faculty

A part of a university that teaches and studies one subject or a group of related subjects.

• He entered the faculty of medicine.
• The university has six faculties.
• Our faculty offers courses in several languages.

How to use it: faculty of something (She teaches in the faculty of law.)

Common phrases: faculty of medicine, faculty of science, arts faculty

The teachers and researchers who work at a college, university, or school.

• The faculty met on Monday.
• She joined the faculty last year.
• Students and faculty attended the lecture.

Similar words: academic staff, teaching staff

Common phrases: faculty members, faculty meeting, join the faculty

A natural ability to think, sense, understand, or do something.

• Her mental faculties remain sharp.
• The illness affected his faculty of speech.
• He has an impressive faculty for remembering faces.

How to use it: faculty of something (He gradually lost the faculty of speech.)

Similar words: ability, capacity, power

Common phrases: mental faculty, faculty of something, reasoning faculty