Chowder like this at university (4)
I believe the answer is:
soup
'chowder' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'like this at university' is the wordplay.
'like this' becomes 'so' ('like so').
'at university' becomes 'up' (slang term meaning at university).
'so'+'up'='SOUP'
(Other definitions for soup that I've seen before include "Bisque, for example" , "Photographic developer" , "liquid content in this food" , "Mulligatawny or borscht?" , "Eg, minestrone" .)