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 |
|---|---|
| Inha University | private research university |
|
Holy Cross
surface form:
College of the Holy Cross
|
private liberal arts college |
| California Institute of Technology | private research university |
| Midway University | — |
| Boricua College | private college |
| SIMAC (Svendborg International Maritime Academy) | higher education institution |
| Valencia College | higher education institution |
| Faculty of Physical Education for Men | higher education institution |
| Hanyang University | private research university |
| Trinity College | private liberal arts college |
| Vanderbilt University | private research university |
| Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN | higher education institution |
|
Duke
surface form:
Duke University
|
private research university |
| Universidade Salgado de Oliveira | — |
| İzmir Katip Çelebi University | higher education institution |
|
Bates College (in Lewiston)
surface form:
Bates College
|
private liberal arts college |
| Yaşar University | — |
| University of Maine at Presque Isle | higher education institution |
| Regis University | — |
|
DSVV
surface form:
Dev Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya
|
— |
| Beaver College | private liberal arts college |
| Angelina College | higher education institution |
|
RU
surface form:
Raichur University
|
higher education institution |
| Webster University | — |
| WCSU | higher education institution |
| OSU Institute of Technology | higher education institution |
| Semnan University | higher education institution |
| University of Gjakova "Fehmi Agani" | higher education institution |
| University Institute of Technology of La Roche-sur-Yon | higher education institution |
| Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology | higher education institution |
| Midwestern State University | higher education institution |
|
École européenne supérieure de l’image (EESI)
surface form:
École européenne supérieure de l’image
|
higher education institution |
| Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College | higher education institution |
| Sunderland Technical College | higher education institution |
| École des Beaux-Arts de Dijon | higher education institution |
| Stella Maris College, Chennai | higher education institution |
| Aswan University | higher education institution |
| Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development | higher education institution |
| Midlands State University | higher education institution |
|
Charles H. Roberson
surface form:
Abilene Christian University
|
Christian university |
|
Rose Bruford
surface form:
Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance
|
higher education institution |
| University of Bojnord | higher education institution |
|
Jamestown
surface form:
University of Jamestown
|
— |
| Mount Saint Agnes College | private college |
|
Krems University of Education for Lower Austria (Pädagogische Hochschule)
surface form:
Krems University of Education for Lower Austria
|
higher education institution |
| Ternopil State Medical University | higher education institution |
| Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology | university in Kenya |
| Missouri Baptist University | — |
|
Maryville University (nearby)
surface form:
Maryville University
|
— |
|
University of Northwestern (undergraduate) (approximate)
surface form:
University of Northwestern – St. Paul
|
private Christian university |