University

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1 History 2 Colloquial usage 3 See also 4 Related terms 5 External links

History

The first European medieval universities were established in Italy and France in the Middle Ages for the study of law, medicine, and theology. Before that, similar institutions already existed in the Islamic world, notably in Cairo. The most important Asian university was Nalanda, in Bihar, India, where the second century Buddhist philosopher Nagarjuna was based.

In Europe young men proceeded to the university when they had completed the study of the trivium: the preparatory arts of grammar, rhetoric, and logic; and the quadrivium: arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy.

Universities are generally established by statute or a charter. In the United Kingdom, a university is instituted by Royal Charter and only institutions with such a charter can award degrees of any kind.

In the last decades of the 20th century, a number of mega universities have been created, teaching with distance learning techniques.

Colloquial usage

Colloquially, the term University is used around the world for a phase in one's life: "when I was at university…"; the American equivalent is college: "when I was in college…". See college, §3, for further discussion.

See also

• List of colleges and universities
• List of oldest universities in continuous operation
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Universities
• List of medieval universities
• School and university in literature
• UCAS - University and College Admissions Service

academia - academy - admission - alumnus - aula - Bologna process - business schools - campus - college - college and university rankings - dean - degree - diploma - discipline - dissertation - faculty - fraternities and sororities - graduate student - graduation - perpetual student - Privatdozent - professor - provost - rector - research - scholar - student - tenure - tuition - universal access

• Web site about Nalanda University - Pictures of Nalanda ruins
• Using Video and CD-ROM to Reach New Students Before They Arrive on Campus

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