All university synonyms
u·ni·ver·si·ty
U u noun university
- academia — Academia refers to all the academics in a particular country or region, the institutions they work in, and their work.
- college — A college is an institution where students study after they have left school.
- institution — an organization, establishment, foundation, society, or the like, devoted to the promotion of a particular cause or program, especially one of a public, educational, or charitable character: This college is the best institution of its kind.
- alma mater — Your alma mater is the school or university which you went to.
- faculty — an ability, natural or acquired, for a particular kind of action: a faculty for making friends easily.
- graduate school — a school, usually a division of a university, offering courses leading to degrees more advanced than the bachelor's degree.
- halls of ivy — an institution of higher learning; university or college; the academic world.
- orphanage — an institution for the housing and care of orphans.
- literati — Well-educated people who are interested in literature.
- lyceum — an institution for popular education providing discussions, lectures, concerts, etc.
- higher education — education beyond high school, specifically that provided by colleges and graduate schools, and professional schools.
adjective university
- academic — Academic is used to describe things that relate to the work done in schools, colleges, and universities, especially work which involves studying and reasoning rather than practical or technical skills.
adj university
- collegiate — Collegiate means belonging or relating to a college or to college students.