The phrase "a certain university" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a specific university without naming it, often to create a sense of mystery or generality.
Example: "A certain university has recently made headlines for its groundbreaking research in renewable energy."
Alternatives: "one particular university" or "a specific university".
She accompanied him on campus visits and provided her feedback, but he said that she was not steering him to a certain university.
Campbell drew a distinction between helping athletes from disadvantaged backgrounds with meals, clothes or admission to a nightclub and bribing them to attend a certain university.
Don't expect that because you've got a 2.1 from a certain university and magnificent A-levels, your academic qualifications will walk you into the job.
"If they're invested in their children going to a certain university, they sometimes think only the numbers and grades are what matter," he says.
Fitzpatrick is the team's serviceable quarterback distinct for going to college not at an S.E.C. or Big Ten institution, but at a certain university just north of the Charles River.
I'd be particularly intrigued to read a certain university paper I learned of recently: '"I shall most likely be out on the links": Golf as Metaphor in the Ghost Stories of MR James.' Next: F Scott Fitzgerald.
If a copy of a certain university-press title happens not to be available, they will gladly order it for you.
For Mr. Arain will not be donning the gold-trimmed robe of chancellor or assuming duties that include, according to the university, acting as an arbiter in certain university disputes, presiding at official ceremonies and making ceremonial speeches in Latin.
The New Yorker, May 26 , 1975P. 36 Writer is asked to submit a "curriculum vitae" to certain university authorities.
"There's a real concern in certain university departments and music colleges that their only candidates are coming from the independent sector," he adds.
In fact, it was easier for the children of Israel to cross the Red Sea than for a Negro to cross certain university campuses".
