Educational institution explained

An educational institution is a place where people of different ages gain an education, including preschools, childcare, primary-elementary schools, secondary-high schools, and universities. They provide a large variety of learning environments and learning spaces.^{[1] [2]}

Types of educational institution

Types of educational institution include:

Early childhood

• Infant school
• Kindergarten
• Preschool or nursery

Primary

• Comprehensive school
• Elementary, grade or primary school
• Junior school
• Middle school (partly)
• Preparatory school (United Kingdom)

Secondary

• Academy (English school)
• Adult high school
• Boarding school
• Collegiate institute
• Comprehensive school
• Comprehensive school (England and Wales)
• Grammar school
• Gymnasium (school)
  • Independent school (UK)
• Middle school (partly)
• Military high school
• Minor seminary
• Realschule
• Secondary school or high school
• Staff college
• Studio school
• University technical college
• University-preparatory school
• Upper school

Further and higher education

• Academy
• Art School
• Career college
• College
• Community college
• Corporate university
• Folk high school
• Graduate school
• Gurukula
• International university
• Jamiah
• Junior college
• Liberal arts college
• Local university
• Madrasah
• Maths school
• Medieval university
• Military academy
  • Private university
• Public university
• Research university
• Residential college
• Seminary
• Sixth form college
• Technical college or institute of technology
• Technical school
• University
• University college
• Upper division college
• Vocational university
• Yeshiva

Other

• All-through school
• Alternative school
• Charter school
• Community school
• International school
• Laboratory school
• Language school
• Lyceum
• Magnet school
• Montessori school
• Music school
• One-room school
• Online school
• Private school
• Religious school
• Selective school
• Specialist school
• State school
• Sudbury school
• Waldorf school

See also

• Lists of schools
• Lists of universities and colleges

Notes and References

1. News: educational institution - Dictionary Definition. Vocabulary.com. 2017-07-17. 2017-09-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20170910041103/https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/educational%20institution. live.
2. News: educational institution . The Free Dictionary . 2017-07-17 . 2017-07-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170718033018/http://www.thefreedictionary.com/educational+institution . live .