universities

n. educational institution, institution of higher learning authorized to grant academic degrees, college; physical buildings and grounds of a university; teachers and students and other staff of a university

A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees at all levels (bachelor, master, and doctorate) in a variety of subjects. A university provides both tertiary and quaternary education. The word university is derived from the Latin universitas magistrorum et scholarium, roughly meaning "community of teachers and scholars".
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Noun
1. the body of faculty and students at a university
(hypernym) body
(hyponym) varsity
(part-holonym) academia, academe
(member-meronym) graduate school, grad school
2. establishment where a seat of higher learning is housed, including administrative and living quarters as well as facilities for research and teaching
(hypernym) establishment
(hyponym) Brown University, Brown
(class) red-brick, redbrick
3. a large and diverse institution of higher learning created to educate for life and for a profession and to grant degrees
(hypernym) educational institution
(hyponym) multiversity
(member-meronym) college

(pl. )
of University
  

UNIVERSITÀ. UNIVERSITARI