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university - establishment where a seat of higher learning is housed, including administrative and living quarters as well as facilities for research and teaching |
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establishment a public or private structure (business or governmental or educational) including buildings and equipment for business or residence
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city university an urban university in a large city
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oxbridge general term for an ancient and prestigious and privileged university (especially Oxford University or Cambridge University)
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redbrick university (British informal) a provincial British university of relatively recent founding; distinguished from Oxford University and Cambridge University
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university - the body of faculty and students at a university |
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body the external structure of a vehicle; "the body of the car was badly rusted"
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academe,
academia the academic world
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graduate school,
grad school a school in a university offering study leading to degrees beyond the bachelor's degree
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gown a woman's dress, usually with a close-fitting bodice and a long flared skirt, often worn on formal occasions
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varsity a team representing a college or university
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university - a large and diverse institution of higher learning created to educate for life and for a profession and to grant degrees |
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educational institution an institution dedicated to education
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college a complex of buildings in which an institution of higher education is housed
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multiversity a university system having several separate campuses and colleges and research centers
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open university a British university that is open to people without formal academic qualifications and where teaching is by correspondence or broadcasting or summer school
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