What is a Password Policy?

Wikipedia article: Password Policy
Investigations of password policies: Where do security policies come from?, Study reveals common password security rules IT should forget
Research on user created passwords: Effect of Grammar on Security of Long Passwords, 10,000 Top Passwords
More research on passwords: CUPS @ CMU

University Password Policies

The following is a list of university password policies:

University Policies and Requirements
MIThttp://kb.mit.edu/confluence/display/istcontrib/Strong+Passwords
Stanfordhttps://uit.stanford.edu/service/accounts/passwords
Berkeleyhttps://security.berkeley.edu/passphrase-complexity-guidelines
Caltechhttps://www.imss.caltech.edu/node/27
Princetonhttps://www.princeton.edu/itsecurity/policies/password-policy/
Cambridgehttp://www.misd.admin.cam.ac.uk/office-and-operational-services/office-services/user-accounts/password-policy-expiry
Oxfordhttps://help.it.ox.ac.uk/iam/registration/passwords
ETHhttps://www1.ethz.ch/id/services/list/nethz_db/change/index_EN
https://www1.ethz.ch/id/services/list/security/richtlinien/password_rules_EN
Imperial College Londonhttps://www.imperial.ac.uk/admin-services/secretariat/college-governance/charters-statutes-ordinances-and-regulations/policies-regulations-and-codes-of-practice/information-systems-security/isscodes/cop12/
UCLAhttp://www.adminpolicies.ucla.edu/pdf/401.pdf
Georgia Techhttp://policylibrary.gatech.edu/passwords
CMUhttps://www.cmu.edu/iso/governance/guidelines/password-management.html
NUShttp://www.nus.edu.sg/comcen/gethelp/guide/itcare/Update%20to%20NUSNET%20Password%20Policy.pdf
Texas at Austinhttps://security.utexas.edu/policies/irusp#standard15
https://security.utexas.edu/outreach/passwords
EPFLhttps://it.epfl.ch/business_service.do?sysparm_document_key=cmdb_ci_service,d950fa8518962100e43bdb94f7b1ecb0&sysparm_service=Gestion_des_mots_de_passe
Michiganhttp://www.itcs.umich.edu/itcsdocs/r1162/
Cornellhttp://www.it.cornell.edu/security/how.cfm?cat=5&tip=102
Illinoishttps://answers.uillinois.edu/illinois/page.php?id=47604
Northwesternhttp://www.it.northwestern.edu/netid/password.html
HKUSThttp://itsc.ust.hk/services/general-it-services/user-account/change-user-account-password/
Torontohttps://main.its.utoronto.ca/news/new-utorid-password-policy/
TUMhttps://www.it.tum.de/en/it-security/for-employees/password/tips-for-good-passwords/
UW-Madisonhttps://kb.wisc.edu/itpolicy/cio-password-standard
Columbiahttps://cuit.columbia.edu/cuit/it-security-practices/using-strong-passwords
Melbournehttps://accounts.unimelb.edu.au/manage/chooseSecurePwd.jsp