Lists of universities and colleges explained

This is a list of lists of universities and colleges.

Subject of study

• Aerospace engineering
• Agriculture
• Art schools
• Business
• Chiropractic
• Engineering
• Forestry
• Law
• Maritime studies
• Medicine
• Music
• Nanotechnology
• Osteopathy
• Pharmaceuticals
• Social Work

Institution type

• Community colleges
• For-profit universities and colleges
• Land-grant universities
• Liberal arts universities
• National universities
• Postgraduate-only institutions
• Private universities
• Public universities
• Research universities
• Technical universities
• Sea-grant universities
• Space-grant universities
• State universities and colleges
• Unaccredited universities

Location

• Lists of universities and colleges by country
• List of largest universities

Religious affiliation

• Assemblies of God
• Baptist colleges and universities in the United States
• Catholic universities

• Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities

• Ecclesiastical universities

• Benedictine colleges and universities

• Jesuit institutions

• Opus Dei universities

• Pontifical universities

• International Council of Universities of Saint Thomas Aquinas

• International Federation of Catholic Universities
• Christian churches and churches of Christ
• Churches of Christ
• Church of the Nazarene
• Islamic seminaries
• Lutheran colleges and universities
• International Association of Methodist-related Schools, Colleges, and Universities
• Muslim educational institutions
• Association of Presbyterian Colleges and Universities

Extremities

• Endowment
• Largest universities by enrollment
• Oldest madrasahs in continuous operation
• Oldest universities in continuous operation

Other

• Colleges and universities named after people

History

• Medieval universities
• Ancient universities in Britain and Ireland

See also

• • • • • Lists of schools
• Distance education