Universities and colleges

thumb|Alma Mater (New York sculpture)|Alma Mater by [[Daniel Chester French, Columbia University. The alma mater, meaning "nourishing mother" in Latin, is one of the most enduring symbols of the university. The phrase is associated with the University of Bologna, Italy, founded in 1088.]]

upright=1.35|thumb| Corpus Christi College, Cambridge|Corpus Christi College, one of the constituent [[colleges of the University of Cambridge in England ]] thumb| Williams College in Williamstown, [[Massachusetts, one of the oldest liberal arts colleges in the United States]] thumb|Seinäjoki College in [[Seinäjoki, South Ostrobothnia, Finland, in May 2018]] A college (Latin: collegium) may be a tertiary educational institution (sometimes awarding degrees), part of a collegiate university, an institution offering vocational education, a further education institution, or a secondary school.

thumb|upright|Joseph-Jacques Ramée's original plan for [[Union College in Schenectady, New York, the first comprehensively planned campus in the United States]] thumb|Map of the main campus of in Quebec City, Canada

education undertaken after initial education for either personal or professional reasons

higher education institution that compared to a university is more limited in issuing degrees and conducting research