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Free University of Berlin
Free University of Berlin (Freie Universität Berlin), founded 4 December 1948 in Dahlem with US support as a free alternative to the Soviet-sector University of Unter den Linden; Germany's first reform university, now a University of Excellence in the Berlin University Alliance.
Freshman
Freshman (plural freshmen) is the chiefly American term for a first-year high school, college, or university student; many US universities now replace it with the gender-neutral first-year, while CSU and others keep it.
Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science
Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science (Columbia Engineering), Columbia University's engineering school in New York City; founded 1864 as the School of Mines, renamed after Z.Y. Fu's 1997 gift; nine departments, 250+ faculty, largest Ivy League engineering school.
Fudan University
Fudan University (复旦大学) is a comprehensive research university in Shanghai, China, founded in 1905 as Fudan Public School and ranked among the world's top universities.
Fujian Medical University
Fujian Medical University (福建医科大学, FJMU), public medical university in Fuzhou founded 1937 as Fujian Provincial Medical School; provincial double first-class school with Qishan and Wushan campuses, six affiliated hospitals, and English-taught MBBS.
Full Sail University
Full Sail University: private for-profit university in Winter Park, Florida, founded 1979 in Dayton, Ohio as a recording workshop. ACCSC-accredited (not regional); 100,000+ graduates; entertainment, media, games, and technology degrees on campus and online.
Furman University
Furman University, founded 1826 in Greenville, South Carolina, is the state's oldest private university, a liberal arts college of about 2,482 students led by 12th president Elizabeth Davis, known for The Furman Advantage and its 1992 split from the Baptist Convention.
Gallaudet University
Gallaudet University, chartered in 1864 in Washington, D.C., is the world's only liberal arts university for deaf and hard of hearing students, teaching bilingually in ASL and English; founded as the Columbia Institution, renamed Gallaudet College in 1894, a Carnegie R2 research university since 2019.
Gannon University
Gannon University, formerly Gannon College, is a private Roman Catholic diocesan university in Erie, Pennsylvania, dating to Cathedral College and attaining university status in 1979.
Gaokao (高考)
Gaokao (高考), formally the National Unified Examination for Admissions to General Universities and Colleges, is China's standardized university entrance exam held each June 7-9; first held in 1952, suspended in 1966, restored in 1977, and reformed since 2014 under 3+3 or 3+1+2 subject models.
Geneva College
Geneva College, also called Geneva Hall, is a private Christian college in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, founded by the RPCNA in Northwood, Ohio in 1848 and moved to Beaver Falls in 1880; motto Pro Christo et Patria.
George Brown Polytechnic
George Brown Polytechnic, formerly George Brown College, is a publicly funded polytechnic in Toronto, Ontario, founded in 1967 and renamed in 2025 with about 30,000 full-time students across three campuses.
George Mason University
George Mason University is Virginia's largest public research university, in Fairfax near Washington, D.C. Founded 1957 as a University of Virginia branch, independent since April 7, 1972; 40,000+ students, R1 research, Scalia Law School.
George Washington University
The George Washington University (GW), founded 1821 as Columbian College and renamed 1904, is a private R1 research university in Washington, D.C., with 27,000+ students, 10 schools, and AAU membership.
Georgetown University
Georgetown University, founded 1789 by John Carroll in Washington, D.C., is the oldest Catholic and Jesuit university in the United States, with roughly 12,000 students, Hilltop and Capitol campuses, a Qatar branch, schools of law, medicine, and foreign service, and 49th president Eduardo Peñalver from July 2026.
Georgia Southern University
Georgia Southern University is a public University System of Georgia university founded in 1906 in Statesboro, with campuses in Statesboro, Savannah (Armstrong), Hinesville (Liberty), and Swainsboro; a Carnegie R2 institution with six FCS football titles and record Fall 2025 enrollment of 29,633.
Georgia State University
Georgia State University (GSU) is a public R1 research university in downtown Atlanta, founded in 1913 as Georgia Tech's Evening School of Commerce. Largest school in the University System of Georgia, 54,320 fall 2026 students, Perimeter College consolidation, $241.1M research spending.
Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech (Georgia Institute of Technology) is a public research university in Atlanta founded in 1885, a Carnegie R1 institution with over $1.3 billion in annual research awards, top-ranked engineering programs, and large online master's degrees in computing, analytics, and cybersecurity.
Gettysburg College
Gettysburg College, founded 1832 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania as Pennsylvania College, is a private liberal arts college with about 2,000 undergraduates, a 9:1 student-faculty ratio, a campus beside the Gettysburg battlefield, and noted Civil War-era and Eisenhower ties.
Glasgow Caledonian University
Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU), the University for the Common Good, is a Scottish public university formed on 1 April 1993 by merging Queen's College Glasgow and Glasgow Polytechnic, with roots in the 1875 Glasgow School of Cookery, about 22,000 students, and campuses in Glasgow, London and New York.
Goethe University Frankfurt
Goethe University Frankfurt, also known as Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, is a large research university in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, founded in 1914 and among Germany's ten largest.
Golden triangle (universities)
Golden triangle (universities): informal UK term for the elite universities of Oxford, Cambridge and London, typically Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial, UCL, King's College and LSE; also called G5 or Loxbridge. Defined by high research funding, large endowments and top-stratum prestige.
Goldsmiths, University of London
Goldsmiths, University of London (Goldsmiths' College), a University of London college in New Cross known for creative arts, media, and social sciences; REF 2021 79% at 4/3, and the 2026 Future Goldsmiths £22m restructuring dispute.
Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge (Caius, pronounced 'keys'): a constituent college founded 1348 as Gonville Hall by Edmund Gonville, refounded 1557 by John Caius; fourth oldest, 15 Nobel laureates, largest Cambridge medicine quota (25 places), fifth in 2025-26 Tompkins Table.
Gonzaga University
Gonzaga University: private Jesuit Catholic university in Spokane, Washington, founded 1887 by Father Joseph Cataldo and named for St. Aloysius Gonzaga; about 7,470 students, NCAA Division I Bulldogs, 27th president Katia Passerini.
Goshen College
Goshen College, also called GC, is a private Mennonite liberal arts college in Goshen, Indiana, founded in 1894 as the Elkhart Institute, known for its required Study-Service Term abroad and its 2023 Hispanic-Serving Institution designation.
Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering
Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) is India's national exam by IISc and the IITs for postgraduate admission and PSU recruitment; first held 26 February 1983, now computer-based with 30 papers and three-year score validity.
Graduate diploma
Graduate diploma: a qualification for degree holders to deepen or redirect study, bridging to postgraduate work; placed at AQF level 8 in Australia, level 7 in NZ, and NFQ level 9 in Ireland.
Graduate Management Admission Test
GMAT: standardized computer-adaptive business school admissions test by GMAC, first given 1954, current 205-805 scale with three sections, scores valid five years.
Graduate Record Examinations
Graduate Record Examinations (GRE), ETS standardized test for graduate, business, and law admissions; General Test covers verbal, quantitative, and analytical writing, scores 130-170 and 0-6, valid 5 years, shortened September 22, 2023.