- an institution of learning of the highest level, having a college of liberal arts and a program of graduate studies together with several professional schools, as of theology, law, medicine, and engineering, and authorized to confer both undergraduate and graduate degrees. Continental European universities usually have only graduate or professional schools.
- an institution of higher education having authority to award bachelors' and higher degrees, usually having research facilities
- the buildings, members, staff, or campus of a university
