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One of the best law schools in India is called "National Law School of India University". I had a great time there as an exchange student, but boy, there is som
by niklasd 6y ago
One of the best law schools in India is called "National Law School of India University". I had a great time there as an exchange student, but boy, there is some heavy parsing involved in that name.
- newswasboring 6y agoThis is what happens when you want to adhere to all local, national and international standards. A National XX is a protected term in education (well sort of) and the use of that term signifies that the government is involved to make this place good. School is there because its modeled after Harvard Law School (not really sure why that one is special in its structure). University is another more protected term. You cannot call an institute a university without ministry of human development's approval. What is weird is because I know all this the name doesn't really sound that weird. They are just expressing a lot of things in the name which is normal to me.
- igravious 6y agoOT: A number of the (what I have been calling) universities in my country have the seemingly bizarrely redundant labelling "University College X" where X is the locale each is based in. Your comment made me look up why. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_college https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_college It appears that, “In a number of countries, a university college is a college institution that provides tertiary education but does not have full or independent university status. A university college is often part of a larger university. The precise usage varies from country to country.” So now I realise that there is but one actual university in my country, that being the national university, and all the self-styled "universities" around the country are mere colleges. Notions!