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Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Albert Einstein College of Medicine is a private medical and biomedical research school in the Bronx, New York, opened in 1955 by Yeshiva University and now part of Montefiore Einstein; it became tuition-free in 2024 via Ruth Gottesman's $1 billion gift.
Alcorn State University
Alcorn State University, also known as Alcorn A&M, is a public historically Black land-grant university in Lorman, Mississippi, founded in 1871 and the oldest such public institution in the United States.
Algonquin College
Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology, an Ottawa, Ontario public college founded 1967, with Pembroke and online campuses, 325+ programs, and major 2025-2026 program suspensions amid projected deficits.
Aligarh Muslim University (علی گڑھ مسلم یونیورسٹی)
Aligarh Muslim University (علی گڑھ مسلم یونیورسٹی), a central university in Aligarh, India, founded as MAO College in 1875 by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, incorporated by the AMU Act 1920; its Article 30 minority status remains judicially undetermined after the November 2024 4:3 Supreme Court ruling.
All India Council for Technical Education (अखिल भारतीय तकनीकी शिक्षा परिषद)
AICTE (अखिल भारतीय तकनीकी शिक्षा परिषद) is India's statutory regulator of technical education, founded 1945 as an advisory body and made statutory by the AICTE Act, 1987, approving technical institutions and setting norms and standards.
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
AIIMS New Delhi (अखिल भारतीय आयुर्विज्ञान संस्थान) is India's premier autonomous medical university, established by the AIIMS Act of 1956, ranked first in NIRF Medical since 2018, with 25 clinical departments and a Ballabgarh rural health centre.
All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (अखिल भारतीय आयुर्विज्ञान संस्थान)
All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS, अखिल भारतीय आयुर्विज्ञान संस्थान): autonomous Indian medical universities of national importance, starting with AIIMS New Delhi (AIIMS Act 1956) and 22 new AIIMS under PMSSY.
All Souls College, Oxford
All Souls College, Oxford is a college of the University of Oxford founded in 1438 by Henry VI and Archbishop Henry Chichele, with no student members, only Fellows.
Allama Iqbal Open University (علامہ اقبال اوپن یونیورسٹی)
Allama Iqbal Open University (علامہ اقبال اوپن یونیورسٹی, AIOU), Islamabad, founded May 1974, is Pakistan's largest public distance-learning university, with over 1.2 million students, 53 regional campuses, and programs from Matric to PhD.
Allison Krause
Allison Beth Krause (April 23, 1951 – May 4, 1970), Pittsburgh-born Kent State honors student, speech therapy major, and anti-war protester, killed by Ohio National Guard gunfire on May 4, 1970; her family's case led to the 1979 Krause v. Rhodes settlement.
Alma mater
Alma mater, Latin for "nourishing mother" (almus + mater), originally an epithet of Roman goddesses such as Ceres and Cybele and of the Virgin Mary; in English since 1710 it means the school or university one graduated from, or a school's official anthem.
Alpha Chi Omega (ΑΧΩ)
Alpha Chi Omega (ΑΧΩ), a National Panhellenic Conference women's fraternity founded October 15, 1885 by seven DePauw University music students; the 10th US women's fraternity, with 140+ collegiate chapters and a domestic violence awareness philanthropy.
Alpha Epsilon Pi
Alpha Epsilon Pi (AEPi), the world's Jewish college fraternity, founded November 7, 1913 at NYU by eleven Jewish students led by Charles C. Moskowitz; non-discriminatory, 170+ campuses in six countries.
Alpha Kappa Alpha
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated (AKA), founded January 15, 1908 at Howard University's Miner Hall by Ethel Hedgemon Lyle and eight others, is the first Greek-letter organization for African American college women; incorporated 1913 under Nellie Quander, over 390,000 members, Divine Nine sorority.
Alpha Omicron Pi
Alpha Omicron Pi (AOII) is an international women's fraternity founded January 2, 1897, at Barnard College, New York; the 12th National Panhellenic Conference member (1905), with 136 collegiate chapters and 209,000+ initiated members as of 2022.
Alpha Phi
Alpha Phi (ΑΦ) International Fraternity, a women's fraternity (sorority), founded September 18, 1872 at Syracuse University by ten women denied entry to men's fraternities; fourth US national sorority, 175 collegiate chapters, over 280,000 members.
Alpha Phi Alpha
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., founded December 4, 1906 at Cornell University, is the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity for African American men and the only Black Greek-letter organization founded at an Ivy League school, with about 900 chapters and 200,000 initiates.
Alpha Phi Omega
Alpha Phi Omega (APO) is a national co-educational service fraternity founded December 16, 1925 at Lafayette College by Frank Reed Horton, based on Scout principles, with Leadership, Friendship and Service as its Cardinal Principles and 500,000+ members.
Alpha Sigma Phi (ΑΣΦ)
Alpha Sigma Phi (ΑΣΦ), Alpha Sig, an American social men's fraternity founded at Yale on December 6, 1845 by Manigault, Rhea, and Weiser; 10th oldest men's fraternity, headquartered in Carmel, Indiana, known for The Tomahawk magazine and its 2026 lawsuit against its own Rutgers members over hazing.
America East Conference
America East Conference: NCAA Division I athletic conference founded 1979 as ECAC North; also called North Atlantic. Nine members in the Northeast/Mid-Atlantic, 18 sports, Boston headquarters, Vermont men's soccer 2024 NCAA champion.
American Association of Colleges of Nursing
The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), founded in 1969, represents more than 890 US nursing schools and publishes the Essentials competency framework for nursing education.
American Athletic Conference
The American Athletic Conference (American Conference since 2025) is an NCAA Division I FBS conference formed in 2013 from Big East football schools; 15 members, Irving, Texas headquarters, ESPN deal through 2033-34.
American University
American University, also known as AU, is a private research university in Washington, DC, chartered by Congress in 1893 and dedicated by Woodrow Wilson in 1914.
American University of Beirut (الجامعة الأمريكية في بيروت)
American University of Beirut (الجامعة الأمريكية في بيروت, AUB), private university in Beirut founded 1866 as Syrian Protestant College; New York-chartered, seven faculties, MSCHE-accredited, Cyprus branch campus, top-ranked in Lebanon.
Amherst College
Amherst College, a private liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts founded in 1821, enrolls about 1,900 undergraduates with a 7:1 faculty ratio, an open curriculum, need-blind aid averaging $71,000+, and Five College Consortium membership.
Amity University, Noida
Amity University, Noida is the main 2005-established campus of Amity University Uttar Pradesh, a private not-for-profit university in Sector 125, Noida, UGC-recognized under Section 2(f), QAA-reviewed in 2023, and ranked #22 among Indian universities in NIRF 2025.
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (अमृता विश्व विद्यापीठम्)
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, also called Amrita University, is a multi-campus private deemed-to-be university in India founded in 1994, headquartered at Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, with ten campuses.
Ancient higher-learning institutions
Ancient higher-learning institutions: pre-university centers of advanced study such as Plato's Academy, Nalanda, Taxila, Gondishapur, the Han imperial academy, and madrasas, and the debate over whether they count as universities.
Angelo State University
Angelo State University is a public university in San Angelo, Texas, founded in 1928. It is a component of the Texas Tech University System and offers doctoral degrees.
Anglia Ruskin University
Anglia Ruskin University (ARU), founded as John Ruskin's Cambridge School of Art in 1858, is a public university in eastern England with campuses in Cambridge, Chelmsford, Peterborough, and Writtle; Anglia Polytechnic University from 1992, TEF Gold overall in 2023.