university institution ed.

[Rozaliya]

Пожалуйста, помогите перевести. university institution.
Слово встречается в следующем контексте:
Today higher education in Europe is delivered by many different providers, from the long-established traditional European universities, to public non-university institutions, private institutions and the latest addition to the group, virtual and corporate providers (Farrington 2000, p. 100). This is the situation which university institutions currently face in response to pervasive and rapidly changing global environmental demands.

Заранее спасибо

[Lithium]

может подразумевается

university-level institutions
как научное учреждение??

[Rozaliya]

да, скорее всего так.. спасибо большое за помощь!!!