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Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 大學, from Chinese 大學／大学 (dàxué).
Pronunciation
Noun
đại học
- university, college, institution of higher education that awards bachelor's degrees or higher
Thành phố này có một trường đại học và ba trường cao đẳng.- There are one university and three junior colleges in this city.
- university or college education for a bachelor's degree or equivalent
- giáo dục đại học và sau đại học ― undergraduate and postgraduate education
Usage notes
- Đại học translates as both "university" and "college" in English, regardless of whether the institution in question is a "university" as a collection of "colleges" (such as the University of Cambridge), or a specialized "college" (such as Kellogg College of Oxford or the Royal College of Art). It can refer to an institution that offers postgraduate education, but when people talk about học đại học, the foreseeable end goal is simply a graduate degree, like a bachelor's or engineer's degree. In English translations of institution names, đại học tends to translate as "university", while cao đẳng as "college".
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