A national university is mainly a university created or managed by a government, but which may also at the same time operate autonomously without direct control by the state. In the United States, the term "national university" connotes the highest institutional level in education, differing in meaning from a "federally-chartered university." Globally, some national universities are associated with national cultural or political aspirations.For example, the National University of Ireland during the early days of Irish independence collected a large amount of information about the Irish language and Irish culture. In Argentina, the national universities are the result of the 1918 Argentine university reform and subsequent reforms, which were intended to provide a secular university system without direct clerical or government influence by bestowing self-government on the institutions.
See also: List of universities in Albania.
See also: List of universities in Argentina.
See also: List of federal universities of Brazil.
See also: List of universities in China and National Key Universities.
See also: List of national universities in Japan.
See also: List of universities and colleges in Latvia.
See also: List of universities in Myanmar.
See also: List of universities in Peru.
See also: List of universities in Poland.
See also: List of universities in Singapore.
See also: List of national universities in South Korea.
Among dozens of public universities, including six research universities:
See also: Morrill Land-Grant Acts, United States federal academies and Bureau of Indian Education.
In the United States, the term "national university" connotes the highest institutional level in education, differing in meaning from a "federally-chartered university." In the US, "national university" denotes regionally-outstanding institutions with at least a national admissions strategy, receipt of largescale grants, international research activity, endowments above $350 million, and regional excellence with respective prestige. Some prominent American public national universities include UVA, UF, and Indiana; while some prominent American private national universities include Penn, WUSTL, Cornell, and MIT. The concept of national American universities arguably has its origins in the birth of the Association of American Universities, however this association does not encapsulate all national universities in the United States.
Some of the US's federally-chartered places of higher education include:
See also: National Key Universities of Vietnam.