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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: academia - academic rank - academy - admission - alumnus - aula - Bologna process - business schools - Grandes écoles - campus - college - college and university rankings - dean - degree - diploma - discipline - dissertation - faculty - fraternities and sororities - graduate student - graduation - lecturer - medieval university - medieval university (Asia) - mega university - perpetual student - professor - provost - rector - research - scholar - senioritis - student - tenure - tuition - undergraduate - universal access - university administration

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Academia - Academic rank - Academy - Admission - Alumnus - Aula - Bologna process - Business schools - Grandes écoles - Campus - College - College and university rankings - Dean - Degree - Diploma - Discipline - Faculty - Fraternities and sororities - Graduate student - Graduation - Lecturer - Medieval university - Medieval university (Asia) - Mega university - Perpetual student - Professor - Provost - Rector - Research - Scholar - Senioritis - Student - Tenure - Tuition - Undergraduate - Universal access - University administration

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