Drexel University is a private research university with its main campus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Drexel's undergraduate school was founded in 1891 by Anthony J. Drexel, a financier and philanthropist.Founded as Drexel Institute of Art, Science and Industry, it was renamed Drexel Institute of Technology in 1936, before assuming its current name in 1970.

In 1819 the Florida Territory was ceded to the United States by Spain as an element of the Adams–Onís Treaty. The Territory was conventionally split by the Appalachicola or later the Suwannee rivers into East and West areas. Florida State University is traceable to a plan set by the 1823 U.S. Congress to create a system of higher education. The 1838 Florida Constitution …

The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State or PSU) is a public state-related land-grant research university with campuses and facilities throughout Pennsylvania.Founded in 1855 as the Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania, Penn State became the state's only land-grant university in 1863. Today, Penn State is a major research university which conducts teaching, research, …

The Indiana State University main campus is located on the north side of Terre Haute's downtown business district and covers more than 200 acres (0.81 km 2) in the heart of the city.The main campus comprises over 60 brick and limestone buildings, halls and laboratories.

Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU), commonly known as Florida A&M, is a public historically black land-grant university in Tallahassee, Florida.Founded in 1887, It is the third largest historically black university in the United States by enrollment and the only public historically black university in Florida. It is a member institution of the State University System …

Sheffield Hallam University (SHU) is a public research university in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England.The university is based on two sites; the City Campus is located in the city centre near Sheffield railway station, while the Collegiate Crescent Campus is about two miles away in the Broomhall Estate off Ecclesall Road in south-west Sheffield.. The university is the 14th largest …

Yale University is a private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut.Founded in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the world.. Chartered by the Connecticut Colony, the Collegiate School was established in 1701 by clergy to educate Congregational ministers …

Drake University was founded in 1881 by George T. Carpenter, a teacher and pastor, and Francis Marion Drake, a Union general during the Civil War.Drake was originally affiliated with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), although no religious affiliation is officially recognized today.The first classes convened in 1881, with 77 students and one building constructed, …

四天王寺大学（してんのうじだいがく、英語: Shitennōji University ）は、大阪府 羽曳野市学園前三丁目2番1号に本部を置く日本の私立大学である。 1922年創立、1967年大学設置。 大学の略称はIBU。

An early institution often called a university is the Harran University, founded in the late 8th century. Scholars occasionally call the University of al-Qarawiyyin (name given in 1963), founded as a mosque by Fatima al-Fihri in 859, a university, although Jacques Verger writes that this is done out of scholarly convenience. Several scholars consider that al-Qarawiyyin was founded …