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It is a common belief that the word "an" is to be used before a word beginning with a vowel. However, that is according to the sound of the beginning of the word, not the specific letter. "University" is pronounced as if it starts with a "Y" which is a vowel. So it is not the literal letter at the beginning of the word, but the sound it makes that determines whether "a" or "an" is used.

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