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A university system is an organization which oversees a group of colleges and universities. Each member university of a university system handles its own admissions, record keeping and accreditation. Constituent colleges and universities also have their own Chief Executive (President, Chancellor, Vice Chancellor, Rector, etc.) and college administration. (Quick test: Many universities within a university system have their own web look and feel.)

• A set of affiliated colleges or universities (e.g.: University Aix-Marseille, Rajamangala University of Technology)

• State or City university systems (e.g.: City University of New York, University of California)

• Community college systems (e.g.: Illinois Community College System, North harris Montgomery Community College District])

• Individual Institutions (e.g.: Bennington College, Gadjah Mada University, University of Western Sydney)

• Use the University type

• Multi-campus universities (e.g.: Tufts University, Australian Catholic University)

• Use the University type

• Universities (e.g.: Yale University, University of Oxford)

• Use the University type

• School districts (e.g.: Baltimore City Public School System)

• Use the School district type

• Constituent schools (e.g. James Madison College at Michigan State University)

• Include as a constituent school of the appropriate university

• University departments (e.g. Cornell University Department of History)

• Use the Department type

• Institutions with multiple campuses and multiple presidents, but a single admissions process and centralized administration (e.g.: DeVry University)

• Use the University type

• Online universities, which typically have one president and one admissions process (e.g.: University of Phoenix)

• Use the University type