universitynoun [ C ]
uk/ˌjuː.nɪˈvɜː.sə.ti/us/ˌjuː.nəˈvɝː.sə.t̬i/A1 a place where people people study for an undergraduate (= first) or postgraduate (= higher level) degree:
Which university did you go to/were you at (= did you study at)?
She teaches at the University of Connecticut.
I graduated from Liverpool University in 2012.
a university campus/degree/professor
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- She was rejected the first time she applied to the university, but when she reapplied the following year she was accepted.
- Researchers at universities are always complaining about lack of funds.
- You usually need three A levels to get into university.
- She's going to study law at university.
- The majority of the employees have university degrees.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
University & college education
- academe
- academia
- academic
- business school
- campus
- Cantabrigian
- go up
- grad
- graduate
- grove
- hall of residence
- honour
- intercollegiate
- rector
- red-brick
- registrar
- semester
- sorority
- student union
- varsity
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