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A federated school, federated college, federated university, or affiliated school is an educational institution which is independent in some respects, but is ultimately governed by a larger institution. This model of institutional governance is analogous to a political federation, in which authority is divided between subregions (provinces, states, etc.) and a central federal government.

Federated Colleges by Area

United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom, federated schools of the University of London each have considerable authority over their own affairs, including independent admission of students and negotiation of funding from the government of the United Kingdom, although the University of London itself retains the right to award degrees to graduating students in the case of most of its colleges.

United States

In the United States, states maintain state university systems that serve as federations of autonomous campuses. Examples of such institutions include the University of California and the University of Texas.

Canada

In Canada, the University of Toronto is a federation comprising three autonomous campuses. However, the main campus itself operates under a collegiate university model with endowed colleges, similar to the arrangements in Oxford, Cambridge and Durham. Laurentian University in Greater Sudbury also has a collegiate university structure, although its colleges have less authority than do those at the University of Toronto. In addition to the colleges on the main university campus itself, the university has two federated colleges in other municipalities outside of Sudbury. One of those two colleges, Algoma University College, is in the process of being chartered as a fully independent university. Nipissing University in North Bay, formerly a federated college of Laurentian, similarly became an independent university in 1992. St. Thomas More College is the only federated college on the University of Saskatchewan campus in Saskatoon. The administration and financial details of St. Thomas More College are autonomous, and directly related to the Saskatchewan provincial government, but the academics are closely interrelated with the U of S.

Other federated schools

For the most part, this model is restricted to colleges and universities. On rarer occasions, however, elementary schools or high schools may also enter into federated school agreements.

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