Educational institution

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.

Architecture

Types of educational institution

Types of educational institution include:

Early childhood

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Infant school
Kindergarten
Preschool or nursery

Primary

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

Secondary

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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

thumb|[[Pomona College, a liberal arts college in Southern California]]

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Academy
Art School
Career college
College
Community college
Corporate university
Folk high school
Graduate school
Gurukula
International university
Jami'a
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

thumb|An art class at [[Montessori Oberschule Potsdam, a Montessori school in Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany]]

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
Tuition center