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Specifically the .edu TLD is currently suppose to only be for accredited (recognized by the U.S. Dept. of Education) post-secondary education. So universities such as Cambridge do not have .edu domains.

_delirium on Dec 11, 2013 [–]

A few German universities have .edu as well, e.g. http://www.kit.edu. Maybe also grandfathered?

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