Universal is the adjective for

universe The universe is all of space and time and their contents, including planets, stars, galaxies, and all other forms of matter and energy. The Big Bang theory is the prevailing cosmological description of the development of the universe. A ...

. Universal may also refer to:

Companies

NBCUniversal NBCUniversal Media, LLC is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate corporation owned by Comcast and headquartered at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, United States. NBCUniversal is primaril ...

, a media and entertainment company ** Universal Animation Studios, an American Animation studio, and a subsidiary of NBCUniversal ** Universal TV, a television channel owned by NBCUniversal ** Universal Kids, an American current television channel, formerly known as Sprout, owned by NBCUniversal **

Universal Pictures Universal Pictures (legally Universal City Studios LLC, also known as Universal Studios, or simply Universal; common metonym: Uni, and formerly named Universal Film Manufacturing Company and Universal-International Pictures Inc.) is an Americ ...

, an American film studio, and a subsidiary of NBCUniversal **

Universal Television Universal Television LLC (abbreviated as UTV) is an American television production company that is a subsidiary of Universal Studio Group, a division of Comcast's NBCUniversal. It serves as the network television production arm of NBC; a predec ...

, a television division owned by NBCUniversal Content Studios ** Universal Parks & Resorts, the theme park unit of NBCUniversal * Universal Airlines (disambiguation) * Universal Avionics, a manufacturer of flight control components * Universal Corporation, an American tobacco company * Universal Display Corporation, a manufacturer of displays * Universal Edition, a classical music publishing firm, founded in Vienna in 1901 * Universal Entertainment Corporation, a Japanese software producer and video game producer * Universal Genève, a Swiss watch company * Universal Gym Equipment * Universal Helicopters, a commercial helicopter company * Universal Magazines, an Australian publisher of magazines and websites *

Universal Music Group Universal Music Group N.V. (often abbreviated as UMG and referred to as just Universal Music) is a Dutch– American multinational music corporation under Dutch law. UMG's corporate headquarters are located in Hilversum, Netherlands and its ...

, a family of record labels ** Universal Music India **

Universal Records (defunct record label) Universal Music Group N.V. (often abbreviated as UMG and referred to as just Universal Music) is a Dutch– American multinational music corporation under Dutch law. UMG's corporate headquarters are located in Hilversum, Netherlands and its ...

, a record label owned by UMG, founded in 1995 * Universal Recording Corporation, a Chicago recording studio founded in 1946 * Universal Records (Philippines), a record label in the Philippines, founded in 1977 * Universal Stereo, a radio station * Universal Television (Somalia), a Somali television station * Universal Uclick, an American content syndicate (formed in 2009 merger of Universal Press Syndicate and Uclick) * Universal Weather and Aviation, an aviation products and services company

Music

Groups

* Universal (band), a 1990s Australian boy band

Albums

* ''Universal'' (Borknagar album) * ''Universal'' (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark album), 1996 * ''Universal'' (Troll album) * ''Universal'' (U.K. Subs album), 2002 * ''Universal'' (YFriday album), 2006

Songs

* " The Universal", a 1995 song by Blur * "The Universal" (Small Faces song), 1968 * "Universal" (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark song), 1996

Cultural and philosophical concepts

Universal (metaphysics) In metaphysics, a universal is what particular things have in common, namely characteristics or qualities. In other words, universals are repeatable or recurrent entities that can be instantiated or exemplified by many particular things. For exa ...

Cultural universal A cultural universal (also called an anthropological universal or human universal) is an element, pattern, trait, or institution that is common to all known human cultures worldwide. Taken together, the whole body of cultural universals is known ...

, a trait common to all cultures * Linguistic universal, a statement that applies to all languages

Technology and devices

* HTC Universal, a Pocket PC phone * The "Universal", an oxygen rebreather designed for use with the Sladen Suit * Universal slitter, a slitter rewinder for roll slitting

Other uses

* Universal (act), a type of official or legal proclamation * Universal, Indiana, a small town in the United States * Universal (Esperantido), a constructed language * Universal, a Russian nickname for a station wagon car * U rating (disambiguation), "Universal" media content rating