university

noun

uni·ver·si·ty ˌyü-nə-ˈvər-sə-tē

-ˈvər-stē

plural universities

: an institution of higher learning providing facilities for teaching and research and authorized to grant academic degrees

specifically : one made up of an undergraduate division which confers bachelor's degrees and a graduate division which comprises a graduate school and professional schools each of which may confer master's degrees and doctorates

: the physical plant of a university

Examples of university in a Sentence

I applied to several public universities. He lives near the university.

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From reporting to university presidents and boards of trustees, to hitting the road to recruit high school players, there will be plenty of new responsibilities Belichick didn’t have to deal with in the NFL. —

Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 12 Dec. 2024 About 62% of high school (or equivalent) graduates go on to postsecondary study, which can refer to trade school or a four-year university, the Education Data Initiative, a collective of education data researchers, reports. —

Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024 Mangione graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 2020 with bachelor's and master's degrees in computer and information science, according to social media accounts appearing to belong to him and the university’s alumni database. —

Molly Bohannon, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024 Memphis, as a public university, is being represented by the Tennessee attorney general. —

Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 11 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for university