To understand and answer this question on what a secular university is, we must first understand the word ‘secular.’ According to The English Dictionary (English 4.1), secular means, ‘Not specifically religious; lay or civil as opposed to clerical. It also means temporal or worldly, not spiritual or religious.’ A secular university can, therefore, be said to be the opposite of a faith-based one. A faith-based university is affiliated with a particular Christian denomination. A secular university is affiliated to none and is open to all, and does not profess or promote faith. A secular university is a public university, and since there has been a separation of the state and religion, the secular university does not promote any faith or religion, neither does it affiliate itself with any. For example, in the French public education system, all forms of religious symbols have been banned. In contrast, in faith-based schools, religious activities, including daily prayers, are central to their activities.