WikiProject Universities aims to standardize coverage of Universities and colleges.
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- (04/01/07) - Messageboard added
- (04/01/07) - Current relevant Wikipedia:Categories for discussion include:
- Wikipedia:Categories for deletion/Log/2006 December 30#Category:Chinese universities
- Wikipedia:Categories for deletion/Log/2006 December 30#Colleges and universities
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2007 January 4#Category:Emory and Henry College
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2007 April 21#Category:Alumni by university
- (07/01/07) - There is a discussion at Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (definite and indefinite articles at beginning of name)#Universities_2 as to whether articles on universities should include "The" at the start of their name.
- (15/03/07) - Assessment page created.
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WikiProject Universities
Scope
This WikiProject aims primarily to structure all college and university articles.
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Structure
The article should start with a good introduction, giving the full complete official name of the college/university, detail about location (in suburb, downtown, where?), founder and founding name, and affiliation with any larger university system, if applicable. Give other names for which the university may be known (e.g. Cal, and bold them, too). Also, add a few facts about the college/university that make it unique.
Next, there is a table about the college/university. A template for the table can be found at the bottom of this page.
Sections of the article should follow the general format below, which may be expanded depending on need. For example:
- History -- Describe the history of the college/university, including noteworthy milestones in its development.
- Campus -- Describe the overall shape and size of the campus. Mention any famous buildings and their architects. This section could be expanded to include satellite campuses:
- Organization -- Mention the administration, including leading officials. If this college/university has a special organizational structure, such as a residential college system, then it should be mentioned here. Then, in bullet point form, list the schools, colleges, etc. of this university. If appropriate, also list the faculties and departments at the university. If there is a special course system or requisites for enrollment, mention them here, too. If the university is part of a larger system (as in University of California), mention this connection and provide requisite links.
- Students and faculty -- State the number (and any other useful statistics) of the students. Distinguish between undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate students; also state the number of faculty members. Distinguish between tenure/nontenured, full- and part-time (if possible).
- Sports, clubs, and traditions -- Mention the sports team(s) of the college/university and what is notable about them. Here is also a good place to mention specific traditions of the college/university, like students' union activities, a student newspaper, fraternities, regular activities, etc. The heading may be changed accordingly in regard to the importance of sports, clubs, traditions, students' unions etc. For example, alternative headings could be Students' Union, Sports and Traditions or Students' Union Activities.
- Noted alumni -- Bullet list of Alumni that are notable/famous. Mention the graduation date and degree and give a short description why they are famous.
- Noted faculty -- Bullet list of active and former members of faculty that are notable. If they are alumni/alumnae, mention them here in parenthesis, including the degree and graduation date. For all give a short description why they are famous.
- External links -- Give a link to the website of the college/university, preferable in the English language.
National differences
University and college systems vary to a great degree between different countries. Here are some good practice-adaptations of the WikiProject Universities for different countries:
Templates
This is a list of "university" infobox templates currently in use.
- {{Infobox University}}
- {{Infobox University campus}}
- {{Infobox Universitydepartment}}
- {{Infobox Universitymajor}}
- {{Infobox Universitymajor2}}
- {{Infobox Universitymajornenglish}}
- {{Infobox World university rankings}}
- {{Infobox US university ranking}}
Example Infobox
Lunds universitet | |
[Universitas Lundensis or Universitas Gothorum Carolina. Also the older Academia Carolina lundensis, or Academia Carolina conciliatrix.] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help) | |
Motto | Ad utrumque (Prepared for both) |
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Type | Public |
Established | 1666 |
Rector | Prof. Göran Bexell |
Undergraduates | 42,500 |
Postgraduates | 30,800 |
3,200 | |
Location | , , |
Campus | Both urban and rural. |
Affiliations | Universitas 21, EUA |
Website | http://www.lu.se/ |
{{Infobox_University |name = Lund University |native_name = Lunds universitet |latin_name = Universitas Lundensis ''or'' Universitas Gothorum Carolina. ''Also the older'' Academia Carolina lundensis, ''or'' Academia Carolina conciliatrix. |image_name = Lund University seal.png |motto = Ad utrumque (''Prepared for both'') |established = [[1666]] |type = Public |endowment = |staff = 6,000 |faculty = |president = |provost = |principal = |rector = Prof. [[Göran Bexell]] |chancellor = |vice_chancellor = |dean = |head_label = |head = |students = |undergrad = 42,500 |postgrad = 30,800 |doctoral = 3,200 |city = [[Lund]] |state = [[Skåne]] |country = [[Sweden]] |campus = Both urban and rural. |free_label = |free = |colors = |colours = |mascot = |nickname = |affiliations = [[Universitas 21]], [[European University Association|EUA]] |website = http://www.lu.se/ }} |
Stubs
The main stub for university articles is: {{university-stub}}.
Please categorise these articles by using these more specific stubs when appropriate.
By geography:
- Africa {{Africa-university-stub}}
- South Africa {{SouthAfrica-university-stub}}
- Asia {{Asia-university-stub}}
- East Asia
- People's Republic of Bangladesh {{Bangladesh-edu-stub}}
- People's Republic of China
- Mainland China {{China-university-stub}}
- Hong Kong (see below)
- Hong Kong {{HK-edu-stub}}
- Japan {{Japan-university-stub}}
- Korea {{Korea-university-stub}}
- Republic of China (Taiwan) {{Taiwan-university-stub}}
- South Asia
- India {{India-university-stub}}
- Middle East {{MEast-university-stub}}
- East Asia
- Europe {{Euro-university-stub}}
- France {{France-university-stub}}
- Germany {{Germany-university-stub}}
- Poland {{Poland-university-stub}}
- Russia {{Russia-university-stub}}
- United Kingdom {{UK-university-stub}}
- North America
- Canada {{Canada-university-stub}}
- United States {{US-university-stub}}
- Midwest {{US-midwest-university-stub}}
- Northeast {{US-northeast-university-stub}}
- South {{US-south-university-stub}}
- West {{US-west-university-stub}}
- Mexico {{Mexico-university-stub}}
- Oceania / Australasia
- Australia {{Australia-university-stub}}
- New Zealand {{NZ-university-stub}}
- South America {{SouthAm-university-stub}}
By type:
- Business Schools - {{business-school-stub}}
- Honor societies - {{honor-stub}}
- Law schools - {{lawschool-stub}}
- Seminaries - {{seminary-stub}}
Cleanup
The cleanup-university template can be used for university or college articles requiring cleanup:
This article about higher education may require cleanup. |
Project notice
This is the project notice, designed to be placed in the talk page of any article that has been edited as part of this Wikiproject.
Code: {{WikiProject Universities}}
Result:
The WikiProject banner below should be moved to this page's talk page. If this is a demonstration of the template, please set the parameter |category=no to prevent this page being miscategorised. |
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Userbox
Code: {{User:UBX/WPUNI}}
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Articles
New Wikipedia articles related to Universities
Please feel free to list your new University-related articles here (newer articles at the top, please). Any new articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them should be suggested for the Did you know? box on the Main Wikipedia page. DYN has a 72 hr. time limit from the creation of the article.
- Activism at Ohio Wesleyan University appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column on 12 December 2006.
- Texas A&M University — Wikipedia:Peer_review/Texas_A&M_University
- Jesus College, Oxford — Wikipedia:Peer review/Jesus College, Oxford
- Georgia Institute of Technology — Wikipedia:Peer review/Georgia Institute of Technology
- East Carolina University — Wikipedia:Peer review/East Carolina University
- University of Nottingham — Wikipedia:Peer review/University of Nottingham
- Florida State University — Wikipedia:Peer review/Florida State University
- Tepper School of Business — Wikipedia:Peer review/Tepper School of Business
- Patrick Henry College — Wikipedia:Peer review/Patrick Henry College
- History of Georgia Tech — Wikipedia:Peer review/History of Georgia Tech
- Cornell University
- Duke University
- Indian Institutes of Technology
- Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
- Michigan State University
- Ohio Wesleyan University
- Oriel College
- University of Michigan
- Rajshahi University
- College of the Holy Cross
- Ateneo de Manila University
- University of Cambridge
- Dartmouth College
- De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde
- De La Salle University-Manila
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
- Georgia Institute of Technology
- History of Georgia Tech
- Illinois Institute of Technology
- List of Oregon State University alumni
- Litchfield Towers
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- McGill University
- North Carolina State University
- Princeton University
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Texas A&M University
- University College, Durham
- University of California, Santa Cruz
- University of Chicago
- University of Glasgow
- University of Oklahoma
- University of Santo Tomas
- University of Texas at Austin
- University of Virginia
- Fatima Jinnah Dental College
Related WikiProjects
Individual institutions
- WikiProject Columbia University - Covering Columbia University
- WikiProject Cornell University - Covering Cornell University
- WikiProject East Carolina University - Covering East Carolina University
- WikiProject Georgia Tech - Covering Georgia Institute of Technology
- WikiProject Mizzou - Covering University of Missouri–Columbia
- WikiProject University of Oklahoma - Covering University of Oklahoma
- WikiProject Ohio Wesleyan University - Covering Ohio Wesleyan University
- WikiProject University of Oxford - Covering University of Oxford
- WikiProject Pennsylvania State University - Covering Pennsylvania State University.
- WikiProject Rutgers - Covering Rutgers University
- WikiProject University of Texas at Austin - Covering University of Texas at Austin
- Wikipedia:WikiProject University of Virginia - covering the University of Virginia
- WikiProject NCSU - covering North Carolina State University
University and College sports
Athletics conferences
- WikiProject ACC - Covering the Atlantic Coast Conference
- WikiProject Big Ten - Covering the Big Ten Conference
Individual sports
See also
- List of colleges and universities part of Missing encyclopedic articles project