College/university

Counts! Yale University, Ivy League in New Haven.

Shorthand for the University of Oxford (UK).

Real university; Stanford University in California.

Valid; common shorthand for Queen’s University (Canada).

Common short name for Harvard University, Ivy League.

Commonly used for the University of Zurich (UZH), Switzerland.

Real uni; Washington University in St. Louis (WashU)

Common short for the University of Cambridge (UK)

Real Ivy League university in New Jersey.

Common short for the University of Georgia (UGA).

Totally valid—Massachusetts Institute of Technology!

Yes! CUNY’s Queens College in New York City.

Could refer to a university in Queensland 🎓

Real university in Boston, USA; big private school.

Common nickname for University of Wisconsin-Madison

Real university; short for Alabama State University.

A well-known short name for Indiana University 🎓

Yes! Shorthand for Quinnipiac University (CT, USA).

Nickname for Duke University (Durham, NC).

A common short name for the University of Florida 🐊

Famous nickname for Georgia Institute of Technology.

A common short name for the University of Vermont.

A common short name for the University of Virginia.

Common short for Columbia University (Ivy League, NYC)

Virginia Tech is a well-known university in Blacksburg, Virginia 🎓

Kansas is the familiar short name for the University of Kansas.

Yes! Common abbrev for New York University (NYC).

Public research university in Toronto, Canada, founded 1959.

Short for Cornell University (Ivy League)

A familiar short name for the University of Iowa 🏫

Kingston commonly refers to Kingston University in England.

Zion Bible College is now known as Northpoint Bible College.

Shorthand for the University of Edinburgh, Scotland.

Informal for Virginia State University (Petersburg, VA).

A university name used in Atlanta, Georgia 🎓

Valid! UCLA = University of California, Los Angeles.

Shorthand for the University of Rochester (USA).

Valid short name for Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore).

Nickname for University of Notre Dame (Indiana).

Common short for the University of Exeter, UK.

Real university; short for Arizona State University.

Real college near Boston; famous Eagles teams.

Short for Baylor University, Waco, Texas.

Common short form for the University of Oregon.

Private university in Denver, Colorado, founded in 1864.

Real private university in Jacksonville, Florida.

Common short for the University of Richmond (US).

Brown University, Ivy League school in Providence, Rhode Island

Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts.

Short for Texas Tech University in Lubbock, TX.

Common short name for the University of Alabama.

Yes! Common short for the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor).

Nickname for California State University, Fresno

Commonly used for the University of Illinois 🎓

Common short for Illinois State University (Normal, IL).

Common short for University of Nebraska (Lincoln).

Yep—shorthand for The University of Manchester (UK).

Short for University of Houston (Cougars).

Valid - short for Kent State University in Ohio.

Common short for the University of Tennessee (Knoxville).

A well-known short name for the University of Washington.

Real university in St. Davids, Pennsylvania.

Short for Clemson University, public in South Carolina

Yes—short for the University of Maryland (College Park).

Real university; Syracuse University in New York.

Victoria University is a real university in Australia.

Short name for Northeastern University (Boston).

A recognized short name for the University of Idaho 🏫

Kent is a familiar short name for the University of Kent.

Works—short for Durham University (UK).

Short for Gonzaga University in Spokane, WA.

Kings College is a recognized name used by several colleges.

Famous short name for Ohio State University.

Often used for Ohio University (Athens, OH).

Short for Texas State University in San Marcos, TX.

Short for Tennessee State University in Nashville.

Common short for the University of Rhode Island.

Qatar University

Franklin University is a real American university 🎓

Short for Delaware State University (HBCU).

Valid! Youngstown State University, Ohio, USA.

A widely recognized university nickname in the United States.

Tufts University in Medford/Somerville, Massachusetts.

Real school: Rochester University (Michigan, US).

Often shorthand for the University of Delaware.

Yep—University of Louisville in Kentucky!

Common shorthand for the University of Glasgow 🎓

Shorthand for University of Plymouth (UK), okay.

Short for Temple University in Philadelphia, PA.

Yes! Short form of William & Mary in Virginia

Common shorthand for the University of South Carolina.

Real public university in Ames, Iowa.

Nickname for the University of Pennsylvania (Ivy).

Real school in Virginia, a private HBCU.

Valid! Common name; usually UT Austin.

Eaton College, several schools; main one in Ontario, Canada.

Common short for Indiana State University (Terre Haute).

Real university in Washington, D.C. (GWU).

Valid! Short for Utah State University (Logan).

Real uni in London; commonly called Richmond University.