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Monroe University
Monroe University, formerly Monroe College and Monroe Business Institute, is a private for-profit university founded in 1933 in the Bronx, with campuses in the Bronx, New Rochelle, and Saint Lucia, accredited by Middle States and renamed a university in 2024.
Montana State University
Montana State University (MSU), founded February 16, 1893 as the Agricultural College of the State of Montana in Bozeman, is Montana's land-grant, Carnegie R1 public research university; renamed Montana State College then MSU in 1965, with record 17,477 fall 2026 enrollment.
Montclair State University
Montclair State University: public R2 research university in Montclair, New Jersey, founded 1908 as a normal school; 23,546 students in fall 2024; MSCHE-accredited; includes Bloomfield College campus.
Morehead State University
Morehead State University (MSU) is a public university in Morehead, Kentucky, founded in 1887 as Morehead Normal School and state-supported since 1922; it offers 142 undergraduate and 68 graduate programs, holds SACSCOC accreditation, and has over 70,000 alumni.
Morehouse College
Morehouse College: private historically black liberal arts college for men in Atlanta, founded 1867 as Augusta Institute, renamed 1913 for Henry Lyman Morehouse; alma mater of Martin Luther King Jr. and Spike Lee, part of the Atlanta University Center.
Morgan State University
Morgan State University, formerly Morgan College and Centenary Biblical Institute, is a public historically black research university in northeast Baltimore, Maryland, founded in 1867 and designated Maryland's Public Urban University.
Morrill Land-Grant Acts
The Morrill Land-Grant Acts, including the Morrill Act of 1862 signed by Abraham Lincoln, donated federal land and money to endow public colleges teaching agriculture and the mechanic arts.
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (Московский физико-технический институт)
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT, Phystech, Московский физико-технический институт) is a Russian national research university in Dolgoprudny, established 1951 on a 1946 MSU physics-technology faculty, known for the Phystech System and EU-sanctioned in 2026.
Moscow State University (Московский государственный университет имени М. В. Ломоносова)
Lomonosov Moscow State University (МГУ), founded 1755 by Empress Elizabeth, is Russia's oldest and largest classical university, with 41 faculties, the 239-meter Stalinist main building on Sparrow Hills, and the top Russian position in world rankings.
Mount Holyoke College
Mount Holyoke College, founded in 1837 as Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, is a private women's liberal arts college in South Hadley, Massachusetts, and the oldest continuing women's college.
Mount Saint Mary's University (Los Angeles)
Mount Saint Mary's University (Los Angeles), founded in 1925 by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, is the only women's university in Los Angeles, a private Catholic institution with Chalon and Doheny campuses, 2,280 students, WSCUC accreditation since 1952, and nursing as its signature program.
Mount St. Mary's University (Maryland)
Mount St. Mary's University (Maryland), not the Los Angeles MSMU, is a private Catholic university in Emmitsburg, Maryland, founded in 1808 by Father John Dubois; home to the second-oldest U.S. Catholic seminary, 24 Division I teams, and MSCHE accreditation.
Mountain West Conference
Mountain West Conference (MWC): NCAA Division I FBS athletic conference founded July 1, 1999, headquartered in Las Vegas; commissioner Gloria Nevarez; 2026-27 members include Air Force, UNLV, San Jose State, Hawaii and UTEP; six-year CBS/Fox/Kiswe media deals through 2031-32.
Mun Choi
Mun Y. Choi, mechanical engineer and combustion researcher, is the 24th president of the University of Missouri System (since 2017) and MU chancellor (since 2020); previously dean of engineering and provost at UConn.
Murray State University
Murray State University is a public university in Murray, Kentucky, founded in 1922 as Murray State Normal School, renamed Teacher's College (1930), College (1948), then University (1966); about 9,932 students, eight residential colleges, Racers athletics.
Muskingum University
Muskingum University, formerly Muskingum College, is a Presbyterian-affiliated private university in New Concord, Ohio, chartered in 1837; enrolls about 1,670 students, ranked 1st among Ohio universities for Best Value in U.S. News 2026.
Naima Khatoon (نعیمہ خاتون)
Naima Khatoon (نعیمہ خاتون) is an Indian psychologist and university administrator who serves as the 25th Vice-Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University. She is the first woman to hold the office.
Nalanda University
Nalanda University (Nalanda Mahavihara, नालंदा) names an ancient Buddhist monastic university in Bihar, India (5th–13th century CE, UNESCO site 2016) and the modern international university established by India's 2010 Act at Rajgir to revive it.
Nanjing Medical University
Nanjing Medical University (南京医科大学, NMU), a public medical university in Nanjing, Jiangsu, founded 1934 in Zhenjiang as Jiangsu Provincial College of Health Policy and Management; Double First-Class, distinct from Nanjing University's medical school, ARWU 201-300.
Nanjing Normal University (南京师范大学)
Nanjing Normal University (南京师范大学, NNU), a Project 211 public university in Nanjing founded in 1902 as Sanjiang Normal School and renamed in 1984; known for geography, Suiyuan campus, and teacher education.
Nanyang Technological University
Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore), public technological university in Singapore, founded 1991 from Nanyang Technological Institute; 40,700 students, president Ho Teck Hua, QS 2026 rank 12th, Gaia zero-energy timber campus.
Naropa University
Naropa University, founded 1974 in Boulder, Colorado by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche as the Naropa Institute, is a private Buddhist-inspired liberal arts university known for contemplative education, the Jack Kerouac School, HLC accreditation, and its 2024 campus sale.
National Academy of Medical Sciences
National Academy of Medical Sciences (NAMS), चिकित्सा विज्ञान राष्ट्रिय प्रतिष्ठान, is Nepal's deemed-university medical academy in Kathmandu, created from Bir Hospital in 2002, training MD/MS and DM/MCh specialists at Bir Hospital and affiliated federal hospitals.
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA): Kansas City-based governing body for small-college athletics, 250 member schools, 20 conferences, 31 national championships, 89,000 student-athletes, distinct from the NCAA.
National Autonomous University of Mexico
National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México), Mexico's largest public university, tracing to the 1551 Royal and Pontifical University, refounded 1910, autonomous since 1929, with UNESCO-listed Ciudad Universitaria campus.
National Chengchi University (国立政治大学)
National Chengchi University (國立政治大學, NCCU), founded 1927 in Nanjing and reestablished in Taipei in 1954, is a leading Taiwanese public university for humanities, social sciences, commerce, communication and public administration with about 16,000 students.
National Collegiate Athletic Association
National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA): member-led US college sports governing body, founded 1906 as IAAUS, renamed 1910. Over 1,100 schools in three divisions; House settlement 2025 allows $20.5M revenue sharing.
National Collegiate Athletic Association (Philippines)
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) of the Philippines, founded in 1924 by Dr. Regino R. Ylanan, is the country's oldest collegiate athletic league, distinct from the US NCAA and the UAAP, with ten member schools and a 2024 centennial Season 100.
National Defence Academy (India)
National Defence Academy (NDA), Khadakwasla, Pune: India's tri-service officer training academy, first in the world to train Army, Navy, and Air Force cadets jointly; founded 1949, JNU degrees, women admitted from 2022.
National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Undergraduate)
The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Undergraduate), or NEET (UG), is India's common entrance examination for undergraduate medical admission, conducted by the National Testing Agency.