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 |
|---|---|
| CCSU | higher education institution |
| Faculty of Drama Arts, University of Montenegro | higher education institution |
| National University | — |
|
University of Limpopo (nearby)
surface form:
University of Limpopo
|
higher education institution |
|
SU
surface form:
Saurashtra University
|
higher education institution |
|
Northwest
surface form:
Northwest Missouri State University
|
higher education institution |
| Tri-Chandra College | higher education institution |
| Lake Erie College | private liberal arts college |
| Cypress College | higher education institution |
| Tôn Đức Thắng University | higher education institution |
| UniFE | higher education institution |
| Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte | higher education institution |
| Selma University | — |
| Kansas Wesleyan University | — |
| Dongguk University | — |
| Pontifical University of Saint Bonaventure | Catholic university |
| Ahmednagar College | higher education institution |
| Université du Littoral Côte d’Opale campus | higher education institution |
| 学習院大学政経学部 | 私立大学学部 |
| Instituto Tecnológico de Hermosillo | higher education institution |
| Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí | higher education institution |
| Polytechnic Institute of Santarém | higher education institution |
|
Alva O. Way University Professor
surface form:
Brown University
|
private research university |
| Solusi University | — |
| Columbia College Hollywood | private college |
| Centenary College of Louisiana | private liberal arts college |
| Peace College | private college |
|
William Peace
surface form:
William Peace University
|
— |
|
WPU
surface form:
William Peace University
|
— |
| Xavier University – Ateneo de Cagayan | — |
| University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines | higher education institution |
| Capitol University | — |
| Liceo de Cagayan University | Private university |
| Johns Hopkins University | private research university |
| Technikon Free State | higher education institution |
|
CUT
surface form:
Central University of Technology
|
higher education institution |
|
Dankook University (Theater and Film, dropped out)
surface form:
Dankook University
|
— |
| Setsunan University | — |
| Messiah University | — |
| University of Central Lancashire | higher education institution |
| Norwegian Military Academy | higher education institution |
| Greensboro College | private liberal arts college |
| UNT | higher education institution |
| Keene State College | higher education institution |
| Higher Technical School of Architecture | higher education institution |
| Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University | higher education institution |
| Institut Saint-Louis, Brussels | higher education institution |
| Dongduk Women’s University | private women’s university |
| Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University | — |
| Instituto Tecnológico de Sonora | higher education institution |