university college

noun

A tertiary educational institution that is a constituent unit of a university, and whose degrees are granted through the parent university.

Meanings

university college1

noununiversity college (plural university colleges)

plural university colleges

  1. A tertiary educational institution that is a constituent unit of a university, and whose degrees are granted through the parent university.

University College2

proper noun
  1. Oxford UniversityUniversity College, Oxford.
  2. historicalCambridge UniversityFormer name of Wolfson College, Cambridge.
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Chicago

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