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University of North Carolina School of the Arts
UNCSA, formerly North Carolina School of the Arts, is a public arts conservatory in Winston-Salem, North Carolina; founded 1963, opened 1965 as America's first public arts conservatory, with five conservatories and about 1,383 students.
University of North Dakota
The University of North Dakota (UND) is a public research university in Grand Forks, North Dakota, founded in 1883, and holds the largest campus in the North Dakota University System.
University of North Dakota aerospace program
The University of North Dakota aerospace program, founded in 1968 by John D. Odegard, trains over 2,000 aerospace students annually through the Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences in Grand Forks.
University of North Florida
University of North Florida (UNF): public university in Jacksonville, Florida, authorized 1965, opened 1972 on a 1,000-acre campus; about 17,600 students, five colleges, NCAA Division I Ospreys in the Atlantic Sun, SACSCOC-accredited.
University of North Texas
University of North Texas (UNT), public R1 research university in Denton, Texas, founded 1890 as Texas Normal College; flagship of the UNT System, over 42,000 students, campuses in Denton and Frisco, accredited by SACSCOC.
University of Notre Dame
University of Notre Dame: private Catholic research university in Notre Dame, Indiana, founded 1842 by Edward Sorin of the Congregation of Holy Cross. 8,923 undergraduates, 8 colleges, AAU member, 18th president Rev. Robert Dowd.
University of Nottingham
University of Nottingham: British public research university, civic college 1881, chartered 1948; Russell Group member with tri-campus network in UK, Ningbo China, and Malaysia; Future Nottingham restructuring under an £83.5m deficit.
University of Oklahoma
University of Oklahoma (OU), public flagship research university founded 1890 in Norman, Oklahoma, with campuses in Norman, Oklahoma City, and Tulsa; 32,662 students in fall 2025, $517M research expenditures, Carnegie Very High Research Activity, Sooners athletics.
University of Oregon
University of Oregon (UO), public research university in Eugene, founded 1876; R1 institution, AAU member since 1969, 24,448 students in fall 2025, first NCAA basketball champion 1939, Big Ten member since 2024.
University of Oslo
University of Oslo (Universitetet i Oslo, UiO), Norway's oldest university, founded 2 September 1811 as the Royal Frederick University and renamed in 1939. About 26,500 students, eight faculties, Blindern main campus, five Nobel laureates.
University of Otago
University of Otago (Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka), New Zealand's oldest university, founded 1869 in Dunedin by provincial ordinance. Four academic divisions, about 21,000 students, campuses in six centres, QS 2026 rank 197th.
University of Ottawa
University of Ottawa (uOttawa, Université d'Ottawa): bilingual public research university in Ottawa, Ontario, founded 1848 as College of Bytown. Largest English-French bilingual university in the world, U15 member, about 50,000 students, top-five Maclean's medical-doctoral rank.
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in England, known for its federal system of 36 colleges. It was named the world's leading university for 2026.
University of Oxford Botanic Garden
University of Oxford Botanic Garden, founded 1621 by Henry Danvers, Earl of Danby, is the UK's oldest botanic garden, a physic garden on the Cherwell with nearly 5,000 species, sister site Harcourt Arboretum, and Grade I registered status.
University of Padua
University of Padua (Università degli Studi di Padova), Italian public university founded in 1222 by scholars leaving Bologna; motto Universa universis patavina libertas. Second oldest in Italy; home of Galileo's chair, the 1545 Botanical Garden, and Cornaro Piscopia's 1678 doctorate.
University of Paris
The University of Paris (Université de Paris), known as the Sorbonne, was a leading medieval European university on the left bank of the Seine, teaching theology, law, medicine, and arts.
University of Pavia
University of Pavia (Università degli Studi di Pavia), a state university in Lombardy, Italy, founded as a Studium Generale on 13 April 1361; oldest in Lombardy, with about 26,400 students, 18 departments, Pavia and Cremona campuses, and Nobel laureates Volta, Golgi, Natta, and Rubbia in its history.
University of Pécs
The University of Pécs (Pécsi Tudományegyetem) is a public university in Pécs, southwest Hungary, whose history begins with the first university on Hungarian soil, founded in 1367.
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania, also called Penn or UPenn, is a private Ivy League research university in West Philadelphia, founded by Benjamin Franklin in the 1740s.
University of Phoenix
University of Phoenix (UOPX), founded 1976 by John Sperling in Phoenix, Arizona, is a for-profit online university for working adults, HLC-accredited since 1978, known for its 2019 $191 million FTC settlement over deceptive ads and its NYSE-listed parent Phoenix Education Partners.
University of Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh (Pitt), state-related public research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; founded 1787 as Pittsburgh Academy, formerly Western University of Pennsylvania; AAU member, major health sciences and UPMC research center.
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), Pittsburgh-based nonprofit hospital network and insurer; 40+ hospitals, $34B CY2025 revenue, UPMC Health Plan over 4 million members; distinct from any other UPMC abbreviation.
University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital
University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH), a federal tertiary teaching hospital in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria. Established 1980 at Emohua, moved to Alakahia permanent site in 2006; 800+ beds, ~400,000 outpatients yearly, Decree No. 10 of 1985.
University of Pretoria
The University of Pretoria, known as Tukkies or Tuks, is a public research university in Pretoria, South Africa, founded in 1908, with over 54,000 students.
University of Prince Edward Island
University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI), Charlottetown, PEI's only public university, created 1969 by the University Act from Prince of Wales College (1834) and Saint Dunstan's University (1855); ten faculties, Faculty of Medicine with Memorial, Cairo campus.
University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus
The University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus (Recinto de Río Piedras) is the founding and largest campus of the University of Puerto Rico, established in 1903.
University of Puget Sound
University of Puget Sound, also Puget Sound University, is an independent residential liberal arts college in Tacoma, Washington, founded by Methodists on March 17, 1888, with about 2,000 students, 50+ majors, five graduate programs, and a 97-acre campus.
University of Putra Malaysia
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), a public research university in Serdang, Selangor, founded 1931 as the School of Agriculture, university since 1971, renamed 1997; strong in agriculture and biotechnology, QS #144, THE 2027 451-500.
University of Queensland
The University of Queensland (UQ) is a public research university in Brisbane, Australia, established in 1909 as Queensland's first university, with its main campus at St Lucia.
University of Queensland Press
University of Queensland Press is an Australian independent publisher founded in 1948 at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, known for literary fiction and Indigenous writing.