College town

The High Street of Oxford, a good example of a university town. There is no main campus, rather university buildings are around the city between shops, for example those at centre right of the picture.

A college town or university town is a place (often a town or city) that has a college or university that is an important part of that place. The university may be a very big part of the place's economy and culture, and there may be a lot of students living there. Many residents may work for the university, the university may be the biggest employer, and many businesses may work with the university.

College Town Media

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  Main Street in Hanover, New Hampshire, home to the Ivy League university Dartmouth College

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  Kuopio, North Savonia, home to the University of Eastern Finland and Savonia University of Applied Sciences

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  Durham, England, home to Durham University, has been identified as having "one of the highest relative student populations of any city in the world", with 64% of the population of the city being students.

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  Collegetown, Ithaca, in the mid 1980s

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  Thompson Rivers University is a major employer in the college town of Kamloops, British Columbia

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  Terraced houses beneath the railway viaduct in Durham, now largely occupied by student renters

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  Ann Arbor, Michigan, home to the University of Michigan