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-# Institution of [[high]]er [[education]] (typically accepting students from the age of about 17 or 18, depending on country, but in some cases able to take younger students in exceptional cases) where subjects are studied and researched in depth and degrees are offered.+A '''university''' ([[Latin]]: "universitas", "a whole") is an [[educational institution|institution]] of [[higher education]] and [[research]] which grants [[academic degree]]s in a variety of subjects and provides both [[undergraduate education]] and [[postgraduate education]]. The word "university" is derived from the [[Latin]] ''universitas magistrorum et scholarium'', which roughly means "community of teachers and [[academia|scholars]]."
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-* [[uni]]+
-* [[academy]]+
-* [[institute]]+
-* [[college]]+
-* [[school]]+
== See also == == See also ==

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A university (Latin: "universitas", "a whole") is an institution of higher education and research which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects and provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education. The word "university" is derived from the Latin universitas magistrorum et scholarium, which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars."

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