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 |
|---|---|
| University of Mitrovica | higher education institution |
| University of Miami | private research university |
|
PUC
surface form:
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
|
higher education institution |
| Pontifical Xavierian University | — |
|
James Davis
surface form:
Friends University
|
— |
| Sacred Heart Junior College | private college |
| Grace College and Theological Seminary | higher education institution |
| Van Yuzuncu Yil University | higher education institution |
| Myitkyina University | higher education institution |
| KUL | Catholic university |
|
Universidade de Ribeirão Preto (UNAERP)
surface form:
Universidade de Ribeirão Preto
|
— |
| Centro Universitário Barão de Mauá | higher education institution |
| Alliant International University | — |
| Adamson University | higher education institution |
| JAMU | higher education institution |
| Missouri Valley College | private liberal arts college |
| Centro Universitário Moura Lacerda | higher education institution |
| Universidad de Nariño | higher education institution |
| Universidad Mariana | — |
| Rice University | private research university |
| Saba University School of Medicine | — |
| Fontbonne University | — |
| NNU | higher education institution |
|
Toyko University of Science (Kagurazaka area partly overlaps nearby wards)
surface form:
Tokyo University of Science
|
— |
| Transvaal University College | higher education institution |
| Governors State University | higher education institution |
| St. Cloud State University | higher education institution |
| SFedU | higher education institution |
| DeSales University | — |
| Silesian University in Opava | higher education institution |
| École supérieure de biotechnologie de Strasbourg | higher education institution |
| Université Saint-Louis – Bruxelles | higher education institution |
| Armavir State Pedagogical University | higher education institution |
| École Centrale de Lyon | higher education institution |
| VetAgro Sup | higher education institution |
| Rey Juan Carlos University | higher education institution |
| University of Tunis | higher education institution |
| Urmia University | higher education institution |
| Université Polytechnique de Gitega | higher education institution |
| Arak University | higher education institution |
|
NDA
surface form:
National Defense Academy of Japan
|
higher education institution |
| Technical University of Nuremberg (in development) | higher education institution |
| St. Francis College | private liberal arts college |
| PTE | higher education institution |
| University of Ibadan | higher education institution |
| Shaqra University | higher education institution |
| Norwegian National Academy of Theatre | higher education institution |
| University of Birmingham Dubai campus | higher education institution |
|
MDS
surface form:
College of Medical and Dental Sciences
|
higher education institution |
|
Eleanor Tupper
surface form:
Endicott College
|
private college |