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 |
|---|---|
| Virginia Wesleyan University | private liberal arts university |
| Augustana College | private liberal arts college |
| Maine College of Art & Design | private college |
| Assumption University | — |
|
Bay Path University (mainly based in nearby Longmeadow, with facilities in Springfield)
surface form:
Bay Path University
|
— |
|
National Labor College (former)
surface form:
National Labor College
|
higher education institution |
| Birmingham-Southern College | private liberal arts college |
| Princess Muna College of Nursing | higher education institution |
| Morningside College | private liberal arts college |
| Chatham University | — |
| Cumbria College of Art and Design | higher education institution |
| Spring Hill College | private liberal arts college |
| Faulkner University | — |
| Miles College | private college |
| Baylor University | — |
| Moody Bible Institute | private college |
| Bob Jones University | — |
| South-West University "Neofit Rilski" | higher education institution |
| Kenyon College | private liberal arts college |
| Central American University | — |
| Hampshire College | private college |
| Stillman College | private college |
| Central College, Bangalore | higher education institution |
| University for Foreigners Perugia | higher education institution |
| American University in Bulgaria | — |
| HEC Paris | higher education institution |
|
Paris Institute of Statistics (ISUP)
surface form:
Paris Institute of Statistics
|
higher education institution |
| Gonzaga University | — |
| Klaipėda University | higher education institution |
| Whitman College | private liberal arts college |
| University of Smyrna | higher education institution |
| Middlesex University | — |
| Trident Technical College | higher education institution |
| GCU | higher education institution |
| Leeds Trinity University | higher education institution |
| Leeds Conservatoire | higher education institution |
| Northern School of Contemporary Dance | higher education institution |
| Napier College of Commerce and Technology | higher education institution |
| Boston University | private research university |
| Northwestern University | private research university |
| University of Leeds | higher education institution |
| Keijo Imperial University | higher education institution |
| École des Beaux-Arts | higher education institution |
| Oslo National Academy of the Arts | higher education institution |
|
KU
surface form:
Kettering University
|
— |
| Salve Regina University | — |
| Södertörn University | higher education institution |
|
KGU
surface form:
Kobe Gakuin University
|
— |
| Arkansas Baptist College | private college |
| Hebron University | higher education institution |