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Stockholm University

Stockholm University (Stockholms universitet) is a public university in Stockholm, Sweden, founded in 1878 as Stockholms Högskola and now one of Sweden's largest, with about 33,000 students.

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook University (SUNY at Stony Brook), New York's flagship public research university on Long Island, founded 1957; R1, AAU member, 27,700+ students, #1 public university in New York, seventh president Andrea Goldsmith since 2025.

Sul Ross State University

Sul Ross State University (SRSU) is a public Texas State University System university in Alpine, Texas, founded as Sul Ross Normal College, with border campuses in Del Rio, Eagle Pass, and Uvalde; Hispanic Serving Institution since 1999, NCAA Division II, and 2025 Carnegie RCU and OCU designations.

Sun Belt Conference

Sun Belt Conference (SBC), NCAA Division I FBS athletic conference founded 1976 in New Orleans; 14 members in East and West divisions; began FBS football in 2001; ESPN deal through 2030-31; Louisiana Tech joined 2026, James Madison departing.

Sun Bowl

Sun Bowl (El Paso, Texas): annual college football bowl game, first held January 1, 1935, tied for second-oldest bowl after the Rose Bowl; ACC vs Pac-12 legacy tie-ins, played at UTEP's Sun Bowl Stadium, operated by the Sun Bowl Association.

Sungkyunkwan University (성균관대학교)

Sungkyunkwan University (성균관대학교, SKKU), founded 1398 as Joseon Korea's highest royal Confucian academy, is a private research university with Seoul and Suwon campuses, funded by Samsung since 1996, ranked 68th in THE 2027 and 108th in QS 2027.

Susan Ballabina

Susan Ballabina is an American academic administrator named the 28th president of Texas A&M University on May 6, 2026, after three decades in the Texas A&M System, including executive vice chancellor, AgriLife deputy vice chancellor, and chief of staff to Mark Welsh.

Susan Weber (historian)

Susan Weber, American historian of decorative arts, founder and director of Bard Graduate Center (1993) and Iris Horowitz Professor; specialist in 18th–19th-century British design, E.W. Godwin scholar, 2015 CAA Alfred H. Barr Jr. Award winner.

SVKM's NMIMS

SVKM's NMIMS (Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies) is a private Deemed-to-be University founded in 1981 in Mumbai by the Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal trust, declared a university in 2003, with 17 schools, eight campuses, and NAAC A++ accreditation.

Swarthmore College

Swarthmore College, a private coeducational liberal arts college in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, founded 1864 by Hicksite Quakers, known for its 1922 Honors Program, engineering program, loan-free full-need aid, and top-five PhD production rate.

Syracuse University

Syracuse University is a private R1 research university in Syracuse, New York, chartered in 1870. It was founded by Methodists and is known for its coeducational programs.

Taihoku Imperial University

Taihoku Imperial University (台北帝國大學), founded by Japan in Taipei in 1928 as Taiwan's only colonial-era university, with faculties in literature-politics, science-agriculture, medicine, and engineering, was reorganized as National Taiwan University on November 15, 1945.

Tarleton State University

Tarleton State University is a public university in Stephenville, Texas, founded in 1899 and a founding member of the Texas A&M University System since 1917, with over 28,000 students, Carnegie R2 classification, and NCAA Division I athletics.

Tata Institute of Social Sciences (टाटा सामाजिक विज्ञान संस्थान)

Tata Institute of Social Sciences (टाटा सामाजिक विज्ञान संस्थान, TISS), founded 1936 as the Sir Dorabji Tata Graduate School of Social Work, is India's first social work school, a UGC-funded deemed university in Mumbai with campuses in Tuljapur, Guwahati, and Hyderabad.

Tau Gamma Phi

Tau Gamma Phi (Triskelions' Grand Fraternity) is a Philippine fraternity founded at UP Diliman on October 4, 1968 by four founding fathers, with about 800,000 members, repeatedly linked to fatal hazing including the Salilig and Alcedo deaths.

Taylor University

Taylor University is a private Christian liberal arts university in Upland, Indiana, founded in 1846 as Fort Wayne Female College, renamed Taylor University in 1890, and moved to Upland in 1893. It offers 100+ undergraduate areas of study, graduate programs, and the Silent Night basketball tradition.

Tbilisi State Medical University (თბილისის სახელმწიფო სამედიცინო უნივერსიტეტი)

Tbilisi State Medical University (თსსუ, TSMU) is Georgia's public medical university, originating in the 1918 Faculty of Medicine of Tbilisi State University, independent since 1930, a university since 1992, with six faculties and two research institutes.

Teachers College, Columbia University

Teachers College, Columbia University: graduate school of education, psychology, and health in New York City; founded 1887 from Grace Dodge's kitchen garden school, affiliated with Columbia, first US PhD in Education (1893), Carnegie R2.

Technical University of Munich

Technical University of Munich (TUM, Technische Universität München): public German technical university founded 1868 by King Ludwig II; seven schools, campuses in Munich, Garching, Weihenstephan, Straubing, Heilbronn, Singapore; QS 22nd worldwide, best EU university, president Thomas F. Hofmann.

Teesside University

Teesside University, formerly Teesside Polytechnic, is a public university in Middlesbrough, North East England, with campuses in Darlington and London, and became a university in 1992.

Tehran University of Medical Sciences

Tehran University of Medical Sciences (دانشگاه علوم پزشکی تهران, TUMS), Iran's oldest and largest medical university in Tehran, rooted in Dar ul-Funun 1851, independent since 1986, with 11 schools, 16 teaching hospitals, and THE Asia 2026 rank 111.

Telluride House

Telluride House, the Cornell Branch of the Telluride Association, is a self-governing scholarship residence at Cornell University founded under L. L. Nunn, offering full room-and-board scholarships to 25–30 student members who run the house themselves.

Temple University

Temple University is a public state-related research university in Philadelphia, founded in 1884 as a night school by Russell Conwell, with eight campuses including Tokyo and Rome.

Tennessee State University

Tennessee State University (TSU), a public land-grant HBCU in Nashville founded in 1912, Carnegie R2, ninth president Dwayne Tucker; only Middle Tennessee land-grant institution.

Tennessee Technological University

Tennessee Technological University (Tennessee Tech, TTU), a public university in Cookeville, Tennessee founded in 1915 as Tennessee Polytechnic Institute and renamed in 1965; about 10,700 students, engineering-led academics, NCAA Division I Golden Eagles.

Terminal degree

Terminal degree: the highest academic degree awardable in a field, usually a PhD or professional doctorate (JD, DBA, EdD), sometimes a terminal master's such as the ALA-accredited librarianship degree, MBA, or history MA; used in US accreditation, hiring, and promotion standards.

Tertiary education

Tertiary education (ISCED levels 5–8; also called higher education) is post-secondary learning at high complexity, spanning short-cycle, bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes, with about 264–269 million students worldwide and widely varying tuition and funding systems.

Test of English as a Foreign Language

TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) is ETS's standardized academic English test, first given in 1964; the internet-based TOEFL iBT since 2005 became adaptive with a CEFR-aligned 1–6 score scale on January 21, 2026.

Tetr College of Business

Tetr College of Business, founded 2024 by Pratham Mittal, is a business college rotating students across seven countries per term, awarding UK degrees via UBI, backed by Owl Ventures.

Texas A&M University

Texas A&M University, public land-grant research university in College Station, Texas; opened 1876 as Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, renamed 1963; 81,354 students fall 2025; land-, sea-, space-grant; first Texas school over $1B research.