Academia (Graece Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Ἀκαδημία) est institutum docendi, discendi, inquirendi. Origo nominis est philosophiae Academia Platonis, prope Academiam, sanctuarium Athenae, deae sapientiae et sollertiarum, ad septentriones Athenarum versus in Graecia circa 385 a.C.n. condita. Sunt academiae artium et scientiarum atque academiae linguisticae.

• Gradus academicus
• Academia Europaea
• Academia Francica
• Academia scientiarum
• Libertas philosophandi
• Lyceum
• Universitas

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• Academic Charisma and the Origins of the Research University : Index nominum academiarum
• The typographical Gazetteer Index academiarum Germanicarum