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King Saud University (جامعة الملك سعود)
King Saud University (جامعة الملك سعود), Saudi Arabia's first government university, founded by royal decree on 12 November 1957 in Riyadh; since 1444 AH an independent non-profit institution under the Royal Commission for Riyadh City with 23 colleges.
King's College London
King's College London, also King's College, University of London, is a public research university in London founded in 1829 by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington.
King's College, Cambridge
King's College, Cambridge, founded by Henry VI in 1441 as The King's College of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas, is a Cambridge college famed for its Chapel, its Choir, its former Eton-only admission (ended 1873), and governance by a Provost and Governing Body.
Kingston University
Kingston University, also known as Kingston University London, is a public university in Kingston upon Thames, south-west London, with over 20,000 students, formed from Kingston Polytechnic in 1992.
Kirori Mal College (किरोड़ी मल कॉलेज)
Kirori Mal College (किरोड़ी मल कॉलेज), KMC, is a University of Delhi constituent college founded 1951 as Nirmala College, renamed 1954, NIRF 2025 college rank 4, known for The Players theater society and alumni like Amitabh Bachchan.
Knox College (Illinois)
Knox College (Illinois): private liberal arts college in Galesburg, founded 1837 by George Washington Gale; site of the fifth 1858 Lincoln-Douglas debate at Old Main and Lincoln's first honorary doctorate (1860).
Knoxville College
Knoxville College, founded 1875 in Knoxville, Tennessee by the United Presbyterian Church, is a private HBCU in Mechanicsville. It lost SACS accreditation in 1997, suspended classes in 2016, and is pursuing TRACS accreditation under interim president Dasha Lundy.
Konkuk University (건국대학교)
Konkuk University (건국대학교), a private South Korean university in Seoul's Gwangjin-gu with a second GLOCAL Campus in Chungju, grew from a 1931 nonprofit hospital founded by Seok-chang Yoo into a comprehensive university in 1959.
Korea University (고려대학교)
Korea University (고려대학교) is a private research university in Seoul, founded in 1905 as Bosung College and renamed Korea University in 1946. A member of the SKY trio, it has Seoul and Sejong campuses, three hospitals, and QS rank 67th (2025).
Kṛṣṇa Candra Bandyopādhyāya
Kṛṣṇa Candra Bandyopādhyāya (কৃষ্ণচন্দ্র বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়) was a 19th-century Registrar of the University of Calcutta, custodian of its records, library, and seal and convenor of its governing meetings.
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Kungliga Tekniska högskolan), founded 1827 in Stockholm, is Sweden's largest technical university: five schools, five Stockholm campuses, 15,460 students, MSEK 7,364 turnover, QS #=82 (2027).
KU Leuven
KU Leuven (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven), founded by Pope Martin V in 1425, is a Dutch-speaking Belgian research university, the oldest in the Low Countries, with 68,139 students, 16 faculties on 13 campuses, and rector Severine Vermeire since 2025.
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), formerly Kumasi College of Technology, is a public university in Kumasi, Ghana, focused on science and technology education.
Kyiv Theological Academy
The Kyiv Theological Academy (Київська духовна академія) was an Orthodox higher educational institution in Kyiv, opened in 1819 and liquidated by Soviet authorities in 1919.
Kyoto University (京都大学)
Kyoto University (京都大学), founded 1897 as Kyoto Imperial University, is Japan's second-oldest national research university in Kyoto, with 10 faculties, 18 graduate schools, three campuses, leading Asian Nobel output, and 2026 University for International Research Excellence status.
Kyungpook National University (경북대학교)
Kyungpook National University (경북대학교, KNU) is a national comprehensive university in Daegu, South Korea, founded 1946 and combined in 1951. Flagship national university ranked 3rd worldwide in THE Impact Rankings 2025 and 481st in QS 2027; distinct from Gyeongkuk National University.
La Salle University
La Salle University: private Lasallian Catholic university in Philadelphia, founded 1863, university status 1984. Three schools, 4,000+ students, 30th president Daniel J. Allen since 2022, enrollment turnaround after revenue decline.
La Trobe University
La Trobe University, a public Australian university established by Act in 1964 and opened in 1967 at Bundoora, Melbourne; third university in Victoria, seven campuses, over 36,000 students, named after Charles Joseph La Trobe.
Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford
Lady Margaret Hall (LMH) is a constituent college of the University of Oxford, founded in 1878 as Oxford's first women's college by Edward and Lavinia Talbot, named after Lady Margaret Beaufort, coeducational since 1979, sited by the River Cherwell.
Lafayette College
Lafayette College, a private undergraduate-only liberal arts college in Easton, Pennsylvania, chartered March 9, 1826, and named for the Marquis de Lafayette; combines liberal arts with ABET-accredited engineering, 2,675 undergraduates, 10:1 ratio, Division I Leopards.
Lahore University of Management Sciences
LUMS (Lahore University of Management Sciences) is Pakistan's first private university, chartered 1985 in Lahore, founded by Syed Babar Ali. Five schools, 100-acre DHA campus, AACSB-accredited business school, top QS subject ranks in Pakistan.
Lamar University
Lamar University, a public university in Beaumont, Texas and Texas State University System member, founded 1923 as South Park Junior College; 18,000+ students, Carnegie R2 doctoral classification, SACSCOC-accredited, 139 degree programs.
Lancaster University
Lancaster University: public collegiate research university at Bailrigg, Lancaster, England, founded 1964. Also University of Lancaster. Top 10 UK (CUG 2027), REF 2021 91% world-leading research, 29,000 students, nine colleges, QS 164th globally.
Land-grant university
Land-grant university: U.S. institutions designated under the Morrill Acts of 1862 and 1890 and the 1994 Equity Act; three categories (1862, 1890, 1994), missions in teaching, Hatch Act research, and Smith-Lever Cooperative Extension, NIFA-funded.
Lander University
Lander University (formerly Williamston Female College, Lander College) is a public university in Greenwood, South Carolina, founded in 1872 by Samuel Lander; state-assisted since 1973, SACSCOC-accredited, NCAA Division II Peach Belt Bearcats, with record enrollment and an 11-year tuition freeze.
Langston University
Langston University, Oklahoma's only HBCU and a public 1890 land-grant institution founded in 1897 as the Colored Agricultural and Normal University, has campuses in Langston, Oklahoma City, and Tulsa, about 1,937 students, and the E. (Kika) de la Garza American Institute for Goat Research.
Latin honors
Latin honors (cum laude, magna cum laude, summa cum laude) are three graduation distinctions devised at Harvard in 1872; criteria vary by institution as fixed GPA cutoffs, class percentiles, or thesis requirements.
Law school
A law school is a professional school specializing in legal education that grants degrees such as the Juris Doctor, which most US jurisdictions require for bar admission.
Law School Admission Test
Law School Admission Test (LSAT), standardized test by the Law School Admission Council for law school admission, scored 120-180. Logical Reasoning and Reading Comprehension sections plus unscored writing; reliability above 0.90; leading predictor of first-year law school GPA.
Law school rankings in the United States
U.S. law school rankings, led by U.S. News & World Report since 1990, order ABA-accredited J.D. programs; Yale and Harvard's 2022 boycott forced methodology changes, and Stanford displaced Yale at No. 1 in 2026.