prestigious university

collocation in English

meaningsofprestigiousanduniversity

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prestigious
adjective
uk
/presˈtɪdʒ.əs/us
/presˈtɪdʒ.əs/
very much respected and admired, usually because of ...
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university
noun[C]
uk
/ˌjuː.nɪˈvɜː.sə.ti/us
/ˌjuː.nəˈvɝː.sə.t̬i/
a place where people study for an undergraduate (= first) or postgraduate (= higher ...
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(Definition ofprestigiousanduniversityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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He had driven over very early that morning from a nearby and veryprestigiousuniversityteaching hospital.
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Many posts inprestigiousuniversitydepartments of science are either vacant or difficult to fill.
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It is certainly missed by visitors to the city, and even by those lucky enough to spend three years at aprestigiousuniversityin my constituency.
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With these added resources young men from the mostprestigiousuniversitycentres of research were attracted to the college's chairs.
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It is a city which is a centre of commerce, especially banking, with aprestigiousuniversityand hospitals with excellent regional specialisms.
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More than 80% of its physicians graduated from theprestigiousuniversity.
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He is a polyglot and well-read, and has graduated from aprestigiousuniversity.
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In his fourth year, his first research project on the physiology of the nerves of the pancreas won him aprestigiousuniversityaward.
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Its recipients are awarded a full scholarship to study in aprestigiousuniversityanywhere in the world.
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In academic circles, a long list of publications and a securely tenured position at aprestigiousuniversityor research institute are a mark of high status.
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The firm cooperation withprestigiousuniversityinstitutes on research and development projects is testament to its continuous commitment to quality and the improvement of its products.
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He is the author of a dozen books and over 30 scholarly articles, published by the mostprestigiousuniversitypresses and competitive scholarly journals.
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Their research appears in leading academic journals,prestigiousuniversitypresses, and important periodicals and media outlets focused on current policy issues.
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Another reason may be that the prestigious universities examined in both studies may not be sensitive to the need to change their entrance exams.
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Even the most prestigious universities are finding difficulty in attracting good applicants in sufficient numbers to apply for undergraduate courses in mathematics, some of the key sciences and engineering.
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I agree that the expense of important courses, such as medicine and law, run by prestigious universities, is a barrier to poor people.
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Thirdly, if there are differential fees, poorer students will inevitably tend to go to the less well-equipped and prestigious universities.
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I say that based on many years of knowledge of splendid developments in smaller less prestigious universities.
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The model was quickly duplicated at other prestigious universities.
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Additionally, they are regularly accepted into graduate programs at the nation's most prestigious universities.
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