The University of Nalanda was a

Nalanda was a monastic university, a great residential centre of Buddhist learning run by and around its monasteries.

It was not a technical university, since its focus lay in scriptures, philosophy and the liberal disciplines.

It was not a general university in the modern administrative sense, being rooted in monastic life.

It was not a medical university, though medicine was among the many subjects studied there.

Nalanda drew scholars from across Asia and housed thousands of students and teachers.

It flourished from around the fifth century until its destruction in the twelfth century.