A university (Latin: universitas, 'a whole') is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research, which awards academic degrees in various academic disciplines. Universities typically provide undergraduate education and postgraduate education. The word university is derived from the Latin universitas magistrorum et scholarium, which roughly means community of teachers and scholars. The modern university system has roots in the European medieval university, which was created in Italy and evolved from cathedral schools for the clergy during the High Middle Ages.
Una universidad es una institución académica de enseñanza superior e investigación que otorga títulos académicos en diferentes disciplinas. Se puede ubicar en uno o varios lugares llamados campus. La universidad moderna tiene su origen en las universidades de los siglos XII Y XIII, las cuales son un desarrollo de las escuelas catedralicias y escuelas monásticas.