Universal samun ilimi ne da ikon dukkan mutane zuwa da damar daidaita a ilimi, ko da kuwa su zaman jama'a aji, tseren, jinsi, jima'i, kabilanci bango ko jiki da hankulansu nakasa . Ana amfani da kalmar a duka lokacin shigar da kwaleji don azuzuwan aji da ƙananan, da kuma fasahar taimaka wa nakasassu Wasu masu sukar ra'ayi suna ganin cewa wannan aikin a cikin ilimin firamare, akasin tsayayyar cancanta, yana haifar da ƙimar darajar ilimi. Don sauƙaƙa damar ba da ilimi ga kowa, ƙasashe suna da haƙƙin neman ilimi.' Samun damar samun ilimi a duniya yana karfafa hanyoyi da dama na koyar da ilimi don cimma nasarar yada ilimin a fadin bambancin zamantakewar, al'adu, tattalin arziki, kasa da kuma ilimin halittu. Da farko an haɓaka tare da taken samun dama daidai da haɗa ɗalibai masu ilmantarwa ko nakasa jiki da tunani, jigogin da ke jagorantar samun ilimi a duniya yanzu sun faɗaɗa a kan dukkan nau'ikan iko da bambancin ra'ayi .