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Wikipedia avoids unnecessary capitalization.In English, capitalization is primarily needed for proper names, acronyms, and for the first letter of a sentence. [a] Wikipedia relies on sources to determine what is conventionally capitalized; only words and phrases that are consistently capitalized in a substantial majority of independent, reliable sources are capitalized in Wikipedia.
However, do not impose such a symbol simply to mimic a graphical logo: Gulf and Western Industries not Gulf+Western. When a company name contains a numeral, do not substitute a spelled out version: 3M, not ThreeM. Non-alphanumeric symbols found in logos and other trademark stylizations are not used in Wikipedia article titles: Macy's not Macy★s.
Most reliable sources do not consistently capitalize names of departments at universities. I have checked. If you investigate and find that a substantial majority of independent, reliable sources consistently capitalize department names, then show me your findings and we will compare. I see no need for WP to capitalize more than most newspapers.
Generally acronyms and initialisms are capitalized, e.g., "NASA" or "SOS". Sometimes, a minor word such as a preposition is not capitalized within the acronym, such as "WoW" for "World of Warcraft". In some British English style guides, only the initial letter of an acronym is capitalized if the acronym is read as a word, e.g., "Nasa" or ...
Capitalize other titles only when they precede the name, else they are lower case. Examples: den leader; district executive; council commissioner; adviser (when referring to an Order of the Arrow adviser) When a title includes words that are capitalized per the first rule, only those words are capitalized unless it precedes the name. Examples:
It is a simple of matter of fact that people do capitalize titles when they stand in the place of names, just as other people do not. People do capitalize every instance of a title, just as other people put nearly everyone in lower case. This a question of style. As such, it should reflect best practices and actual usage.
President Donald Trump has an unusual writing style that has caught the attention of linguists and writing experts.
Otherwise, do not use the definite article for universities. This guideline is a weak version of the most-common-name rule. Most universities do not have a definite article in their names. This includes institutions whose websites might suggest otherwise; for example: University of Arizona; University of Chicago; University of Oklahoma