faculty

• Substantiv, das eine Abteilung oder Organisationseinheit an einer Universität oder Hochschule bezeichnet sowie das Lehr- und Forschungspersonal einer solchen Einheit.

A noun referring to a department or division within a university or college, or the teaching and research staff of such a department.

1. B1formal

   The entire teaching staff of a university, college, or school.

   Lehrkörper

   • The faculty voted to change the curriculum.
   • She is a member of the history faculty.
   • The university hired new faculty for the engineering department.

   Synonymestaff

2. B1formal

   A department or division within a university or college that focuses on a specific area of study.

   Fakultät

   • He is a professor in the Faculty of Law.
   • The Faculty of Medicine has state-of-the-art laboratories.
   • She applied to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.

   Synonymecollegedepartmentdivisionschool

3. Natural abilityB2formal

   An inherent mental or physical power or ability.

   Fähigkeit

   • She has a remarkable faculty for learning languages.
   • The faculty of speech is unique to humans.
   • He lost the faculty of hearing after the accident.

   Synonymeabilityaptitudebentcapabilitycapacityendowmentflairgiftknacktalent

   Antonymeinabilityincapacityincompetence