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The noun 'university' is a common noun as a general word for any institution of higher learning providing facilities for teaching and research and authorized to grant academic degrees.

A proper noun is the name of a specific person, place, or thing. A proper noun for the common noun 'university' is the name of a specific university, for example, Harvard University in Massachusetts USA or Oxford University in Oxford UK.

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