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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Higher education - Research - Academic degree - Tertiary - Quaternary education - Latin - Corporation - Medieval - Europe
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