The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to academia:

Academia – nationally and internationally recognized establishment of professional scholars and students, working for the most part in colleges and universities, who are engaged in higher education and research.

Purposes of academia

• Higher education
• Research

Branches of academia

• Academic disciplines
• Doctoral studies

History of academia

• History of academia

Academic positions

• Academic administration
• Academic ranks
• Professor
• Tenure

Academic communication

• Academic conference
• Academic publishing
• Academic journal
• Academic article
• Academic literature
• Academic writing
• Peer review
• Scholarly communication
• Journal ranking

Academic culture

• Academic acceleration
• Academic dishonesty (Scientific misconduct)
• Academic discipline (Scientific community)
• Academic degree
• Academic dress
• Academic inflation
• Academic mobility
• Bullying in academia
• Ivory tower
• Town and gown
• Scholarly method (Scientific method)