Academic institution

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An academic institution is an educational institution dedicated to education and research, which grants academic degrees. See also academy and university.

Types

• elementary school
  is preferred. Children generally attend primary school from around the age of four or five until the age of eleven or twelve.
• high school
  is often used as a synonym for secondary school.
• Advanced educational institutions, also known as
  undergraduate and postgraduate education, while vocational education and training
  beyond secondary education is known as further education.

• universities or other tertiary
  institutions.
• churches, diocese or parishes
  . Tertiary education that may not require study in a particular religious doctrine may also be in the tradition or directly supported by a religious organization, and may or may not receive primary funding from that or any other religious organization, are not usually referred to as "parochial".
• independent school). Here, the word "public" is used in the same sense as in "public library
  ", that is, provided for the public at public expense. These public schools range in classes from kindergarten to four years of high school or secondary school, normally taking pupils up to the age of seventeen or eighteen.

• educational institution. More broadly, it can be the name of any group of colleagues (see, for example electoral college, College of Arms, College of Cardinals). Originally, it meant a group of persons living together under a common set of rules (con- = "together" + leg- = "law" or lego = "I choose"); indeed, some colleges call their members "fellows". The precise usage of the term varies among English
  -speaking countries.
• scholars".^[3]
• labor, such as welding, culinary arts and office management
  .
• liberal arts, but rather to teach only job-specific skills, and as such have been better considered to be institutions devoted to training, not education.^[4]

• medical doctor, some medical schools offer master's degree programs, PhD (Doctor of Philosophy
  ) programs, and other educational programs. Medical schools can also employ medical researchers, and operate hospitals or other programs.
• Law school – Law schools provide a legal education. Legal education is the education of individuals who intend to become legal professionals or those who simply intend to use their law degree to some end, either related to law (such as politics or academic) or business.
• Dental school
• Veterinary school – A veterinary school is a tertiary educational institution, or part of such an institution, which is involved in the education of future veterinary practitioners (veterinarians
  ). The entry criteria, structure, teaching methodology and nature of veterinary programs offered at veterinary schools vary considerably around the world.
• Pharmacy school – The requirements of pharmacy education, pharmacist licensure and post-graduate continuing education vary from country to country and between regions/localities within countries. In most countries, prospective pharmacists study pharmacy at a pharmacy school or related institution. Upon graduation, they are licensed either nationally or by region to dispense medication of various types in the settings for which they have been trained.

See also

• Academic administration
• Academic elitism

References