| 大学 | dà xué | university / college / CL:所[suo3] |   |
| 大学生 | dà xué shēng | university student / college student | |
| 北大 | Běi Dà | Peking University (abbr. for 北京大學|北京大学) | |
| 院长 | yuàn zhǎng | the head of an institution whose name ends in 院[yuan4] / chair of a board / university president / college dean / premier of the Republic of China / CL:個|个[ge4] | |
| 师范大学 | shī fàn dà xué | normal university / teacher training college | |
| 清华大学 | Qīng huá Dà xué | Tsinghua University, Beijing / National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan | |
| 北京大学 | Běi jīng Dà xué | Peking University | |
| 科技大学 | kē jì dà xué | university of science and technology | |
| 理工大学 | lǐ gōng dà xué | University of Science and Engineering / also sometimes Institute of Technology | |
| 大一 | dà yī | first-year university student | |
| 复旦 | Fù dàn | Fudan University, Shanghai, abbr. for 復旦大學|复旦大学[Fu4 dan4 Da4 xue2] | |
| 考上 | kǎo shàng | to pass a university entrance exam | |
| 学士 | xué shì | bachelor's degree / person holding a university degree | |
| 工业大学 | gōng yè dà xué | technical university / engineering college | |
| 师大 | shī dà | abbr. for 師範大學|师范大学[shi1 fan4 da4 xue2], normal university / teacher training college | |
| 商学院 | shāng xué yuàn | business school / university of business studies | |
| 交通大学 | Jiāo tōng Dà xué | abbr. for 上海交通大學|上海交通大学 / Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 西安交通大學|西安交通大学 / Xia'an Jiaotong University, 國立交通大學|国立交通大学 / National Chiao Tung University (Taiwan) etc | |
| 副院长 | fù yuàn zhǎng | deputy chair of board / vice-president (of a university etc) | |
| 哥伦比亚 | Gē lún bǐ yà | Colombia / Columbia (District of, or University etc) | |
| 大学城 | dà xué chéng | university city | |
| 交大 | Jiāo dà | Jiaotong University / University of Communications / abbr. of 交通大學|交通大学[Jiao1 tong1 Da4 xue2] | |
| 医科大学 | yī kē dà xué | university of medicine | |
| 复旦大学 | Fù dàn Dà xué | Fudan University, Shanghai | |
| 大三 | dà sān | third-year university student | |
| 大四 | dà sì | fourth-year university student | |
| 大二 | dà èr | second-year university student | |
| 浙江大学 | Zhè jiāng Dà xué | Zhejiang University | |
| 中山大学 | Zhōng shān Dà xué | Sun Yat-sen University (Guangzhou) / Sun Yat-sen University (Kaohsiung) / Sun Yat-sen University (Moscow), founded in 1925 as training ground for Chinese communists | |
| 中国人民大学 | Zhōng guó Rén mín Dà xué | Renmin University of China | |
| 上岸 | shàng àn | to go ashore / to climb ashore / (fig.) to achieve a stable and secure life after a period of struggle (e.g. to get a government job, be admitted to a desirable university, or finally pay off one's debts) | |
| 武汉大学 | Wǔ hàn Dà xué | Wuhan University | |
| 大学本科 | dà xué běn kē | university undergraduate course | |
| 国大 | Guó Dà | abbr. for 國民大會|国民大会, National Assembly of the Republic of China (extant during various periods between 1913 and 2005) / abbr. for 新加坡國立大學|新加坡国立大学, National University of Singapore (NUS) / abbr. for 印度國民大會黨|印度国民大会党, Indian National Congress (INC) / abbr. for 馬來西亞印度國民大會黨|马来西亚印度国民大会党, Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) | |
| 同济大学 | Tóng jì Dà xué | Tongji University | |
| 北京师范大学 | Běi jīng Shī fàn Dà xué | Beijing Normal University | |
| 南京大学 | Nán jīng Dà xué | Nanjing University, NJU | |
| 南开大学 | Nán kāi Dà xué | Nankai University (Tianjin) | |
| 哈佛大学 | Hā fó Dà xué | Harvard University | |
| 南大 | Nán Dà | Nanjing University, NJU (abbr. for 南京大學|南京大学[Nan2 jing1 Da4 xue2]) | |
| 山东大学 | Shān dōng Dà xué | Shandong University | |
| 厦门大学 | Xià mén Dà xué | Xiamen University | |
| 吉林大学 | Jí lín Dà xué | Jilin University | |
| 四川大学 | Sì chuān Dà xué | Sichuan University | |
| 北师大 | Běi Shī Dà | Beijing Normal University / abbr. for 北京師範大學|北京师范大学[Bei3 jing1 Shi1 fan4 Da4 xue2] | |
| 东南大学 | Dōng nán Dà xué | Southeast University | |
| 重庆大学 | Chóng qìng Dà xué | Chongqing University | |
| 联大 | Lián Dà | abbr. for 聯合國大會|联合国大会[Lian2 he2 guo2 Da4 hui4], United Nations General Assembly / abbr. for 國立西南聯合大學|国立西南联合大学[Guo2 li4 Xi1 nan2 Lian2 he2 Da4 xue2], National Southwest Combined University | |
| 上海交通大学 | Shàng hǎi Jiāo tōng Dà xué | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | |
| 民族大学 | Mín zú Dà xué | University for Nationalities (university of ethnic studies) | |
| 中国政法大学 | Zhōng guó Zhèng fǎ Dà xué | China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, with undergraduate campus at Changping 昌平[Chang1 ping2], and graduate campus in Haidian district 海淀區|海淀区[Hai3 dian4 Qu1] | |
| 天津大学 | Tiān jīn Dà xué | Tianjin University | |
| 上海大学 | Shàng hǎi Dà xué | Shanghai University | |
| 大运 | Dà yùn | a stroke of luck / World University Games (formerly "Universiade") (abbr. for 大學生運動會|大学生运动会[da4 xue2 sheng1 yun4 dong4 hui4]) | |
| 暨南大学 | Jì nán Dà xué | Jinan University in Guangdong Province, with 4 campuses in Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Zhuhai | |
| 西安交通大学 | Xī ān Jiāo tōng Dà xué | Xi'an Jiaotong University (XJTU) | |
| 电子科技大学 | Diàn zǐ Kē jì Dà xué | University of Electronic Science and Technology of China | |
| 苏州大学 | Sū zhōu Dà xué | Suzhou or Soochow University (Suzhou, PRC since 1986) | |
| 湖南大学 | Hú nán Dà xué | Hunan University | |
| 剑桥大学 | Jiàn qiáo Dà xué | University of Cambridge | |
| 华东师范大学 | Huá dōng Shī fàn Dà xué | East China Normal University (ECNU) | |
| 兰州大学 | Lán zhōu Dà xué | Lanzhou University | |
| 郑州大学 | Zhèng zhōu Dà xué | Zhengzhou University | |
| 台湾大学 | Tái wān Dà xué | National Taiwan University / abbr. to 臺大|台大[Tai2 Da4] | |
| 东北大学 | Dōng běi Dà xué | Northeastern University (in Shenyang 瀋陽市|沈阳市[Shen3 yang2 shi4], Liaoning) / Tōhoku University, Sendai, Japan | |
| 香港大学 | Xiāng gǎng Dà xué | The University of Hong Kong | |
| 州立大学 | Zhōu lì Dà xué | State University (US) | |
| 上海财经大学 | Shàng hǎi Cái jīng Dà xué | Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (SUFE) | |
| 牛津大学 | Niú jīn Dà xué | University of Oxford | |
| 耶鲁大学 | Yē lǔ Dà xué | Yale University | |
| 华南理工大学 | Huá nán Lǐ gōng Dà xué | South China University of Technology | |
| 西北工业大学 | Xī běi Gōng yè Dà xué | Northwestern Polytechnical University | |
| 华师大 | Huá Shī Dà | East China Normal University (abbr. for 華東師範大學|华东师范大学[Hua2 dong1 Shi1 fan4 Da4 xue2]) | |
| 加州大学 | Jiā zhōu Dà xué | University of California (abbr. for 加利福尼亞大學|加利福尼亚大学[Jia1 li4 fu2 ni2 ya4 Da4 xue2]) | |
| 西北大学 | Xī běi Dà xué | Northwest University | |
| 华威 | Huá wēi | Warwick (name) / University of Warwick, Coventry, UK | |
| 医大 | yī dà | abbr. for 醫科大學|医科大学[yi1 ke1 da4 xue2], university of medicine | |
| 中国地质大学 | Zhōng guó Dì zhì Dà xué | China University of Geosciences | |
| 北京科技大学 | Běi jīng Kē jì Dà xué | University of Science and Technology Beijing | |
| 大生 | dà shēng | university student, abbr. for 大學生|大学生[da4 xue2 sheng1] | |
| 北京工业大学 | Běi jīng Gōng yè Dà xué | Beijing University of Technology | |
| 大连理工大学 | Dà lián Lǐ gōng Dà xué | Dalian University of Technology | |
| 北京外国语大学 | Běi jīng Wài guó yǔ Dà xué | Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU) | |
| 华东师大 | Huá dōng Shī dà | East China Normal University (abbr. for 華東師範大學|华东师范大学[Hua2 dong1 Shi1 fan4 Da4 xue2]) | |
| 蔡元培 | Cài Yuán péi | Cai Yuanpei (1868-1940), educationist and politician, president of Peking University 1917-27 | |
| 安徽大学 | An1 huī Dà xué | Anhui University | |
| 中央财经大学 | Zhōng yāng Cái jīng Dà xué | Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing | |
| 西南交通大学 | Xī nán Jiāo tōng Dà xué | Southwest Jiaotong University | |
| 西安电子科技大学 | Xī ān Diàn zǐ Kē jì Dà xué | Xidian University | |
| 校徽 | xiào huī | school badge / college insignia / university crest | |
| 北京林业大学 | Běi jīng Lín yè Dà xué | Beijing Forestry University | |
| 华侨大学 | Huá qiáo Dà xué | Huaqiao University | |
| 五角场 | Wǔ jiǎo chǎng | Wujiaochang neighborhood of Shanghai, adjacent to Fudan University | |
| 华东理工大学 | Huá dōng Lǐ gōng Dà xué | East China University of Science and Technology | |
| 东京大学 | Dōng jīng Dà xué | Tokyo University, Japan | |
| 江南大学 | Jiāng nán Dà xué | Jiangnan University (Jiangsu Province) | |
| 中国传媒大学 | Zhōng guó Chuán méi Dà xué | Communication University of China (CUC), the highest institute of radio, film and television education in China | |
| 中财 | Zhōng Cái | Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing / abbr. for 中央財經大學|中央财经大学[Zhong1 yang1 Cai2 jing1 Da4 xue2] | |
| 上海外国语大学 | Shàng hǎi Wài guó yǔ Dà xué | Shanghai International Studies University (SISU) | |
| 汕头大学 | Shàn tóu Dà xué | Shantou University | |
| 辽宁大学 | Liáo níng Dà xué | Liaoning University | |
