University

A university is an institution of higher education and of research, which grants academic degrees. A university provides both tertiary and quaternary education. University is derived from the Latin universitas, meaning corporation (since the first medieval European universities were simply groups of scholars).

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Because of the above definition, the oldest universities in the world were all European, as the awarding of academic degrees was not a custom of older institutions of learning in Asia and Africa. However, institutions of higher learning considerably older than the most ancient European universities existed in countries such as China, Egypt and India.

Higher education: Higher education is education provided by universities and other institutions that award academic degrees, such as university colleges, and liberal arts colleges....

Research: : For the suburb of Melbourne, Australia, see Research, Victoria....

Academic degree: This article is about academic degrees. For other degrees, see Degree (disambiguation)...

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