universities

2 definitions • 6 examples

a place where 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

a place of higher education usually for people who have finished twelve years of schooling and where they can obtain more knowledge and skills, and get a degree to recognize this:

[ U ] a university campus/professor

[ C ] She applied to six universities and was accepted by three.