Perfect places in university, wonderful. Includes first-class return (7)
I believe the answer is:
utopias
'perfect places' is the definition.
(a utopia is an ideal place)
'university wonderful includes first-class return' is the wordplay.
'university' becomes 'U' (abbreviation for university).
'wonderful' becomes 'spot' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'includes' indicates putting letters inside.
'first class' becomes 'ai' (As - top quality).
'return' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'spot' enclosing 'ai' is 'saipot'.
'saipot' back-to-front is 'topias'.
'u'+'topias'='UTOPIAS'
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for utopias that I've seen is " Ideally perfect states".)