Federated college

An affiliated school or affiliated college is an educational institution that operates independently, but also has a formal collaborative agreement with another, usually larger institution that may have some level of control or influence over its academic policies, standards or programs.

While a university may have one or several affiliated colleges, it is not necessarily a collegiate university, which is a union or federation of semi-autonomous colleges.

In the United States, Barnard College has an official affiliation with Columbia University. Barnard is legally and financially separate from Columbia but its students have access to the instruction and facilities of Columbia. Radcliffe College, another college of the Seven Sisters, was similarly affiliated with Harvard University until it was completely merged into Harvard in 1999.

In Canada several universities have federated or affiliated colleges, some of which predate the parent institution.

St. Joseph's College is the Roman Catholic liberal arts college affiliated with the University of Alberta. The college provides offers courses open to students of both institutions, an on-campus chapel for the celebration of mass during the week, and a coeducational residence.

Laurentian University has four federated institutions, three of which are located on the main campus in Sudbury, which offer a variety of degrees in association with the university:

The University of Regina has three federated colleges, which offer various degrees in conjunction with the university:

All three colleges are located on the University of Regina's main campus, and all students of the federated colleges are also registered as students of the university.

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