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university

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English

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishuniversite(“institution of higher learning, body of persons constituting a university”) fromAnglo-Normanuniversité, fromOld Frenchuniversitei, fromMedieval Latin stem ofuniversitas, in juridical andLate Latin "a number of persons associated into one body, a society, company, community, guild, corporation, etc"; inLatin, "the whole, aggregate," fromuniversus(“whole, entire”).

Pronunciation

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(Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key): /junɪˈvɜːsəti/
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(General American)IPA^(key): /junɪˈvɝsəti/,/junɪˈvɝsɪti/
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(Indic)IPA^(key): /ˈjunɪvə(r)sɪʈi/,/jʊ~uˈnɪvɜ(r)sɪʈi/
Hyphenation:u‧ni‧ver‧si‧ty

Noun

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university (countable anduncountable,pluraluniversities)

Institution ofhighereducation (typically accepting students from the age of about 17 or 18, depending on country, but in some exceptional cases able to take younger students) where subjects are studied and researched in depth anddegrees are offered.
She's studying mathematics atuniversity.
The only reason why I haven't gone touniversity is because I can't afford it.
- 1661,John Fell,The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond‎^[1]:
  During the whole time of his abode in theuniversity he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant[…]
- 2013 July 20, “The attack of the MOOCs”, inThe Economist, volume408, number8845:
  Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations.University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete.
- 2021,Harvey P. Weingarten, “Is Going to University Worth It?”, inNothing Less than Great: Reforming Canada’s Universities, Toronto, Ont.; Buffalo, N.Y.; London:University of Toronto Press,→ISBN, page23:
  The most compelling stories of whetheruniversity is worth it are examples where a university education lifts the economic standing of a poor or disadvantaged student to a higher socioeconomic position.
- 2023 August 2, Ben Tinker, Meg Tirrell and Brenda Goodman, “New director named at National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases after Fauci’s retirement”, inCNN‎^[2]:
  The NIAID supports projects atuniversities and research organizations around the United States as well as a network of 21 NIAID labs across the country.
(obsolete) The entirety of a group; all members of a class.
- 1841, George Borrow,The Zincali - Or, An Account of the Gypsies of Spain:
  [I]t appears a pity to banish the women and children. But to this can be opposed that holy act of your Majesty which expelled the Moriscos, and the children of the Moriscos, for the reason given in the royal edict. Whenever any detestable crime is committed by anyuniversity, it is well to punish all.

Usage notes

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In western Europe, and later the United States, universities were typically founded by executive act (e.g. royal charter) and were generally relatively large (compared tocolleges), offeringpostgraduate degrees in addition toundergraduate degrees. In other countries, this distinction is not made and any degree-granting institution is called a university.
In the United States, Ireland, and the Philippines, students will sometimes say that they go to "the university" or to "a university", but they are far more likely to say they are going "to college", even if the institution they attend is a university. In the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and most other English-speaking countries, students go "to university (or uni)", without the article, if they are attending a school that grants bachelor's or postgraduate degrees.