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 |
|---|---|
|
Vanderbilt
surface form:
Vanderbilt University
|
private research university |
| Columbia University | Private research university |
| Denison University | private liberal arts college |
| National University of Colombia, Medellín campus | higher education institution |
| Kansai University | — |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | private research university |
| Trinity Christian College | private college |
| Longy School of Music of Bard College | higher education institution |
| Royal Academy of Fine Arts (The Hague) | higher education institution |
| Santa Clara University | — |
| Curry College | private college |
| New York University | Private research university |
|
Fatima Jinnah Women University (Rawalpindi)
surface form:
Fatima Jinnah Women University
|
higher education institution |
| Abilene Christian University | — |
| St. Lawrence University | private liberal arts college |
| Benedictine University | — |
| Athens Technological Institute | higher education institution |
| Carroll College | higher education institution |
| Moorpark College | higher education institution |
| Missouri Southern State University | higher education institution |
| Osaka Gakuin University | — |
| Kazan State Medical University | higher education institution |
| Southeastern Oklahoma State University | higher education institution |
| Bhavan’s College, Porbandar | higher education institution |
| Ozark Christian College | higher education institution |
| Columbus State University | higher education institution |
| University of Novo Mesto | higher education institution |
| Bradley University | — |
| Darrang College | higher education institution |
| Alvernia University | — |
| Hostos Community College | higher education institution |
| Busan Catholic University | — |
| Bryan College | higher education institution |
| University of Havana | higher education institution |
| Voronezh State Medical University | higher education institution |
|
UBA
surface form:
University of Buenos Aires
|
higher education institution |
| Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiești | higher education institution |
| Wells College | private liberal arts college |
| Universidad Anáhuac Querétaro | — |
| University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point | higher education institution |
| Maryland Institute College of Art | private college |
| Gulf Coast State College | higher education institution |
| University of San Francisco School of Law | Jesuit law school |
| Cologne University of Applied Sciences | higher education institution |
| University of Dallas | — |
| College of New Rochelle | private college |
| Guilford College | private liberal arts college |
| North Central College | private liberal arts college |
| Crafton Hills College | higher education institution |
| Illinois Wesleyan University | private liberal arts college |