Imperial University

Imperial University may refer to:

  • Imperial University (Université Impériale) or University of France, the French university re-organisation initiated by Napoleon.
  • The National Seven Universities (全国七大学, zenkoku shichidaigaku?) of Japan, originally founded as Imperial Universities before World War II
    • Keijō Imperial University, founded under Japanese rule, now part of the University of Seoul, Korea
    • National Taiwan University, founded under Japanese rule as "Taihoku (Taipei) Imperial University"
  • Imperial University of Vilna; now Vilnius University, Lithuania
  • Imperial University of Warsaw; now University of Warsaw, Poland
  • Imperial College London, United Kingdom

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