A religious type of independent behind hospital and university (5)
I believe the answer is:
hindu
'a religious type' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'independent behind hospital and university' is the wordplay.
'independent' becomes 'ind' (politics abbreviation).
'behind' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'hospital' becomes 'h' (abbreviation for hospital on maps).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'university' becomes 'u' (abbreviation for university).
'ind' after 'h' is 'hind'.
'hind'+'u'='HINDU'
'of' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for hindu that I've seen before include "Member of religious group" , "Follower of great Indian religion" , "Follower of India's most popular religion" , "Adherent of an Asian religion" , "Most of the Indians are" .)