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New generic extensionSince 2014

.university domain registration

An extension for the university: for a university or university program that wants its address to say it grants degrees, gathering its colleges and students under one name.

Score card

.university in six cells

Our score out of five, as we see it when we help a customer choose.

Trust
3 out of 5
Easy to remember
2 out of 5
Global reach
2 out of 5
Price stability
5 out of 5
Short names available
4 out of 5
Local meaning
1 out of 5

Overview

What is .university

The word university is the highest name on the ladder of education: an institution that brings colleges together and grants academic degrees. .university entered the internet’s root in 2014 as a new generic extension; it is run by Binky Moon, LLC and supports names in Arabic and DNSSEC signing.

Students and their parents read it as a statement of a university that grants degrees. So it suits universities, their programs, colleges and research centers, and misleads people if a course center, an admissions office or a site that grants no university degree holds it, even if its work is close to education.

Its price with us is fixed, the first year and every renewal, but much higher than .com’s. The word is long and needs spelling out on the phone, so register with it a short name in .com or .co that your students in Oman know, and .university carries your university’s name to those who look for you from abroad.

Type
New generic extension (new gTLD)
In the root since
April 3, 2014
Name’s origin
university
Responsible body
Binky Moon, LLC
Who may register
Anyone, person or organization, from any country
DNSSEC
Supported
Names in Arabic
Supported (IDN)

Who it suits

For your field: is .university the best fit?

Every field has an extension that says something about it. Here is what .university says in each, and which extension completes it.

  • A private university

    Excellent · The first choice

    It tells students from the address that it’s a university, and .com completes it for those who type its name without an extension.

    Register it with.university.com

  • A university in Oman

    Good · A good fit with .com

    A short name in .com your students here know, and .university carries its name to those searching from abroad.

    Register it with.com.university

  • A stand-alone college

    Good · A good fit

    For an independent college .college is more precise, and .university fits if it’s part of a university.

    Register it with.college.university

  • A university hospital

    Good · A good fit

    It says it’s part of a university, and .healthcare says it treats patients.

    Register it with.university.healthcare

  • A study-abroad office

    Consider another · Consider .study

    Whoever guides students grants no degree, and .university suggests a university; .study is more honest.

    Register it with.study.com

  • An online course platform

    Consider another · Consider .academy

    Courses without a degree don’t need a university’s name, and students may take them for a university degree.

    Register it with.academy.online

What it does for you

What you gain when you register it

  • The university in the address

    Students know from the link they’re facing a university, not a course center.

  • Your colleges under one name

    Each college gets a subdomain under the university’s name, so the family stays one.

  • Email that presents your university

    info@manara-salalah.university tells whoever receives it that the message comes from a university.

  • Your name for students abroad

    Someone looking for a university from another country reads what you are from the address.

And where its value shows

On the degree certificate

An address employers can check.

In the admissions guide

A link to colleges and majors.

At academic conferences

The university’s address beside every paper.

In faculty email

Its source known before it’s opened.

Pros and cons

What you should know before you register

Frankly, as we’d tell a customer who asks us before registering.

Pros

  • 01Says “university” beyond doubt
  • 02Gathers colleges under one name
  • 03A fixed price with us, the first year and every renewal
  • 04Short names are easier to find than in .com
  • 05Supports names in Arabic and DNSSEC signing

Cons

  • 01Much more expensive than .com
  • 02A long word that needs spelling out on the phone
  • 03Read as a claim to be a university, so it misleads if you’re not
  • 04Less familiar than .com to many people

Rules

Registration terms for .university

What the registry requires and what we add, in one place.

Who may register
Anyone, person or organization, from any country
Documents
None required, but you state that you hold the licenses or standing the field requires
Name length
Up to 63 characters
Characters
a–z, digits and hyphens, never first or last
Names in Arabic
Supported (IDN)
Registration term
1 to 10 years
DNSSEC
Supported
Privacy protection
Optional, for a separate fee
Transfer
60 days after registration or the last transfer, with an EPP code; adds a year to its term

Life cycle

From registration until the name is free again

What happens to your name if it isn’t renewed, and when you can still get it back.

  1. 01Registration1 to 10 yearsThe name is yours from the moment you pay, for the term you chose.
  2. 02Before expiry31 days, then 8 days beforeWe remind you twice by email; auto-renewal saves you the reminder.
  3. 03After expiryDays 1–8The website and email stop; renew within these days at the regular renewal price.
  4. 04AuctionFrom day 10The name may go to auction; if it sells, it passes to its buyer.Domain recovery policy
  5. 05Redemption30 daysIf the registry offers it after deletion: a $200 redemption fee plus a year’s renewal.
  6. 06Final deletion5 daysThen the name is free again for anyone to register.

Tips

Before you register

  1. 1Register .com with itStudents type .com out of habit, so the university’s name in it leads them to its .university address.
  2. 2A short name students knowThe word is long, so keep the university’s name before it to one word or initials its students know.
  3. 3A short name, read as it’s writtenIf it needs spelling out on the phone, it’s too long or too complicated.
  4. 4No digits or hyphens that need explainingEvery hyphen or digit has to be said, and what has to be said gets forgotten.
  5. 5Renew automatically, or register for yearsUp to 10 years at once, so you never miss a date.
  6. 6Make sure the name isn’t someone else’s trademarkA registered trademark’s owner can recover the name from whoever registered it first.

Nearby extensions

If your name is taken in .university

FAQ5 questions

Frequently asked questions about .university

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  • $73 a year, for the first year and every renewal: the price you see when you search, with no other fees at registration.

  • Anyone, person or organization, from any country, with no documents at registration. But it’s one of the extensions ICANN binds with strict safeguards: you state that you hold the licenses or standing its field requires, report any change to them, and may be reviewed after a complaint.

  • Yes, once 60 days have passed since it was registered or last transferred. Ask your current provider for the transfer (EPP) code and open a transfer request with us; a full year is added to the domain’s term.

  • We remind you by email 31 days and 8 days before expiry, and 3 days after it. After expiry the website and email stop, and you can renew in the first eight days at the regular renewal price; from day 10 it may go to auction. If it is deleted and the registry allows redemption within 30 days, the redemption fee is $200 plus a year’s renewal.

  • Yes. The body responsible for .university has an Arabic table in IANA’s repository of internationalized names (IDN), so the name is written in Arabic and stored in a form that begins with xn--.

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