matriculation
/mətrɪkjʊˈleɪʃ(ə)n
/noun [mass noun]
1The action of matriculating at a college or university: [as modifier]: matriculation requirements...
- Minimum matriculation requirements are at least two pass grades and university courses for which there is not strong demand might accept students with these grades.
- To evade paying expensive university matriculation fees, he decided to enroll in the Philippine Military Academy - a tough institution to enter - to get a free education.
- Concern about this problem among members of the Prussian Ministry of State served to delay for several years the opening to women of matriculation at Prussian universities.
1.1 (also matriculation examination) [count noun] historical An examination to qualify for enrolment at a college or university.At 14, he passed the matriculation examination of the Bombay University....
- The earliest known references to Zanobi di Francescho appear in the book of matriculations for the Arte del Cambio.
- He was not always on good terms with his peers and may even have suffered professionally during his career as a banker - indeed, his name was deleted from the register of matriculations in the Arte del Cambio.
1.2 (also matriculation examination) [count noun] (In South Africa) a school-leaving examination taken at the end of the twelfth year.After graduation from high school - known as matriculation in South Africa - it is common to go on to a technical college or to a university....
- Preference is given to students who successfully completed mathematics, biology and physical science in standard grade in the matriculation or equivalent examination.
- She has just finished writing her pre-medical examinations at Fort Hare, having gained a first-class matriculation pass at the Healdtown Institution last year.
2 Heraldry, Scottish The registration of arms in an official register.