"There are two universities in the city."

Translation: Det finns två universitet i staden.

[J-P04]

So the plural of universitet is universitet? That surprises me. It is an ett-word, but it is long and no compound.

[Christophe414873]

That is according to the "femte deklinationen": an ett-word ending with a consonant (like barn, hus,...) stays the same in plural.

[Jesse572443]

Kan jag säga det ligger två universitet i staden?

[The_Dude_666]

Why is "Det är två universitet i staden" not acceptable?

[vodamark]

Why not det står?

[stephenbal4]

i stan doesn't work here?

[Arnauti]

I'll add that. It's a little more colloquial, but totally OK.