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A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees at all levels (bachelor, master, and doctorate) in a variety of subjects. A university provides both tertiary and quaternary education. The word university is derived from the Latin universitas, meaning corporation, since the first medieval European universities were simply groups of scholars.
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Because of the above definition, there is some controversy regarding what is the world's oldest university. If we consider university simply as a higher education institution, then it is Shangyang, which originated before the 21st century BC in China. In the western world, the choice is between Takshashila, Nalanda and Al-Azhar University. If we consider the original meaning of the word (from the latin "universitas": a corporation of students), then universities are a medieval European phenomenon and the oldest university is the University of Bologna in northern Italy (founded in 1088 and known as "Alma Mater Studiorum").
Students at Takshashila University, founded in Taxila (Pakistan) from around the 7th century BC, were given academic titles after graduating from one of its many courses. Nalanda University, founded in Bihar (India) from around the 5th century BC, also gave academic titles to its graduates, while also offering post-graduate courses. Al-Azhar University, founded in Cairo (Egypt) in the 10th century, offered a variety of post-graduate degrees, and is usually regarded as the first full-fledged university.
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amazing how spineless universities are so quick to settle with "fired" moron coaches such as Tx Tech Mike Leach and his disjointed attorney
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.@JoshMatlow There are plenty of other ways that universities are held accountable: governing boards, student unions, institutional ombuds.
chadtweets (Chad Nuttall) Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:10:27 -0000
.@JoshMatlow There are plenty of other ways that universities are held accountable: governing boards, student unions, institutional ombuds.
(Argentina) Universidad Nacional de Cordoba - Unidad de Matematica y Fisica. Research staff and projects.
(Argentina) University of Buenos Aires - Physics Department. General departmental information, as well as details about academic and research activities. Also features colloquium schedules.
(Denmark) University of Copenhagen - Niels Bohr Institute for Astronomy, Physics and Geophysics. Links to the four consituent laboratories.
(Israel) Ben Gurion University - Physics Department. People, research groups, seminars, resources for students.
(Israel) Weizmann Institute of Science - Faculty of Physics. Includes general information on graduate and undergraduate study of physics, and a faculty listing.
(Japan) Kyoto University - Department of Physics. Includes information on staff, teaching, and research, as well as life in the department.
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(Mexico) CINVESTAV, Mexico City - Physics Department. List of graduates, research groups, publications and related links.
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(Netherlands) Eindhoven University of Technology - Department of Applied Physics. Academic and research information, as well as related links.
(Norway) University of Bergen - Department of Physics. Research groups, teaching details, colloquia, searchable staff list. English and Norsk versions.
(Poland) Warsaw University - Faculty of Physics. Describes the various institutes, faculty listing, facilities, clubs, alumni, student resources, and related links.
Meta Description: [ Main homepage of the Faculty of Physics,
Warsaw University. Information on the Faculty, its institutes,
research, studies. Links to pages devoted to physics. ]
(Portugal) University of Lisbon - Physics Department. Courses taught, employment possibilities. In Portuguese and English.
(Romania) West University of Timisoara - Faculty of Physics. Information about departments, curricula, admission, staff, scientific programs.
(South Korea) Hallym University - Department of Physics. Research and course information, publications, web resources.
(Taiwan) Tamkang University - Department of Physics. General information about the department, including faculty, course information, and degree requirements.
(Turkey) Bogaziçi University - Department of Physics. Provides undergraduate, double major and graduate programs.
(Turkey) Middle East Technical University - Department of Physics. Established: 1960. Offers: BSc, Msc, PhD. Fields: Solid State, High Energy, Plasma, Mathematical, Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular, Nuclear Physics.
Meta Description: [ ODTU, Department of Physics Home page ]
CERN - Theory Project - Located at the Department of Physics, University of Bergen, Norway.
Department of Physics - IIT Kanpur - Physics Homepage. Official website of Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India.
Institut za fiziku (Institute of Physics - Croatia, Zagreb) - Official site of Physics Institute in Croatia, Zagreb. Contains information concerning research.
Institute for Studies in Theoretical Physics and Mathematics - Iran. Full details of this school, its faculty, its research efforts and facilities.
UCSD Department of Physics - Details about research, faculty, facilities and resources, seminars and colloquia, and department organization.
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Yukawa Institute of Theoretical Physics - Introductory information on this institute and publication databases.
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