| A | B |
|---|
| la asignatura | course |
| la beca | scholarship |
| la carrera | career |
| la conferencia | lecture |
| el curso | program, course of study |
| el/la estudiante de primero(segundo...) | freshman (sophomore, junior) |
| la facultad | school within a university |
| el intercambio | exchange |
| la matricula | tuition |
| el metro | subway |
| la mochila | backpack |
| la pension | boarding house |
| el profesorado | faculty |
| la oficina de estudios escolares, la secretaria | office of student services, secretary's office |
| aprobar | to pass (grade) |
| apurarse | to worry, to rush |
| arreglarse | to arrange |
| enterarse de | to find out about |
| reprobar | to fail |
| antipatico/a | unpleasant |
| deprimido/a | depressed |
| Anda (tu) | come on |
| estar libre | to be free |
| menos mal | it's just as well |
| tener aspecto | to look, to appear |
| los apuntes | notes |
| el bachillerato | secondary (high school) education and the degree obtained |
| la nota | grade |
| la carrera humanistica | liberal arts course of study |
| la casa particular | private home |
| el/la catedratico/a | senior professor |
| la clase optativa | elective course |
| los deberes | homework, assignments |
| el/la decano/a | dean |
| el doctorado | doctoral (Ph.D.) degree |
| la ensananzala | teaching |
| la especializacion | major |
| el informe | report |
| la lectura | reading |
| la licenciatura | degree obtained after an undergraduate course of study |
| la maestria | master's (M.A.) degree |
| la peticion de ingreso | application for admission |
| la plaza reservada | a place in the incoming class |
| el/la rector/a | university president, rector |
| el/la regente de matricula | registrar |
| el requisito | requirement, required course |
| la residencia estudiantil | dormitory |
| la sala de conferencias | lecture hall |
| la tarea | task, homework |
| el titulo (universitario) | acedemic degree |
| el trabajo | paper or other type of written work |
| el/la universitario/a | college student or graduate |
| apuntar | to write down |
| calificar | to grade |
| graduarse | to graduate |
| matricularse | to matriculate |
| sacar apuntes | to take notes |
| sacar buenas/malas notas | to get good/bad grades |
| seguir un curso | to follow a program |
| rendir un examen, (tomar, sufrir) | to take an exam |
| seguir una carrera de | to pursue a degree in |
| zambutir | to cram for an exam |
| arquitectura | architecture |
| ciencias naturales | natural sciences |
| ciencias politicas y economicas | political science and economics |
| derecho | law |
| filosofia y letras | liberal arts, humanities |
| historia y arte | history and art |
| ingenieria | engineering |
| medicina | medical school |
| sobresaliente | excellent |
| notable | good |
| aprobado | passing |
| reprobado | failing |
| suspendido | failing badly |
| la administracion de empresas | business administration |
| la antropologia | anthropology |
| la biologia | biology |
| la ciencia economica | economics |
| derecho | law |
| la educacion primaria/secundaria | elementary/secondary education |
| la enfermeria | nursing |
| la filologia | historical study of language and literature |
| la filologia inglesa | English |
| la filosofia | philosophy |
| la geografia | geography |
| la geologia | geology |
| la historia | history |
| la hoteleria | hotel management |
| los idiomas | foreign languages |
| la informatica | computer science |
| la ingenieria | engineering |
| la linguistica | linguistics |
| las matematicas | mathematics |
| el periodismo | journalism |
| la psicologia | psychology |
| la quimica | chemistry |
| la sociologia | sociology |
| transferir | to transfer |
