nI applied for university without any real idea of what I wanted to do.
start university (also enter university formal) 进大学
nSome people take a year off before they start university.
leave university 离开大学
nStudents often find work soon after leaving university.
graduate from university (=leave after getting a degree) 大学毕业
nShe graduated from Liverpool University in 2006.
drop out of university (=leave before finishing your course) 大学辍学
nHe dropped out of university in order to join a rock band.
university + NOUN
a university course 大学课程
He studied history at school and was now planning to take a university course.
他在中学里学了历史,现在打算读一个大学课程。
a university student 大学生
Thirty years ago 33% of university students were female.
三十年前,33% 的大学生是女生。
a university graduate (=someone who has completed a university course) 大学毕业生
nShe is a university graduate who speaks three languages.
a university lecturer/professor 大学讲师/教授
nHer father was a university lecturer and her mother a teacher.
a university degree 大学学位
nHe was a qualified engineer with a university degree.
a university education 大学教育
nI did not have the advantage of a university education.
na university department
one of the oldest university departments in the country
the university campus (=the area of land containing the main buildings of a university) 大学校园
nThere were violent protests on university campuses.
nTHESAURUS
university a place where you can study a subject at a high level to get a degree
Harvard University
About a third of the pupils go on to university.
college in Britain, a place where you can study after you finishsecondary school, especially to train for a job. In the US, a place where you can study and get a bachelor’s degree
She’s at teacher training college.
the Royal College of Music
Where did you go to college?
community college (also junior college)American EnglishAmE a school that students can go to for two years in order to learn a skill or prepare for university
Community colleges can provide job-specific training.
graduate school a college or university where you can study for a master’s degree or a doctorate, after receiving your first degree
I taught for a few years, and then went back to graduate school.
(1300-1400)Old Frenchuniversité, from Medieval Latinuniversitas, from Late Latin, “society, association”, from Latin, “the whole”, from universus; → UNIVERSE