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academic

Education; Colleges & universities

An academic is a person who works as a researcher (and usually teacher) at a university, college, or similar institution in post-secondary (tertiary) education. He or she is nearly always an advanced ...

academia

Education; Colleges & universities

The community of students and scholars engaged in higher education and research. The word comes from the akademeia, just outside ancient Athens, where the gymnasium was made famous by Plato as a ...

University of Cambridge

Education; Colleges & universities

The University of Cambridge (also known as Cambridge University, or simply Cambridge) is a public research university in Cambridge, England. It is the second-oldest university in both the United ...

Imperial College London

Education; Colleges & universities

Imperial College London (officially known as The Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine) is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom that specialise in business, ...

Oxford University

Education; Colleges & universities

After the Sorbonne in Paris, Oxford University is the oldest university in the world, and it's still very much alive. Larger than its sister university, Cambridge, and in a more bustling commercial ...

accreditation

Education; Colleges & universities

A process by which one academic institution, perhaps a university, officially approves the awards of another institution and guarantees that they are of a certain standard.

University of Salamanca

Education; Colleges & universities

University of Salamanca (USAL) was founded in 1134 in Salamanca (Spain). It is the oldest founded university in Spain and the third oldest European one that continue operating. It was the first ...