The phrase "foremost university" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is often used to describe a university that is considered to be the best or most important in a certain field or region. Example: Harvard University is renowned as one of the foremost universities in the world for its prestigious academic programs and renowned faculty.
This soon became the foremost university school of education in the United States.
Reischauer: To be asked to be part of the governance of the foremost university in the world is an opportunity few people would turn away from.
Tune in to the steady murmur of intellectual conversation or, better still, eavesdrop on the posturing and plans for youthful high jinks, the hallmarks of one of France's foremost university towns.
In 1872 she sat for the entrance examination at the University of Michigan, then the foremost university to which women were admitted, and although she proved deficient in some areas, the deep impression she made on the university's president, James B. Angell, induced him to admit her.
It would appear from the context of Bacon's works for the Pope that the remedies had to do with educational matters at Paris, which at this time was the foremost university of the Christian commonwealth.
After a period of decline, Bologna was reorganized in 1860 and resumed its place among Italy's foremost universities.
Cambridge is home to one of the world's foremost universities; Newmarket, in Suffolk, is a world-famous centre for horse racing.
He held lectureships at some of the world's foremost universities, including Harvard, where, starting in the 1980s, he taught regularly for many years; Oxford; and the University of California, Berkeley.
It looked like Imperial College had lost its liberal bearings: a ban on hijab at one of Britain's foremost universities would have set a dangerous precedent (College security ban on hijabs and hoodies, November 24).
A professor at one of China's foremost universities has launched ferocious attack on the state propaganda department saying it uses Nazi tactics and has been covering up famines, corruption and disease for more than 50 years.
Peking University has maintained its position as the foremost nontechnical university in China.
