"هارْفارْد جامِعة."

Translation: Harvard is a university.

[Kebaab]

Why isn't "Harvard University" a correct translation?

[_FiX_]

it isn't correct.
Harvard University would be:

جامعةُ هارفارد

[SuhailBanister]

Didn't hear anybody asking, but the letter "fa'" doesn't always take the extra load expressing the "v" sound. In Egypt, for example, they use "ڨ‎" (fa' with three dots) instead.

[alive_tilltoday]

"An" should before the vowels "aeiou" !
Isn't it.?

[kaet]

Words beginning with the letter "u" often actually have a "y" sound (especially "uni..." words), and thus take "a". You have to know the word and how it sounds, unfortunately.

Examples:
A university
A union
A universe
A unique opportunity

An uncle
An undergraduate
An update
An urgent matter

[Turkan947066]

Is Harvard a uni or an uni??

[MamaLloyd]

It's about how it sounds/ ease of speaking.
"A (y)uni..." [the U acts as a diphthong consonant, not a vowel].
"An onion" [use "aN", not "A" because in English it's awkward to speak 2 hard vowels next to each other: "uh unyon"]

[Sunny967767]

An can be used in front of a vowel. Like AEIOU