the university has been declared vs. the university has declared

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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what is the difference between these sentences

the university has been declared
the university has declared

and when we should use each one ?

Thanks a lot

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Hi,

The first one is the present perfect passive and the second one is the present perfect active. It isn’t clear to me what you mean by ‘declare’ in both sentences.

Alan