Left university, with young lady, for foreign land (8)
I believe the answer is:
portugal
'land' is the definition.
(Portugal is an example)
'left university with young lady for foreign' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'left' could be 'port' (left side of a ship - opposite of starboard) and 'port' is found in the answer.
'university' could be 'u' (abbreviation as in UMass) and 'u' is found in the answer.
'lady' could be 'gal' (I've seen this before) and 'gal' is present in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for portugal that I've seen before include "Iberian country" , "Country formerly ruled by Antonio de Oliveira Salazar" , "Westernmost country of mainland Europe" , "in E" , "The country provides a polar tug, oddly" .)