private university
C5
concept
A private university is a higher education institution that is independently funded and operated, primarily through tuition, donations, and endowments rather than direct government support.
All labels observed (36)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| higher education institution | 2,454 |
| private university canonical | 777 |
| private liberal arts college | 219 |
| Catholic university | 162 |
| private college | 147 |
| private research university | 126 |
| Christian university | 80 |
| Jesuit university | 45 |
| private Christian university | 29 |
| Private university | 22 |
| private higher education institution | 16 |
| Ivy League university | 12 |
| private liberal arts university | 9 |
| 私立大学 | 6 |
| Private research university | 3 |
| college of music | 3 |
| nonprofit university | 3 |
| private law school | 3 |
| private university law school | 3 |
| private university system | 3 |
| private women’s university | 3 |
| private business school | 2 |
| university in Kenya | 2 |
| Jesuit law school | 1 |
| Non-profit university | 1 |
| University in Nigeria | 1 |
| defunct private university | 1 |
| independent university | 1 |
| non-public university | 1 |
| non-state university in Italy | 1 |
| private institution | 1 |
| private university center | 1 |
| private university college | 1 |
| private university school | 1 |
| university in Venezuela | 1 |
| 私立大学学部 | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: private university
Generated description
A private university is a higher education institution that is independently funded and operated, primarily through tuition, donations, and endowments rather than direct government support.
Instances (3,539)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Mount Holyoke College | private liberal arts college |
| Rockhurst University | — |
| Centro Universitario de los Lagos | higher education institution |
| Rockford College | private liberal arts college |
| Salem College | private college |
| Western Nevada College | higher education institution |
| School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University | higher education institution |
| Lehigh University | private research university |
| Franklin and Marshall College | private liberal arts college |
| Technical University of Sofia | higher education institution |
| Turkish Music State Conservatory | higher education institution |
| Utah Valley University | higher education institution |
| Marietta College | private liberal arts college |
| Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia | higher education institution |
|
Universidad de La Sabana (near Chía urban area)
surface form:
Universidad de La Sabana
|
— |
|
Florida Tech
surface form:
Florida Institute of Technology
|
private research university |
| College of Engineering and Technology, Bengal | higher education institution |
| Centro Universitario del Sur | higher education institution |
| Agnes Scott College | private liberal arts college |
| Highland Park College | private college |
| Bennett College | private college |
| Chosun University | — |
| Linfield University | — |
| Johnson & Wales University | — |
|
Wes
surface form:
Wesleyan University
|
private liberal arts college |
| Baker University | — |
| Weber State University | higher education institution |
| Lenoir–Rhyne University | — |
| Santa Rosa Junior College | higher education institution |
| Emerson College | — |
| Universidad de Boyacá | — |
| MMU | higher education institution |
| Manchester College of Commerce | higher education institution |
|
USJ
surface form:
Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth
|
— |
| Morris Brown College | private college |
| University of Ulsan | — |
| Wellesley College | private liberal arts college |
|
RCS
surface form:
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
|
higher education institution |
| Hope College | private liberal arts college |
| York St John University | higher education institution |
| Osaka University of Economics and Law | — |
| Barry University | — |
| Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade | higher education institution |
| Faculty of Mathematics, University of Belgrade | higher education institution |
| Faculty of Architecture, University of Belgrade | higher education institution |
| Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice | higher education institution |
| New Government Degree College | higher education institution |
| Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade | higher education institution |
| Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Belgrade | higher education institution |
| Faculty of Philology, University of Belgrade | higher education institution |