Collocations for universal - adj.

be, seem
become
remain

truly
by no means, far from
Some of the teachers are technical specialists, but this is far from universal.

almost, near, nearly, virtually
apparently
supposedly
supposedly universal standards

among
These practices remain universal among the islanders.

in
a plan that is universal in scope

Universal is used with these nouns:
acceptance, access, acclaim, appeal, approval, assent, benefit, condemnation, conscription, consensus, coverage, education, franchise, insurance, jurisdiction, language, literacy, love, message, phenomenon, practice, praise, principle, recognition, religion, salvation, significance, standard, symbol, theme, truth, value