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A university system is a set of multiple, affiliated universities and colleges that are usually geographically distributed. Typically, all member universities in a university system share a common component among all of their various names. Usually, all member universities of a university system are governed by a system-wide governing body, such as a board of trustees or a board of regents. In fact, university systems are so common in post-World War II United States that most states have one or two state university systems under which many of their publicly-funded universities are aligned, both in name and in governance.^{[citation needed]} Additionally, for-profit universities, such as DeVry University, often have multiple campuses which share the same name; these may be, but are not always, described as a university system (not necessarily accurately, see below).

A university system should not be confused with a multiple-campus university. A university system contains several universities. A multiple-campus university is a single university that has more than one campus. In the US, a common test of whether institutions comprise a system is whether they are separately accredited by a government-approved regional accreditor (this supersedes per-campus accreditation by national professional accreditors).^{[citation needed]} University marketing departments may emphasize or deemphasize the independence of member institutions.^{[citation needed]}

In Canada, university system usually refers to the collection of all universities within a jurisdiction, as distinguished from other post-secondary institutions. Used as a point of comparison, it may refer to the universities within a province or within a country.^[1] In the UK, university system has been used to refer to the policy and practise of integrated administration and infrastructure of the universities within the country.^[2]

[edit] List of University Systems

[edit] Argentina

[edit] International

University of Phoenix (190+ campuses in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Puerto Rico)
DeVry University (23 major campuses in the United States and Canada)

[edit] France

University of Paris (an alliance of 13 constituent universities).

[edit] Mexico

Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education: a private university system based in Monterrey with 33 campuses in 25 cities.

[edit] Philippines

De La Salle University System (7 campuses) (Abolished in 2006)
University of the Philippines (7 Constituent Universities, with 10 campuses)
Polytechnic University of the Philippines (1 Main, 4 Branches, 13 Extensions)

[edit] Taiwan

University System of Taiwan (4 campuses)
Taiwan University System (4 campuses)
University System of Formosa (4 campuses)

[edit] United States

[edit] Alabama

University of Alabama System (3 campuses)
Auburn University System (2 campuses)

[edit] Alaska

University of Alaska System (3 campuses)

[edit] Arizona

Arizona State University (4 campuses)
Maricopa County Community College District (11 campuses + 2 skills centers)

[edit] Arkansas

University of Arkansas System (5 universities, 1 medical school, 2 law schools, 1 graduate school for public service, 5 community colleges, 1 division of agriculture)
Arkansas State University System (10 campuses)