A federated school, federated college 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. A federation (from the Latin fœdus, covenant) is a state comprised of a number of self-governing regions (often themselves referred to as states) united by a central (federal) government. ... This article is about political regions. ... Most countries with a federal constitution are made up of a number of entities called states. ...

For example, 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 sole right to award degrees to graduating students. Senate House, designed by Charles Holden home to the universitys central administrative offices and its library The University of London is a federation of colleges and institutes which together constitute one of the worlds largest universities. ... It has been suggested that double degree be merged into this article or section. ...

The University of Toronto and Laurentian University in Canada also have federated school structures, although their federated colleges have less authority than do those at the University of London. Founded in 1827, the University of Toronto (U of T), in Toronto, Ontario, is the largest university in Canada. ... Laurentian University (Université Laurentienne), founded in 1960, is a mid-sized bilingual university in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, approximately 400 km north of Toronto. ...

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. The term college (Latin collegium) is most often used today to denote an educational institution. ... // History Because of the above definition, the oldest universities in the world were all European, as the awarding of academic degrees was not a custom of older institutions of learning in Asia and Africa. ... Primary or elementary education is the first years of formal, structured education that occurs during childhood. ... High school is the name used for the last segment of compulsory education in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Ireland, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Mauritius, New Zealand (in New Zealand college is more commonly used as a generic term for secondary school) Philippines, Scotland, South Africa, some established schools in Singapore...