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university

vr.tr.university · thing-q3918

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

Thing Registry Society, people and institutions SOC.ORG
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources

Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled

4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions

Legitimacy Is it real and recognised.

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

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.

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.

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

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Society, people and institutions
Entry kind
thing
Plane
SOC
Domain
SOC.ORG
Other names and narrower kinds
Beca (garment), military university, national defense university, military medical university, proposed university, deutsch university, multicampus university, state universities (institutions), international university, ministry-owned university, Shinto university, autonomous university

What it is Filled

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

Why it exists Filled

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

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Awards degrees under recognition by an authority
  • Combines teaching and research
  • Organised in faculties and departments
  • Military and specialised universities exist

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Present an unaccredited institution or degree mill as a recognised university.
  • Help fabricate degrees or transcripts.
  • Publish students' or staff personal data.
  • Submit applications or coursework on a person's behalf as their own work.

Only with a human decision

  • Submitting an application on a person's behalf.

May

  • Report a university's accreditation, programmes and published policies from official sources.
  • Help applicants find official admission routes.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Degrees open careers; fake credentials defraud students and employers.
  • Academic freedom and fair admission matter to society.

Who is affected

  • Students
  • Staff
  • Employers

Owners Filled

Steward

The university's governing body; the education ministry or accreditation agency recognises it.

Master systems

  • Registers of accredited higher education institutions

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q123349660 - registry parent class
  • Q38723 - registry parent class
  • Q43229 - registry parent class
  • Q4671277 - registry parent class

related

  • higher education institution - organisation
  • education - activity
  • diploma mill - unaccredited degree seller

contains

  • chair and academic department - units

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.university
  • Wikidata: Q3918 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3918)
  • ROR id: ror.org identifier research organisations
  • national institution code: country-specific recognition registers

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

Not applicable

Plane SOC: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Name, crest and accreditation statement
  • ROR identifier and national registry entry
  • Diploma mills imitate names and crests
  • Campuses with lecture halls, libraries and laboratories; or online universities; academic dress such as the beca in ceremonies.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • apply and study
  • verify degrees and accreditation
  • collaborate on research
  • contact faculties and services

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Diploma mills and fake degrees
  • Confusing similarly named institutions
  • Outdated rankings used as facts

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • National higher education law and accreditation
  • Lisbon Recognition Convention
  • European Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance

Context of use required Filled

  • Higher education, research and service to society.
  • public and private universities
  • research universities
  • technical and specialised universities
  • military universities
  • online and open universities

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q3918: university - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: University - general description of the item

Open questions

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

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q3918/spec.json