Comprehensive universities are non-profit, academic institutions of higher learning where the highest academic degree awarded is usually a master's degree. Faculty at these institutions in science, technology, engineering, and/or mathematics often run active, externally funded research groups in their disciplines in addition to their normal teaching duties. Their research groups are often constituted from undergraduate majors and graduate students working on their master's degree. Faculty at comprehensive universities typically teach higher course loads than faculty at graduate research institutions - course loads that are similar to those of faculty teaching at primarily undergraduate institutions. Their teaching duties are often split between undergraduate and graduate (advanced) courses in their discipline and may include laboratory sections as well as lectures.
Comprehensive Universities
