yliopistollisesta

Yliopistollinen is a Finnish adjective meaning related to a university, university-level, or characteristic of universities. It is used to describe matters tied to higher education institutions or the academic culture they promote, such as education, research, governance, or policy contexts.

Etymology and formation: The term is formed from the noun yliopisto (university) plus the suffix -llinen, which creates adjectives that indicate the possession of a certain quality or relation. This construction parallels other Finnish adjectives such as ammatillinen (professional) or tieteellinen (scientific).

Usage: Yliopistollinen is most common in formal, technical, or policy-oriented language. Examples include yliopistollinen koulutus (university-level education) and yliopistollinen tutkimus (university-level research). In everyday speech, speakers may prefer more general or alternative terms such as akateeminen (academic) or yliopistotasoinen, depending on the nuance and context.

Inflection: Like other Finnish adjectives, yliopistollinen declines for case and number. The elative singular form is yliopistollisesta, while other common forms include yliopistollisen (genitive), yliopistollista (partitive), and yliopistollisessa (inessive). The form yliopistollisesta is the elative singular, used to express “from the university-like [something].”

See also: Akateeminen, Korkeakoulu, Yliopisto, Tutkimus.