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Longwood University
Longwood University, founded 1839 as Farmville Female Seminary, is a public university in Farmville, Virginia; Longwood College 1949, fully co-ed 1976, university 2002; SACSCOC accredited since 1927, reaffirmed 2024; Fall 2024 enrollment 4,612.
Loughborough University
Loughborough University, chartered 1966 as the UK's first technological university, grew from a 1909 Technical Institute. Known for its 523-acre campus, 41-year BUCS sport streak, London postgraduate campus, and 19,418 students.
Louisiana State University
Louisiana State University, also known as LSU, is the flagship public university of Louisiana in Baton Rouge. Established in 1853, it has about 44,000 students and holds Research 1 status.
Louisiana Tech University
Louisiana Tech University, founded July 6, 1894 in Ruston, Louisiana, is a public Carnegie R2 university in the University of Louisiana System with about 12,145 students, a quarter system, and NCAA Division I Sun Belt athletics.
Loyola College, Chennai
Loyola College, Chennai: autonomous Jesuit Catholic minority college founded 1925 by Fr. Francis Bertram SJ, affiliated to University of Madras, Nungambakkam campus, NAAC A++, NIRF top-15 college.
Loyola Law School
Loyola Law School (LMU Loyola Law School), founded 1920 as St. Vincent's School of Law, is the ABA-accredited Jesuit law school of Loyola Marymount University in downtown Los Angeles, known for its Frank Gehry campus, 20+ social justice clinics, and strong Southern California employment outcomes.
Loyola Marymount University
Loyola Marymount University (LMU), a private Catholic (Jesuit and Marymount) university in Los Angeles, formed by the 1973 merger of Loyola University and Marymount College; about 9,900 students, R2 classification, 2026-27 tuition $68,042.
Loyola University Chicago
Loyola University Chicago: private Jesuit, Catholic research university founded in 1870 as St. Ignatius College, rechartered 1909. Carnegie R1 since 2025, 13 schools, about 12,538 students, Chicago-area campuses plus Rome.
Loyola University Maryland
Loyola University Maryland, formerly Loyola College, is a private Jesuit university in Baltimore founded in 1852 by Rev. John Early, S.J., the ninth-oldest Jesuit institution in the United States.
LSU New Orleans
LSU New Orleans (LSUNO), formerly the University of New Orleans (UNO), is a public urban research university on Lake Pontchartrain in New Orleans. Founded 1958 as Louisiana State University in New Orleans, first integrated public university in the South; rejoined the LSU System July 1, 2026.
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Founded in 1472 in Ingolstadt, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich is a comprehensive research university in Germany. It has been a University of Excellence since 2006.
Lund University
Lund University (Lunds universitet), founded 1666 and inaugurated 1668 as Regia Academia Carolina, is a large public Swedish university in Lund with nine faculties, about 46,000 students, and QS 2027 rank 71.
LUT University
LUT University (Lappeenranta–Lahti University of Technology LUT) is a public Finnish science university founded in 1969, with campuses in Lappeenranta and Lahti, covering technology, business, and social sciences, ranked in the THE top 350 and 9th worldwide for climate action.
Luther College (Iowa)
Luther College (Iowa): private ELCA-affiliated liberal arts college in Decorah, Iowa; first U.S. college founded by Norwegian immigrants; opened 1861 at Halfway Creek, Wisconsin; coeducational since 1936; about 1,327 students, strong music and Nordic studies programs.
Lviv Polytechnic
Lviv Polytechnic National University is a state technical university in Lviv, Ukraine, dating its origin to an 1816 decree of Emperor Franz I and opened as the Technical Academy in 1844.
Lyon Gardiner Tyler
Lyon Gardiner Tyler (1853-1935), son of President John Tyler and Julia Gardiner Tyler, was a Virginia historian, genealogist, and 17th president of the College of William and Mary (1888-1919), which he rebuilt as a state coeducational institution while founding the William and Mary Quarterly.
Macalester College
Macalester College, a private liberal arts college in Saint Paul, Minnesota, founded 1874 by Edward Duffield Neill; known for internationalism, Kofi Annan and Walter Mondale alumni, 2,068 students, 39 majors, $920 million endowment.
Magdalen College, Oxford
Magdalen College, Oxford: constituent college of the University of Oxford founded in 1458 by William Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester. Known for its 144-foot Great Tower, deer park, choir, Demyships, and the 1687-88 expulsion of Fellows by James II.
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Ramayan University
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Ramayan University (Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Ramayan Vishwavidyalaya) is a private university in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, established June 16, 2025 under the U.P. Private Universities Act, sponsored by Maharishi Ramayan Vidhyapeeth Trust, Delhi, and distinct from the Katni Vedic Vishwavidyalaya.
Makerere University
Makerere University is a public university in Kampala, Uganda, founded by the British colonial government in 1922 as a technical school and among Africa's oldest institutions of higher learning.
Manchester Metropolitan University
Manchester Metropolitan University (Manchester Met), a UK public university in Manchester established 1992 from Manchester Polytechnic, roots in the 1824 Mechanics' Institute; over 44,000 students, four faculties, TEF Gold, REF 2021 41% world-leading.
Manhattanville University
Manhattanville University, formerly Manhattanville College, is a private university in Purchase, New York, founded in 1841 as the Academy of the Sacred Heart; it became coeducational and non-denominational in the 1960s and adopted university status in April 2024.
Manipal Academy of Higher Education
Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), formerly Manipal University, is a private deemed university in Udupi, Karnataka, founded in 1953 by T. M. A. Pai; an Institution of Eminence since 2020, NAAC A++, ranked 3rd among Indian universities in NIRF 2025.
Manipal Institute of Technology
Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT Manipal), founded 1957 as Manipal Engineering College by T.M.A. Pai, is a constituent engineering institute of MAHE, India's first self-financed engineering college, with 18 UG and 26 PG programs, distinct from MIT Bengaluru and MIT Sikkim.
Marian University (Indiana)
Marian University (Indiana) is a private Catholic Franciscan university in Indianapolis, sponsored by the Sisters of St. Francis, Oldenburg; chartered as Marian College in 1937, renamed Marian University in 2009, and home to Indiana's only osteopathic medical school.
Marist University
Marist University, formerly Marist College until January 29, 2025, is a private university in Poughkeepsie, New York, founded by the Marist Brothers in 1929, with branch campuses in Florence and Dublin, six schools, Division I athletics, and a long IBM joint-study partnership.
Marlboro College
Marlboro College, also called the college on Potash Hill, was a liberal arts college in Marlboro, Vermont, founded 1946 by Walter Hendricks, known for Town Meeting governance and the Plan of Concentration; it merged with Emerson College and closed its campus in 2020.
Marquette University
Marquette University, formerly Marquette College, is a Catholic, Jesuit university in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It was founded in 1881 and reported $49.1 million in research expenditures.
Marshall Scholarship
Marshall Scholarship: UK postgraduate award for US citizens, created by the 1953 Marshall Aid Commemoration Act as thanks for Marshall Plan aid; up to 50 FCDO-funded awards yearly at any UK university, GPA 3.7 minimum.
Marshall University
Marshall University is a public university in Huntington, West Virginia, on the Ohio River. Founded in 1837 as Marshall Academy, it was named for Chief Justice John Marshall.