university

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English universite (“institution of higher learning, body of persons constituting a university”) from Anglo-Norman université, from Old French universitei, from Medieval Latin stem of universitas, in juridical and Late Latin "a number of persons associated into one body, a society, company, community, guild, corporation, etc"; in Latin, "the whole, aggregate," from universus (“whole, entire”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /junɪˈvɜːsəti/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌjunəˈvərsədi/, /junɪˈvɝsəti/, /junɪˈvɝsɪti/ (Indic) IPA(key): /ˈjunɪvə(r)sɪʈi/, /jʊnɪˈvə(r)sɪʈi/, [ju(ː).nɨ.və(ː)(ɾ).sɪʈ.i] Hyphenation: u‧ni‧ver‧si‧ty === Noun === university (countable and uncountable, plural universities) An institution of higher education that provides facilities for teaching, research, and the conferral of academic degrees across undergraduate, graduate, and often professional levels. (obsolete) The entirety of a group; all members of a class. ==== Usage notes ==== 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 to colleges), offering postgraduate degrees in addition to undergraduate 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. ==== Synonyms ==== ==== Hypernyms ==== ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === Wikiversity === References === university on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Scots == === Alternative forms === varsity === Etymology === From Middle English universite, from Medieval Latin universitas. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈjunəvɛrsəti] === Noun === university (plural universities) university