Universities may employ a number of people.

Universities may also have a musicology department, and do research on many styles of music.

Universities have longer holidays ( about 2 months, but this may include re-examinations ) and usually start the year in late August or early September.

Eight American Construction Management programs require that students take these exams before they may receive their Bachelor of Science in Construction Management degree, and 15 other Universities actively encourage their students to consider the exams.

Universities may therefore provide priority to first-year students when allocating this accommodation.

Research at the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine and Ohio State University indicated resveratrol has direct inhibitory action on cardiac fibroblasts, and may inhibit the progression of cardiac fibrosis.

At some universities, such as the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, undergraduates may be required to wear gowns on formal occasions and on graduation.

In the UK, OYBike is currently delivering small-scale operations which may grow to this scale organically at 2 Universities, 3 Business Parks, 3 London Boroughs, and a private hotel chain in London.

As part of the BeNeFri association comprising the Universities of Berne, Neuchâtel and Fribourg, students at any one of these universities may take courses at another in the association and still receive credit at their home institution.

Universities start on the first Monday of September and usually end in the middle of May or in the beginning of June ; though in reality, exam periods may continue until the end of June ( e. g. University of Tartu ).

Universities have widely varying policies on faculty consulting, generally limiting the proportion of a faculty member's time which may be spent on consulting, and instituting rules to avoid conflicts of interest.

Bibel's work may be found at Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the B ' nai Brith's Klutznick Museum, and the museums of Rutgers University and Princeton Universities.

Some Universities, ( for example, the University of Otago ), may also independently scale each section of the UMAT in their selection process.

Because degrees from an AMK are more oriented towards practical applications, compared to the degrees offered by Universities in Finland, a holder of an AMK degree, wishing to get a Masters degree from a Finnish university, may have to complete 60 ETCS worth of theoretical and scientific studies in addition to the normal Master's degree requirement.

Universities in London may be divided into two groups:

One-hundred percent of UT ’ s 2009 and 2010 classes of nursing graduates passed the NCLEX-RN on the first try ; the Sykes College of Business was ranked 47th in the category of " Excellent Business Schools " in the U. S. in the Eduniversal Worldwide Business Schools Ranking 2011 ; for four straight years, UT has been named to the President ’ s Service Honor Roll, sponsored by The Corporation for National and Community Service, for its work on service-learning programs and volunteer opportunities for students, faculty and staff ; U. S. News & World Report has ranked UT in the top tier in the category Universities – Master ’ s ( South ), the Sykes College of Business as the 215th " Best Business School ," the part-time MBA in the 2012 edition of " Best Business Schools ," and one of 10 " Best Colleges to Avoid Winter ;" the Sykes College of Business is one of only 19 private schools in the Southeast accredited at both the graduate and undergraduate levels by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business ( AACSB International ); UT is one of only 33 nationwide universities with information systems program accreditation by the Computing Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology ( ABET ); and in 2011, UT's applied sociology concentration received formal accreditation from the Commission on the Accreditation of Programs in Applied and Clinical Sociology ( CAPACS ).

The organisation responsible for administering the UAI, was the Universities Admissions Centre ( UAC ), who scaled all subjects using mathematical formulae to try to ensure equity of marks across subjects.

In 1983 David Noble co-founded the National Coalition for Universities in the Public Interest with Ralph Nader and Leonard Minsky to try " to bring extra-academic pressure to bear upon university administrations who were selling out their colleagues and the public in the pursuit of corporate partnerships.

While President Wetherell is known nationally for his careful attention to and high profile in athletics-related matters, as FSU's President he also endorsed Lawrence G. Abele's idea of " Pathways of Excellence ", a major academic initiative to try to hire hundreds of new faculty with a primary research emphasis on science and to help position FSU for future membership in the Association of American Universities.

The first university in modern India was setup by the British in Calcutta in 1861 as a means of spreading western philosophical thought among the elite in India and to create in the words of Lord Macaulcay, “ a class of Indians who would be Indian in blood and colour but western in thought and ideas .” This initiative was furthered by the passing of the Universities Act of 1904.

Universities no longer require the use of protractors and compasses to create drawings, instead there are several classes that focus on the use of CAD software.

has used research from the Universities of Wyoming and Notre Dame in a collaborative effort to create a silkworm that is genetically altered to produce spider silk.

The University of Wisconsin System was created on October 11, 1971, by Chapter 100, Laws of 1971, which combined the former Chapter 36 ( former University of Wisconsin ) and Chapter 37 ( former Wisconsin State Universities ) to create a new Chapter 36 ( University of Wisconsin System ) of the Wisconsin Statutes.

In 1971, Wisconsin lawmakers passed a law to merge the University of Wisconsin system with the Wisconsin State Universities system to create today's University of Wisconsin System.

Universities were permitted to create full-fee places on which they could charge full up-front fees to students who missed out on a HECS place.

Ca ’ Foscari has been one of the first Italian Universities to create its own web-radio in 2007.

SQA has joined with Universities Scotland, QAA Scotland and the Scottish Government to create the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework or SCQF.

Meshel also worked to create the Northeastern Universities College of Medicine, the College of Osteopathic Medicine at Ohio University, the Wright State University School of Professional psychology, and other programs.

Since 2002 SUPINFO has signed agreements in Paris with three Chinese Universities to create three SUPINFO schools in China within the Computer Science faculties of universities from several regions in partnership with the French Chamber of Commerce and Industry in China.

Midwifery training consists of classroom based learning provided by select Universities in conjunction with hospital and community based training placements at NHS Trusts.

* In the late 1980s, the University and its surrounding community was enriched through the expansion of the Universities Center ; the establishment of the West Jackson Community Development Corporation to improve blighted housing around the campus ; the organization of a Staff Senate ; and the creation of a Center for Professional Development and the Center for Technology Transfer.

North Hennepin is a member of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities ( MnSCU ) system and is one of the largest community colleges in the state of Minnesota.

One of the largest and most diverse community colleges in Minnesota, North Hennepin Community College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools and is a member of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System ( MnSCU ).

The National Solar Observatory is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy under a cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation, for the benefit of the astronomical community.

Mississauga Valley Park host many community events including Kalayaan Independence Day Picnic and the Philippine Colleges and Universities Alumni Associations Summerfest.

A part of the Metro Detroit region, UM-D is also known for its community engagement within the city of Detroit, and is part of The Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities.

Laureate International Universities students are part of an international, academic community that spans 21 countries and more than 100 campuses throughout North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia.

To differentiate from Universities ' internships, the practice is called ' alphabetisation '; most of the time is related to community services, such as teaching in schools, or assisting in hospitals or libraries.

Universities, institutes of technology, medical schools and community colleges, provide the higher education.

In support of the NCEP operational forecasting mission, the EMC develops, improves and monitors data assimilation systems and models of the atmosphere, ocean and coupled system, using advanced methods developed internally as well as cooperatively with scientists from Universities, NOAA Laboratories and other government agencies, and the international scientific community.

* study the problems and needs of Australian Universities and their relations with other education institutions, organisations and the community and to encourage and sponsor their study ; and

Dr. William Fitch, who arrived in early 1955 from the Springburn area of Glasgow, Scotland, the congregation built an adjoining hall ( Knox Fellowship Centre ) in 1961, and expanded its ministries into the inner city ( Evangel Hall at 573 Queen Street West had been run by Knox since 1913 ), the Universities ( including Ryerson and York, and community colleges such as nearby George Brown College ), and during the summer months, began the weekly Knox Summer Fellowship, Wednesday Evening Services that brought ( or introduced ) renowned speakers from around the world.

Over 1000 volunteers from three Universities ( University of Michigan, Michigan State University, and Wayne State University ), over 30 community organizations, and the surrounding neighborhoods joined together to participate in service-learning projects.

The Association of African Universities was established in 1967 to facilitate co-operation between its members and with the international academic community.

Of the 165 students in the class of 2011, 46 percent went to the University of California, 1 percent went to military academies, 30 percent went to private or out-of-state colleges, 16 percent went to California State Universities, and 7 percent went to community colleges.

As well as this, they can also be linked with Universities and Student unions who run the stations under a community license, for example Demon FM in Leicester and Scratch Radio in Birmingham.

As the state's only metropolitan university and as a member of the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities, UALR provides a strategic focus on the needs of the community by creating active links between the campus, community, and commerce.

Formerly South Central Technical College, the college revised its mission from a technical college to that of a broader, comprehensive community college in 2005, receiving approval from the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities ( MnSCU ) Board of Trustees on March 16, 2005.

In 2010 The university was awarded the World Universities Forum Award for Best Practice in Higher Education which praised amongst other the racial integration and harmonisation of the student community.