GLOSSARY OF UNIVERSITY TERMS

A completed unit of study that counts towards a degree, diploma or other qualification

• college

• credit

• dean

All the land and buildings that a university or college occupies

• campus

• chancellor

• bursar

A series of lessons or lectures on a particular subject

• bursary

• defer

• course

The qualification awarded after completing a university course

• enrol

• degree

• faculty

A long piece of writing on a particular subject that's done as part of a university degree

• dissertation

• diploma

• emeritus

A department or group of departments in a college or university

• faculty

• dining hall

• dormitory

A club for male students at an American college or university

• freshman

• gap year

• fraternity

Education after secondary school, especially at university or college

• hall of residence

• honours

• higher education

The main subject a student studies at college or university

• minor

• major

• master

The act of being officially accepted as a student at a university

• matriculation

• major in

• junior college