.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The old college on the hill is now a university.
Christianity Today (2000)
They will also be banned from university campuses and prisons.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Saving university education departments might not look like a cause worth marching for.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
There are also four university scholarships awarded each year.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The university also has one of the strongest research profiles in its sector.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
My first big job interview after university is coming up soon at a glossy fashion magazine.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
 Now the universities to which they aspire may be available.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The move is part of government efforts to improve the social mix on university campuses.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
It is a premiership university but some way behind the elite group of powerhouse research universities.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Our universities should also be able to rise to that competitive challenge too.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
They begged students and university staff to put safety first and not to provoke violence as the deadline loomed.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Years of bad schooling cannot be put right at an academic university by massaging the entry requirements or providing remedial classes.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
What is the university's academic record?
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Universities and their staff could do with a healthy dose of innovation, entrepreneurship and competition.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Westminster is also one of the few British universities offering awards to international students.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
With its usual agility, the university was keen to confer honorary degrees on the Army leaders.
Diane Purkiss The English Civil War: A People's History (2006)
The idea is being considered by ministers, who say that universities are keen to take on additional numbers but are blocked from doing so by stringent quotas.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)

Quotations

Oxford gave the world marmalade and a manner, Cambridge science and a sausageAnon.
The use of a university is to make young gentlemen as unlike their fathers as possibleWoodrow Wilson

In other languages
university

British English: university /ˌjuːnɪˈvɜːsɪtɪ/ NOUN
A university is an institution where students study for degrees and where academic research is done.
They want their daughter to go to university.
  • American English: university
  • Arabic: جَامِعَة
  • Brazilian Portuguese: universidade
  • Chinese: 大学
  • Croatian: sveučilište
  • Czech: univerzita
  • Danish: universitet
  • Dutch: universiteit
  • European Spanish: universidad
  • Finnish: yliopisto
  • French: université
  • German: Universität
  • Greek: πανεπιστήμιο
  • Italian: università
  • Japanese: 大学
  • Korean: 대학
  • Norwegian: universitet
  • Polish: uniwersytet
  • European Portuguese: universidade
  • Romanian: universitate
  • Russian: университет
  • Latin American Spanish: universidad
  • Swedish: universitet
  • Thai: มหาวิทยาลัย
  • Turkish: üniversite
  • Ukrainian: університет
  • Vietnamese: đại học

All related terms of 'university'

free university
a loosely organized forum for the study in nontraditional ways of subject matter not generally offered in regular university courses
Open University
In Britain, the Open University is a university that runs degree courses online and using the radio and television, for students who want to study part-time or mainly at home .
university fees
charges made by a university for the administering of a course of study or an examination
campus university
a university in which the buildings, often including shops and cafés, are all on one site
civic university
(in Britain) a university originally instituted as a higher education college serving a particular city
State university
a public university funded by a US state
university degree
an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study
university faculty
a division within a university comprising one subject area, or a number of related subject areas
university student
a student enrolled in a university
redbrick university
a provincial British university of relatively recent foundation , esp as distinguished from Oxford and Cambridge
university application
An application for something such as a job or membership of an organization is a formal written request for it.
university education
a course of study undertaken and completed at a university
university entrance
an examination taken by pupils of postprimary schools
university hospital
a hospital that is affiliated with a university. University hospitals provide clinical education and training to future and current doctors , nurses , and other health professionals , in addition to delivering medical care to patients
the Open University
(in Britain) a university founded in 1969 for mature students studying by television and radio lectures , correspondence courses, local counselling , summer schools, and now also online materials
university accommodation
Accommodation is used to refer to buildings or rooms where people live or stay .
university extension courses
courses provided by universities to people who are not enrolled as regular students
University Grants Committee
an advisory committee of the British government, which advised on the distribution of grant funding amongst British universities. It was in existence from 1919 until 1989. Its functions have now largely been taken over by the higher education funding councils (HEFCE (England), SHEFC (Scotland), HEFCW ( Wales ), and the Department for Employment and Learning in Northern Ireland)
university entrance examination
an examination to determine a candidate's suitability to undertake a course of study at a university

Chinese translation of 'university'

university

(juːnɪˈvəːsɪtɪ)

n (c/u)

  1. 大学(學) (dàxué) (所, suǒ)
    to go to university 上大学(學) (shàng dàxué)

cpd

  1. [student, professor, education, year] 大学(學) (dàxué)

Univ.

abbr

  1. (= university) 大学(學) (dàxué)

All related terms of 'university'

Univ.
university 大学(學) dàxué
Open University
▶ the Open University 开(開)放大学(學) Kāifàng Dàxué
the Open University
开(開)放大学(學) Kāifàng Dàxué
to go to university
上大学(學) shàng dàxué
his school/university career
他的学(學)校/大学(學)生涯 tā de xuéxiào/dàxué shēngyá
to go to school/university
上学(學)/上大学(學) shàngxué/shàng dàxué
I'd prefer him to go to university
我宁(寧)可他上大学(學) wǒ nìngkě tā shàng dàxué
he's fresh from or out of university
他刚(剛)刚(剛)大学(學)毕(畢)业(業) tā gānggāng dàxué bìyè
OU
Open University

Quotations

Oxford gave the world marmalade and a manner, Cambridge science and a sausage [Anon.]The use of a university is to make young gentlemen as unlike their fathers as possible [Woodrow Wilson]

Synonyms of 'university'

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