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noun ADJ. new | ancient | red-brick | local, provincial | research, teaching VERB + UNIVERSITY attend, go to, study at | apply for | enter | finish (at), graduate from, leave UNIVERSITY + NOUN lecturer, professor, staff, teacher | graduate, student, undergraduate | course, degree, education | term, year | vacation | entrance, entry, place a university entrance exam There is stiff competition for university places. | chair His aim was to finish his doctorate and obtain a university chair. | department, faculty | buildings, campus, library | administration, authorities | level All the staff are educated to university level. | days, life, years | town PREP. at (the) ~ She's at university, studying engineering. She teaches English at the University of Wales.
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university
verbs
go to university
• Her daughter was about to go to university.
be at university
British English
• We were at university together.
study (something) at a university
• She studied law at Edinburgh University.
apply for university
• I applied for university without any real idea of what I wanted to do.
start university
( also enter university formal )
• Some people take a year off before they start university.
leave university
• Students often find work soon after leaving university.
graduate from university
(= leave after getting a degree )
• She graduated from Liverpool University in 2006.
drop out of university
(= leave before finishing your course )
• He dropped out of university in order to join a rock band.
university + NOUN
a university course
• He studied history at school and was now planning to take a university course.
a university student
• Thirty years ago 33% of university students were female.
a university graduate
(= someone who has completed a university course )
• She is a university graduate who speaks three languages.
a university lecturer/professor
• Her father was a university lecturer and her mother a teacher.
a university degree
• He was a qualified engineer with a university degree.
a university education
• I did not have the advantage of a university education.
a university department
• one of the oldest university departments in the country
the university campus
(= the area of land containing the main buildings of a university )
• There were violent protests on university campuses.
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university
a place where you can study a subject at a high level to get a degree:
• Harvard University • About a third of the pupils go on to university.
college
in Britain, a place where you can study after you finish secondary school, especially to train for a job. In the US, a place where you can study and get a bachelor’s degree:
• She’s at teacher training college. • the Royal College of Music • Where did you go to college?
community college
( also junior college ) American English a school that students can go to for two years in order to learn a skill or prepare for university:
• Community colleges can provide job-specific training.
graduate school
a college or university where you can study for a master’s degree or a doctorate, after receiving your first degree:
• I taught for a few years, and then went back to graduate school.
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