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A university (sometimes called a U or uni) is a higher learning, award-granting institution with research and teaching facilities. Most universities are comprised of two or more colleges/departments and, in the cases of Lyran or Quebecer universities, faculties, providing the education.

Hoshi Sato was a university professor specializing in linguistics, teaching in Brazil, before she became the communications officer aboard the Earth Starfleet starship Enterprise in 2151. (ENT: "Broken Bow")

Dr. Leonard McCoy was a student at the University of Mississippi when he met the joined-Trill Emony Dax, who was judging a gymnastics competition on Earth, c. 2245. (DS9: "Trials and Tribble-ations"; DS9 novel: The Lives of Dax: "Old Souls") At some point before he joined the crew of the Enterprise, McCoy spent a year doing pure research at Cornell's medical school in New York City. (TOS novel: Doctor's Orders)

Barbara McCoy was a xenozoologist at Urey University on Earth. (Gold Key Comics Star Trek #40 and #43: "Furlough to Fury" and "World Beneath the Waves")

Student unions were a common fixture in Federation and Lyran universities. (RIS Bouteina: "Redshirt Computer", Star Trek: The Stoneship Files: "Rode the 300", "The Defector (TSF)")

Lyran Us traditionally delivered, via transporter, physical decision letters to all applicants who applied to an U from the same planet as the university. For all other applicants, printable decision letters were sent out online. In addition, universities that waitlisted or rejected very qualified applicants were said to be afflicted by Tufts Syndrome and students thus treated were said to be tufted. (Star Trek: The Stoneship Files: "Super-Jupiter Beacon")

OrganizationEdit

The fees paid by the students to attend courses in an university is called tuition. As such, changes in tuition was a sensitive subject throughout history and among a variety of races, be it Klingons, Malachorians or other species. (Star Trek: The Stoneship Files: "Rode the 300")

Klingon universities were organized in trimesters that were roughly the same length as Federation or Lyran semesters (16-18 weeks at 7 days apiece) and semester credits previously earned at Federation or Lyran universities count as trimester credits at full value in Klingon universities. In addition, Klingon universities were among the most expensive in the Beta Quadrant since the Dominion War. (Star Trek: The Stoneship Files: "The Defector")

CurriculumEdit

University curricula varied from a school to another, but many universities offered courses in computer science, history, education, medicine, pharmacy, anthropology, physics as well as linguistics. (Star Trek: The Stoneship Files)

TypologyEdit

Universities were classified in different ways that depended on the race. Also, liberal arts colleges were a controlled designation in Lyran law. Additionally, to be granted university status, a Lyran school must award at least one master's degree (or some other type of advanced degree) yearly. (Star Trek: The Stoneship Files: "Educational Armageddon")

Lyran law defined university types as follows:

Research university: an university that awarded at least 20 doctorates yearly
Master's university: an university that awarded at least 50 master's degrees but less than 20 doctorates yearly
Bachelor's university: an university that awarded less than 50 master's degrees but at least one yearly
Bachelor's college: an institution that awarded bachelor degrees but did not offer graduate programs
Liberal arts college (LAC): an institution that had an enrollment size of 5,000 students or less, offer a core curriculum that encompass several fields of study, have a maximum student-teacher ratio of 20, and offer substantial housing options for students. Note that the definition above does not preclude a Lyran LAC from being a research university, although, in practice, most Lyran LACs are either undergraduate-only or barely qualify for university status.

The most prestigious Lyran scholarship program allocated slots by the type of universities, or colleges, chosen by their recipients. (Star Trek: The Stoneship Files: "Post-Apocalyptic Education")