Entered the University vs Entered in the University

The correct phrase is 'entered the university.' 'Entered in the university' is not a common construction in English. When talking about starting studies at a university, we use 'entered the university.'

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Entered the University

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used when referring to the action of starting studies at a university.

Examples:

She entered the university last year.
He will be entering the university in the fall.
They both entered the university together.
When did you enter the university?
The students who entered the university were excited.

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Time passed, Joy entered the University of Magic at the faculty of gardening.
After graduating high school in 1903, Hildegard entered the university, a rare privilege for young women in her day.
In 1491, he entered the University of Krakow and in 1495 he became canon of the Chapter of Frombork Cathedral.
During 2006-2007 separate structural units: Berdyansk machine construction college, Tokmak mechanical school, Zaporizhzhya college of radioelectronics, Zaporizhzhyaelectrotechnical college and Humanitarian college entered the university.
He entered the University of Rostock in 1565, and the University of Basle in 1568.
One of the greatest geographers of the sixteenth century. Of Flemish origin, Gerhard Kremer Latinized his last name to Mercator when he entered the University of Louvain in 1530.
He was 18 when he entered the university and fell in love.
When I became an adult and entered the University all my efforts had to be put into more important things so I stopped scrolling. I have recovered this nice hobby recently.
And so it came to pass, just over twenty years ago, that I stepped through the Porta San Pietro, my heart pounding, and entered the University for Foreigners Perugia.
In 1491, Copernicus matriculated at the University of Crakow, and in 1496 left for Italy, where he entered the University of Bologna.
After graduating from the University of Illinois with a bachelor's degree in architecture, I entered the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and obtained master's degree in architecture and urban planning.

Entered in the University

This phrase is not commonly used in English.

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He was 18 when he entered the university and fell in love.
Miss Cacciatore, your guidance counselor here informs me that you entered my university two months ago on a full academic scholarship, and are now in danger of flunking out.
At 12, she entered Carnegie Mellon University.
[That ever since we entered this university...] [... I was in love with Miyuki.]
A French university and a British university have entered into a contract with an educational establishment in Greece and students from France, Britain or any other country study in those institutions in Greece.
And I went off to college and got a degree in marine zoology, and then moved to Hawaii and entered graduate school at the University of Hawaii.
Relevant information about admitted credit intermediaries should be entered in a public register.
Importers must be entered in a national VAT register.
Such announcements shall be entered in the minutes of proceedings.
Site length is entered in kilometres.
The university... where this heinous crime took place...
The University of Virginia Hullabahoos, ladies and gentlemen.
Soon after the University Mississippi won the Sugar Bowl.
His poetry reading tomorrow at the university.
The university is holding a full investigation.
The university need this wrapped up quickly.
He obtained his doctorate at the University of Jena in 1969.
We subpoenaed the company that contracts the university server.
Scholarship to the University of Chicago.
Well, I'm into the university.

Alternatives:

enrolled in the university
started at the university
began university
joined the university
commenced studies at the university

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Entered the University vs Entered in the University