The word "university" comes from the Latin word "UNIVERSITAS", which roughly means "the community of teachers and scholars". The teaching levels of universities are usually divided into three types, namely, postgraduate, undergraduate and junior college; Among them, graduate students include master students and doctoral students.
Universities are institutions of higher education that provide teaching and research conditions. It generally has many majors, and then several similar majors form departments or colleges. Specialty here refers to specialties, such as medical university, pharmaceutical university, industrial university, engineering university, industrial and commercial university, university of traditional Chinese medicine, agricultural university, forestry university, university of science and technology, normal university, architectural university, university of technology, university of politics and law, university of posts and telecommunications, university for nationalities, university of finance and economics, Jiaotong University, etc.
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First, generally refers to the implementation of higher education schools, refers to higher education institutions that provide teaching and research conditions, including universities, colleges and higher vocational schools (colleges and higher vocational schools).
Second, business schools. "Book of Rites": "The primary school is in the south and the university is in the suburbs." Dai Fu Bao: "When you go to college, you learn a lot, which is a great festival." Lu argued: "The university is to the east of the palace. Tie your hair and call it a child. " History of rites and music in Han Dynasty: "The kings in ancient times took education as their major task, established universities to teach the country, and made urgent orders to change the city."
Third, the university is one of the four classics of Confucianism.