educational institution

Other forms: educational institutions

Definitions of educational institution

1. noun

   an institution dedicated to education
   types:

   preschool

   an educational institution for children too young for elementary school

   school

   an educational institution

   school

   an educational institution's faculty and students

   college

   an institution of higher education created to educate and grant degrees; often a part of a university

   university

   a large and diverse institution of higher learning created to educate for life and for a profession and to grant degrees

   academy

   a school for special training

   correspondence school

   a school that teaches nonresident students by mail

   crammer

   a special school where students are crammed

   dancing school

   a school in which students learn to dance

   direct-grant school

   formerly a school that charged tuition fees and also received government grants in return for admitting certain non-paying students who were nominated by the local authorities

   driving school

   a school where people are taught to drive automobiles

   business college

   a school for teaching the clerical aspects of business and commerce

   finishing school

   a private school for girls that emphasizes training in cultural and social activities

   flying school

   a school for teaching students to fly airplanes

   junior college

   a college that offers only the first two years terminating in an associate degree

   grad school, graduate school

   a school in a university offering study leading to degrees beyond the bachelor's degree

   language school

   a school for teaching foreign languages

   nursing school, school of nursing

   a school for training nurses

   religious school

   a school run by a religious body

   riding school

   a school where horsemanship is taught and practiced

   Gymnasium, lycee, lyceum, middle school, secondary school

   a school for students intermediate between elementary school and college; usually grades 9 to 12

   secretarial school

   a school where secretarial skills (typing and shorthand and filing etc) are taught

   tech, technical school

   a school teaching mechanical and industrial arts and the applied sciences

   training college

   a school providing training for a special field or profession

   training school

   a school providing practical vocational and technical training

   multiversity

   a university system having several separate campuses and colleges and research centers

   Open University

   a British university that is open to people without formal academic qualifications and where teaching is by correspondence or broadcasting or summer school

   veterinary school

   a school teaching veterinary medicine

   conservatory

   the faculty and students of a school specializing in one of the fine arts

   alma mater

   your alma mater is a school you graduated from

   public school

   a tuition free school in the United States supported by taxes and controlled by a school board

   private school

   a school established and controlled privately and supported by endowment and tuition

   dance school

   a school where students are taught to dance

   day school

   a school giving instruction during the daytime

   night school

   a school that holds classes in the evenings for students who cannot attend during the day

   kindergarten

   a preschool for children age 4 to 6 to prepare them for primary school

   nursery school

   a small preschool for small children

   play group, playschool

   a small informal nursery group meeting for half-day sessions

   Sabbath school, Sunday school

   school meeting on Sundays for religious instruction

   elementary school, grade school, grammar school, primary school

   a school for young children; usually the first 6 or 8 grades

   type of:

   establishment, institution

   an organization founded and united for a specific purpose