a university or the university

A university

'a' , 'The' and 'Zero article' (No article) can be used before 'University' depending upon the sentence. Universities are usually big institutions known to the people. Eg: The University of Mumbai, The University of Michigan, etc. Therefore we use 'the'. When introducing or identifying name of a university for the first time do not use the.

We can use both according to the sentence. Think it...