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John Carroll University
John Carroll University is a private Jesuit Catholic university in University Heights, a Cleveland suburb, founded in 1886 as St. Ignatius College and renamed in 1923 for Archbishop John Carroll, founder of Georgetown.
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, a CUNY senior college in Manhattan founded in 1964 as the College of Police Science, specializes in criminal justice, forensic science, and liberal arts, enrolling about 15,000 students.
Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University, founded 1876 in Baltimore, is America's first research university, endowed by a $7 million bequest from merchant Johns Hopkins. Ten divisions, top federal research funding since 1979, No. 1 biomedical engineering.
Johnson & Wales University
Johnson & Wales University (JWU), private nonprofit university founded 1914 in Providence, Rhode Island, by Gertrude I. Johnson and Mary T. Wales; NECHE-accredited campuses in Providence and Charlotte plus JWU Online; known for culinary, hospitality, business, and health programs.
Joint Entrance Examination – Main
JEE (Main), संयुक्त प्रवेश परीक्षा (मुख्य), is India's NTA-conducted entrance exam for B.E./B.Tech, B.Arch, B.Planning admission to NITs, IIITs, CFTIs, and the JEE Advanced gateway, held in two sessions with percentile normalization.
Juilliard School
The Juilliard School, founded 1905 as the Institute of Musical Art, is a private performing arts conservatory at Lincoln Center, New York, training about 800 students in music, dance, and drama, admitting under 10 percent of applicants.
Junior college
Junior college: a two-year US postsecondary institution, term coined by William Rainey Harper in the 1890s; first public example Joliet Junior College (1901). Now largely replaced by "community college" except in NJCAA athletics (JUCO).
Juris Doctor
The Juris Doctor (J.D.) is the three-year postgraduate professional law degree required for legal practice in the US, awarded also in Canada, Australia, Hong Kong, and the Philippines; it replaced the LL.B. between 1964 and 1969 and its doctoral status is debated.
KAIST (한국과학기술원)
KAIST (한국과학기술원) is South Korea's first research-centered science and technology university, opened in Seoul in 1971 to educate engineers for industrialization and based in Daejeon since 1989.
Kaitokudō
Kaitokudō (懐徳堂), also known as the Osaka Gakumonjo, was a merchant-founded academy in Osaka teaching Confucian learning to townspeople and samurai from 1724 until its closure in 1869.
Kalar Private Technical Institute
Kalar Private Technical Institute (KPTI; پەیمانگەی تەکنیکی تایبەت لە کەلار), private accredited technical institute in Kalar, Kurdistan Region, Iraq, founded 2015 by Ministerial Decree No. 4/25232; departments include Nursing, Pharmacy, IT, English, and New Media.
Kansas State University
Kansas State University (K-State), public land-grant university in Manhattan, Kansas; first operational land-grant institution under the 1862 Morrill Act, chartered February 1863, opened September 2, 1863 with 52 students; 21,283 students in fall 2026 across Manhattan, Salina, and Olathe campuses.
Kanwal Ameen
Kanwal Ameen (کنول آمین), Pakistani LIS professor and administrator; chaired Punjab University's Information Management department 2009-2018, founding Vice Chancellor of University of Home Economics Lahore, later VC of GCWUF, Tamgha-e-Imtiaz recipient and most prolific female Pakistani LIS author.
Kappa Alpha Order
Kappa Alpha Order (KA) is a social fraternity founded December 21, 1865 at Washington College, Lexington, Virginia, by four founders including James Ward Wood; governed by the Kappa Alpha Laws, led by a Knight Commander, and known for its Robert E. Lee heritage and Confederate-symbol controversies.
Kappa Alpha Psi
Kappa Alpha Psi, also Kappa Alpha Nu (1911-1915), is a historically African American fraternity founded January 5, 1911 at Indiana University Bloomington by Elder Watson Diggs and nine others; it joined the Divine Nine and runs the Guide Right and Kappa League youth programs.
Kappa Alpha Theta
Kappa Alpha Theta (ΚΑΘ), or Theta, is the first Greek-letter fraternity for women, founded January 27, 1870 at Indiana Asbury (DePauw) by Bettie Locke and three others; about 140 college chapters, 330,000+ initiated members, headquartered in Indianapolis.
Kappa Beta Phi (Κάππα Βήτα Φι)
Kappa Beta Phi (ΚΒΦ) is a secret society whose letters transpose Phi Beta Kappa. Founded as a 1920s campus drinking society, it survives as a single Wall Street chapter of financial executives, exposed by Kevin Roose in 2012.
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Kappa Kappa Gamma (ΚΚΓ), a women's fraternity founded October 13, 1870 at Monmouth College, Illinois; NPC member with 138 chapters, 342,000+ initiated members, blue colors, The Key magazine, Dublin Ohio headquarters.
Kappa Sigma
Kappa Sigma (ΚΣ) is a men's college social fraternity founded December 10, 1869 at 46 East Lawn, University of Virginia, by five students including William Grigsby McCormick; it claims to be the world's largest college social fraternity, with headquarters in Charlottesville.
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Karlsruher Institut für Technologie) is a German university and Helmholtz research institution formed in 2009 by merging the University of Karlsruhe, founded in 1825, and Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe.
Kasetsart University (มหาวิทยาลัยเกษตรศาสตร์)
Kasetsart University (มหาวิทยาลัยเกษตรศาสตร์), KU, is Thailand's agriculture-focused public university, founded 2 February 1943 at Bang Khen, Bangkok; campuses include Kamphaeng Saen, Si Racha, and Sakon Nakhon; QS 2026 places it 701–710 globally.
Kazan Federal University (Казанский (Приволжский) федеральный университет)
Kazan Federal University, formally Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University, is a public university in Kazan, Russia, founded in 1804 as the Imperial Kazan University, one of Russia's oldest, associated with Lobachevsky and the discovery of ruthenium.
Keele University
Keele University (University of Keele) is a campus university in Staffordshire, England, founded in 1949 as the University College of North Staffordshire, chartered 1962, the first new UK university of the 20th century, on a 600-acre rural estate.
Keijō Imperial University
Keijō Imperial University (경성제국대학) was the only university in Japanese colonial Korea, opened in Seoul in 1924 and absorbed into Seoul National University in 1946.
Keio University (慶應義塾大学)
Keio University (慶應義塾大学) is a private Tokyo university founded in 1858 by Yukichi Fukuzawa, Japan's first modern institution of higher learning, with 10 faculties, 14 graduate schools, about 34,000 students, six campuses, and an AI-Native University initiative.
Kennesaw State University
Kennesaw State University (KSU), public university in Kennesaw and Marietta, Georgia, founded 1963 as Kennesaw Junior College; third-largest in Georgia with 51,375 Fall 2025 students, Carnegie R2, 11 colleges, consolidated with Southern Polytechnic in 2015.
Kent State shootings
The Kent State shootings, also called the May 4 massacre, occurred May 4, 1970, when Ohio National Guardsmen fired 61-67 shots in 13 seconds at Kent State University, killing four students and wounding nine during anti-Vietnam War protests.
Kent State University
Kent State University, a public R1 research university in Kent, Ohio, founded 1910 as a normal school; eight-campus system of about 33,000 students, birthplace of liquid crystal display technology, site of the May 4, 1970 shootings.
Kenyon College
Kenyon College, founded 1824 by Bishop Philander Chase in Gambier, Ohio, is a private liberal arts college (originally Episcopal) with about 1,750 undergraduates, famed for the Kenyon Review, writing programs, and 62 NCAA Division III team championships.
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (جامعة الملك عبد الله للعلوم والتقنية)
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST, جامعة الملك عبد الله للعلوم والتقنية), founded 2009 in Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, is a private, English-medium graduate-only research university offering M.S. and PhD degrees, ranked first in the THE Arab University Rankings 2026 and home to the Shaheen III supercomputer.