| A | B |
|---|
| la asignatura | course, subject (school) |
| la beca | scholarship (financial award) |
| la carrera | career; univeristy major |
| la conferencia | lecture |
| el curso | program, course of study |
| el/la estudiante de primero (segundo, tercero, etc.) | freshman (sophomore, junior, etc.) |
| la facultad | school within university |
| el intercambio | exchange |
| la matrícula | tuition |
| el metro | subway |
| la mochila | backpack |
| la pension | boarding house |
| el profescorado | faculty |
| la oficina de estudios escolares, la secretaria | office of student services, secretary's office |
| aprobar(ue) | to pass, to get a passing grade |
| apurarse | to worry; to rush |
| arreglarse | to arrange, to fix, to sort out |
| enterarse de | to find out about |
| reprobar, suspender | to fail, to get a failing grade |
| antipatico/a | unpleasant, disagreeable |
| deprimido/a | depressed |
| Anda | Come on., Go on. |
| estar libre | to be free, to be unoccupied |
| menos mal | it's just as well, it's a good thing... |
| tener aspecto | to look, to appear |
| los apuntes | notes |
| el bachillerato | secondary education and the degree obtained |
| la calificaion, lo nota | grade |
| la carrera experimental | scientific course of study |
| la carrera humanistica | liberal arts course of study |
| el/la catedratico/a | senior professor |
| la casa particular | private home |
| la clase optativa | elective course |
| los deberes | homework, assignments |
| el/la decano/a | dean |
| el doctorado | doctoral degree |
| la enseñanza | teaching |
| la especializacion | major; field of study |
| el informe | report |
| la lectura | reading |
| la licenciatura | degree obtained after an undergraduat course of study |
| la maestria | master's degree |
| la peticion de ingreso | application for admission |
| la plaza reservada | a place in the incoming class |
| el/la rector/a | university president |
| el/la regente de matricula | registrar |
| el requisto | requirement, required course |
| la residencia estudiantil, el colegio mayor | dormitory |
| la sala de conferencias, el aula | lecture hall |
| la tarea | homework, task |
| el titulo (universitario) | academic 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, licenciarse | to graduate (from college) |
| matricularse, inscribirse | to matriculate , to register, to enroll |
| sacar apuntes | to take notes |
| sacar buenas/malas notas | to get good/bad grades |
| seguir (i) un curso | to follow a program or course of study |
| transferir (ie) | to transfer |
| rendir (i) un examen, tomar un examen, sufrir un examen | to take an exam |
| seguir (i) una carrera de..., hacer una carrera de... | to pursue a degree in ( a field of study) |
| zambutir, tragar, empollar | to cram fo 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 |
| ingeniera | engineering |
| medicina | medical school |
| sobresaliente | excellent |
| notable | good |
| aprobado | passing |
| reprobado | failing |
| suspendido, suspenso | failing badly, suspended |
| la administracion de empresas | business administration |
| la antopologia | anthropology |
| la biologia | biology |
| la ciencia economica | economics |
| las ciencias politicas | political science |
| derecho | law |
| la educacion primaria/secundaria | elementary/secondary school |
| la enfermeria | nursing |
| la filologia | historica study of language and literature |
| la filologia inglesa | english |
| la filosofia | philosopy |
| la geografia | geography |
| la geologia | geology |
| la historia | history |
| la hoteleria, la hosteleria | hotel management |
| los idiomas | foreign languages |
| la informatica | computer science |
| la ingeniera | engineering |
| la linguistica | linguistics |
| las matematicas | mathematics |
| el periodismo | journalism |
| la psicologia | psychology |
| la quimica | chemsitry |
| la sociologia | sociology |
