Reading law, history or whatever is still to be heard and in use by students and alumni of Oxbridge and the older universities in the UK. Its usage, as far as I know, is confined to the UK and its Commonwealth countries.
For the full name it varies. Most educated Americans would include the “the” in “the University of Chicago” when speaking of the university in isolation.
For instance, most state universities in the USA don't use"The" in the title, but a few do. For example, we have Oregon State University, Oklahoma State Univeristy, and The Ohio State Univeristy. You could try Hellion's rule, and put"The" in there if there's also an"of", but doubtless there's an exception to that waiting to bite you too.
Professor is also a rank, and a title, in the American university system and as such, confers status on its recipients.
In British universities, a Reader is an academic appointment, immediately below the level of Professor. Even though British students may be described as reading law, or history, or natural sciences, or any other subject, they are not referred to as readers. –
When a state in the United States has two separate systems of public universities, the name University of ___ is carried by the one that is meant to be the more prestigious one (the one that has more demanding admission requirements, more graduate programs, and where more notable research is carried out), while the name X State University is given to the one that is primarily intended to ...
The fact that the plural form of a word has a different ending from the singular form is completely separate from the issue of adding 's for the possessive.
Cornell University, one of the first universities to embrace coeducation, became a coed institution in 1870.In a 2005 book by Margaret A. Lowe titled Looking Good: College Women and Body Image, 1875-1930, the author explains using first-hand accounts by the pioneering"coeds" of the time:
I know that to describe which year you're in, with American English, people usually use words like: Freshmen - 1st year college/university student Sophomore - 2nd year Junior - 3rd year Senior -...
Some universities might offer courses in a condensed format over the summer, in which case, you might hear a professor say something like,"I'm only teaching in the second short term this summer." Term can also be used in the context of elementary and secondary education:"My daughter got a B in science last term." From NOAD: