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university

vr.tr.university · SOC.ORG

Let an agent handle universities by accreditation, degrees, research, admission and governance, and verify legitimacy against diploma mills.

Thing Registry Society, people and institutions

Research draft, second pass

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Purpose and description

Let an agent handle universities by accreditation, degrees, research, admission and governance, and verify legitimacy against diploma mills.

An institution of higher education and research that awards academic degrees, typically comprising faculties, departments and research units, with some self-government.

What it is for: Higher education, research and service to society.

It can be apply and study; verify degrees and accreditation; collaborate on research; contact faculties and services.

Distinguishing features

Awards degrees under recognition by an authority

Combines teaching and research

Organised in faculties and departments

Military and specialised universities exist

What it looks like

Campuses with lecture halls, libraries and laboratories; or online universities; academic dress such as the beca in ceremonies.

How it is recognised

Name, crest and accreditation statement

ROR identifier and national registry entry

Diploma mills imitate names and crests

Related models

is a kind of - organisation

higher education institution

has part - units

chair and academic department

provides - activity

education

is confused with - unaccredited degree seller

diploma mill

In practice

Families and kinds

public and private universities

research universities

technical and specialised universities

military universities

online and open universities

Identifiers

ROR id ror.org identifier research organisations

national institution code country-specific recognition registers

Standards and regulation

National higher education law and accreditation

Lisbon Recognition Convention

European Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance

Failure modes and hazards

Diploma mills and fake degrees

Confusing similarly named institutions

Outdated rankings used as facts

Also called

Beca (garment)military universitynational defense universitymilitary medical universityproposed universitydeutsch universitymulticampus universitystate universities (institutions)international universityministry-owned universityShinto universityautonomous universitymass-production universityRector of the Tashkent State Transport Universityuniversity of commercemedieval universityuniversity in the Empire of JapanUniversity of Excellencesankinkōryūnursing universityuniversity of social servicesart & design universityRed brick universityphilology facultyformer universityagricultural collegevirtual universityConarina School of Maritime & Transport Technology, Oria-AbrakaMuhammad Kamalud University KwaraAl-Majd UniversityDouble First-Class Construction universityreform universityAsia International Universitydenominational universitySchool of Art and Higher School of Designinstitute of technologyaviation universitymaritime universityuniversity of educationdistance education university

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Also registered as vr.tr.university-group

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Legitimacy Is it real and recognised.

Recognition protects students.

Recognition

Accreditation.

Recognition

Recognition status.

  1. Is the university recognised, by which authority? provenance
  2. Are its degrees recognised abroad? boundary

Identity

Names and ids.

Identity

Identifiers.

  1. What is its official name and ROR id? provenance
  2. Could it be confused with a similarly named body? boundary
Education Degrees and admission.

Programmes and admission matter to students.

Programmes

Degrees offered.

Programmes

Degrees and levels.

  1. Which degrees does it offer, at which levels? definition
  2. In which languages? definition

Admission

Requirements and fees.

Admission

Requirements and costs.

  1. What are the admission requirements and fees? definition
  2. How is an application made? action
Research Research activity.

Research defines many universities.

Output

Publications and projects.

Research

Research output.

  1. What research does it do? provenance
  2. Which units lead in which fields? provenance

Collaboration

Partnerships.

Collaboration

How to collaborate.

  1. How can external partners collaborate? action
  2. Who handles contracts? provenance
Governance How it is run.

Governance shapes decisions.

Structure

Faculties and leadership.

Structure

Governance structure.

  1. How is the university governed? definition
  2. Who leads it? provenance

Student rights

Complaints and support.

Student rights

Support and redress.

  1. What support and complaint routes do students have? action
  2. Is there an independent adjudicator? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should universities be instances with ROR ids?
  • How should accreditation be verified across countries?
  • How should rankings be presented?
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