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Wrangler (University of Cambridge)
A Wrangler at the University of Cambridge is a first-class student in the Mathematical Tripos; the top-ranked one was the celebrated Senior Wrangler until public ranking ended in 1909.
Wright State University
Wright State University is a public university in Dayton, Ohio, named for the Wright brothers. Opened 1964 as an OSU-Miami branch campus, independent 1967; Carnegie R2; Boonshoft School of Medicine; 12,157 students in fall 2026.
Xavier University
Xavier University (XU, Musketeers) is a private Jesuit Catholic university in Cincinnati, Ohio, founded in 1831 as the Athenaeum; the sixth-oldest Catholic and fourth-oldest Jesuit university in the US, NCAA Division I Big East.
Xavier University of Louisiana
Xavier University of Louisiana (XULA), founded 1925 by Saint Katharine Drexel in New Orleans, is the only historically Black Catholic university, known for its College of Pharmacy, premedical pipeline, and planned Xavier Ochsner College of Medicine.
Xi'an Jiaotong University
Xi'an Jiaotong University (西安交通大学, XJTU), public research university in Xi'an, China; founded 1896 in Shanghai as Nanyang Public School, relocated west in 1956, C9 League member.
Xiamen University (厦门大学)
Xiamen University (厦门大学, XMU), founded 1921 by Tan Kah Kee, is a Double First-Class comprehensive university in Xiamen, Fujian, with Siming, Zhangzhou, Xiang'an campuses and the XMU Malaysia branch campus.
Xinjiang Medical University
Xinjiang Medical University (新疆医科大学, XJMU) is a public medical university in Urumqi, Xinjiang, China, formed in 1998 from Xinjiang Medical College (founded 1954, a First Five-Year Plan key project) and Xinjiang TCM College; it has 8 affiliated hospitals, 26 colleges, and ESI-ranked clinical medicine research.
Yale Daily News
The Yale Daily News (YDN), founded January 28, 1878, is the oldest college daily newspaper in the United States, an independent student-run paper at Yale University publishing weekdays, with a ~300-person staff and a digitized archive of about 23,929 issues.
Yale Law School
Yale Law School (YLS), the law school of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, dates to 1824 and grew from Seth Staples' law office. Known for small classes (~200 per year), legal realism, clinics, need-only aid, and its 2022 U.S. News withdrawal.
Yale School of Medicine
Yale School of Medicine (YSM), Yale University's medical school in New Haven, Connecticut, chartered 1810, sixth-oldest in the US; known for the Yale System, thesis requirement, $834.4M research funding, and 2026 DOJ admissions allegations.
Yale University
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut private research university founded 1701 as Collegiate School, renamed Yale College 1718 for Elihu Yale, Yale University 1887; 14 residential colleges, 3.9% admit rate, $564M FY24 aid.
Yeshiva University
Yeshiva University, founded 1886 in New York City, is a private Jewish university combining Torah study with secular education under Torah Umadda; first university under Jewish auspices (1945), fifth president Ari Berman, 11 schools including Cardozo Law.
Yonsei University (연세대학교)
Yonsei University (연세대학교) is Korea's oldest private university, tracing to the 1885 Gwanghyewon hospital and the 1915 Chosun Christian College, and formed in 1957 by the merger of Yonhi University and Severance Medical School, with campuses in Sinchon, Wonju, and Songdo.
York St John University
York St John University is a public university in York, England, founded in 1841 as a teacher-training college, granted university title in 2006, with a London campus since 2018, TEF Silver overall and Gold for student experience.
York University
York University is a public research university in Toronto, Canada, chartered March 26, 1959, affiliated with the University of Toronto until 1965. Campuses: Keele, Glendon, Markham; 53,500+ students; founding president Murray G. Ross.
Zeta Phi Beta
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., a historically Black sorority (NPHC Divine Nine), founded January 16, 1920 at Howard University by five founders (Five Pearls); constitutionally bound to Phi Beta Sigma; 125,000+ members worldwide.
Zeta Psi
Zeta Psi (ΖΨ), international men's college fraternity founded June 1, 1847 at New York University by Sommers, Dayton, and Skillman; first fraternity chapters on the US West Coast (1870), in Canada (1879), and at Oxford (2008).
Zhejiang University (浙江大学)
Zhejiang University (浙江大学) is a top-tier research university in Hangzhou, China. It is a C9 League member and ranked third in China in the QS World University Rankings in 2023.