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Universities

A university is an institution of higher education and of research, which grants academic degrees at all levels (bachelor, master, and doctor) in a variety of subjects.

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magazine article: Universities. "More than a quarter of the working population of the USA has one. Cairo, Bologna, and Paris have been offering them the longest. And you can now supposedly get them by sitting at home at a computer. What am I talking about? A university education, of course. So who goes to university and what do they get out of their experience?" Read article

word game: Teach and Learn Idioms. Match 6 different idiomatic expressions using the verbs "teach" and "learn" to their definitions. Play game

story: Ali goes to university. Ali can't wait to leave his home and his home town and go off to university. But during his first year he learns some valuable lessons of life. Read story

cartoon: "When I was at university I was as smart as the next fellow." "What a pity the ..." See cartoon

trivia: Record: Youngest Masters Graduate: Tathagat Avatar Tulsi (b. September 9, 1987) of New Delhi, India, successfully passed his M.Sc in Physics from Patna University, at the age of 12 years, two months, and 19 days, on November 28, 1999. See more universities trivia

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