non-collegiate
adjective
(alsononcollegiate)uk/ˌnɒn.kəˈliː.dʒi.ət/us/ˌnɑːn.kəˈliː.dʒɪt/not astudentat orpartof acollege:
HeattendedOxfordas a non-collegiatestudent.
It was a non-collegiatebodyof theuniversity, and had nobuildingsofitsown.
UK
(of auniversity) not consisting ofcolleges:
It hasgrowntobecomeone of thelargestnon-collegiateuniversitiesinBritain.
You can alsogainacademiccreditforworkdone in noncollegiateinstitutions.
- Hespentthe first threetermsas a non-collegiatestudent.
- Theprizeisopentostudentsat non-collegiateuniversities.
- SheleftCambridge tobecomeheadofdepartmentin a non-collegiateuniversityin the Midlands.
University & college education
- academe
- academia
- anti-university
- beadle
- business school
- go up
- grad
- graduate
- hall
- honour
- Oxon
- pass degree
- poly
- polytechnic
- post-college
- the groves of academeidiom
- trimester
- varsity
- vice chancellor
- warden