comprehensive university

collocation in English

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comprehensive
adjective
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/ˌkɒm.prɪˈhen.sɪv/us
/ˌkɑːm.prəˈhen.sɪv/
complete and including everything that ...
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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 ofcomprehensiveanduniversityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Today, it has transformed into acomprehensiveuniversityoffering various undergraduate and graduate courses.
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And then, in 1988, the college was promoted to acomprehensiveuniversity.
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It is a majorcomprehensiveuniversity, with more than 43,000 students enrolled through ten different faculties.
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This allowed the university to become acomprehensiveuniversitywith specializations in engineering and sciences.
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It is acomprehensiveuniversity, organised into eight faculties and more than 40 departments.
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It is a nationalcomprehensiveuniversitywith long history.
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Many combine some or all of the above, being acomprehensiveuniversity.
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Then, in the 1980s, the college was promoted to the status of acomprehensiveuniversity.
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Then, in 1952 it became acomprehensiveuniversityembracing both arts and science.
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After more than a half century's development, the school has evolved into a renownedcomprehensiveuniversity.
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Originally established as a highly specialized institution of tertiary education, it has evolved into acomprehensiveuniversitythat covers all academic disciplines and offers a large variety of majors.
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Founded in 1911, it has grown steadily from a small civil servants' school to a moderncomprehensiveuniversity, providing instruction for about 14,000 students in twenty-five faculties.
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It is a nationalcomprehensiveuniversity, which supplies a wide range of undergraduate and graduate degree programs, diplomas, and certificates.
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It is acomprehensiveuniversitywhich specializes in engineering technology, sciences as backbone and develops humanities and social science as supplements.
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It is a research oriented,comprehensiveuniversitywith a student population of 16,000 full-time graduate and undergraduate students.
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It is acomprehensiveuniversityoffering a broad choice of courses and programmes in eight faculties and some 160 institutes.
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It then grew to be acomprehensiveuniversitywhich offered programs in science, engineering, medicine, arts, and law.
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It includes comprehensive universities, specialized universities, senior colleges, institutes, conservatories, and military academies.
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Some comprehensive universities located in large cities have tried to meet the need for expansion by founding separate, usually smaller campuses in rural areas.
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