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.

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

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

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.

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

A well-known short name for Indiana University 🎓

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 Virginia.

A common short name for the University of Vermont.

Common short for Columbia University (Ivy League, NYC)

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)

Kingston commonly refers to Kingston University in England.

A familiar short name for the University of Iowa 🏫

Zion Bible College is now known as Northpoint Bible College.

Shorthand for the University of Edinburgh, Scotland.

Informal for Virginia State University (Petersburg, VA).

Valid! UCLA = University of California, Los Angeles.

Shorthand for the University of Rochester (USA).

Valid short name for Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore).

Common short for the University of Exeter, UK.

Nickname for University of Notre Dame (Indiana).

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.

Common short for the University of Richmond (US).

Real private university in Jacksonville, Florida.

Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts.

Brown University, Ivy League school in Providence, Rhode Island

Common short name for the University of Alabama.

Short for Texas Tech University in Lubbock, TX.

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).

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

Short for University of Houston (Cougars).

Common short for University of Nebraska (Lincoln).

Valid - short for Kent State University in Ohio.

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

Common short for the University of Tennessee (Knoxville).

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).

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

Works—short for Durham University (UK).

A recognized short name for the University of Idaho 🏫

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 Tennessee State University in Nashville.

Short for Texas State University in San Marcos, TX.

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.

Real school: Rochester University (Michigan, US).

Tufts University in Medford/Somerville, Massachusetts.

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.

Yes! Short form of William & Mary in Virginia

Short for Temple University in Philadelphia, PA.

Real public university in Ames, Iowa.

Common shorthand for the University of South Carolina.

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.

Real university in Greenville, North Carolina (ECU).

Real college; Trinity College in Hartford, CT.