The uji no choja (the head of the clan) or the Zejo (the title of the chieftain of a clan especially the Tachibana clan) of each clan managed its Daigaku-besso which was neither an official dormitory nor controlled by the Daigaku-ryo, but later their students were given a special privilege (called 'Nenkyo') to take a bureaucratic post without sitting for appointment examinations for Shoen (manors) or the Daigaku-ryo.
大学別曹は公的な寄宿舎ではないため大学寮の支配が及ばず、各氏の氏長者・是定（ぜじょう）の下で管理されたが、のちには荘園や大学寮の任官試験を経ずに官職に就く特権（年挙）が与えられた。