Terminology Used

Trust :

Governing body or the Parent body. The top management. There are two possible set-ups. One is University Setup where Main university is the trust. Another set up can be a private educational body such as "Gyandeep Educational Trust"

Campus :

Under a trust multiple campus located in different cities/locations. For e.g. "Gyandeep Educational Trust" may have campus in Mumbai, Pune, Chandigarh and Delhi.

Institutes :

In these campuses there can be multiple Institutes offering education in different domains. Pune Campus of Gyandeep Educational Trust may have an Engineering College, a Dental College and a Primary and Secondary School.

So Gyandeep Educational Trust, Pune Campus has 1. Institute of Engineering and Technology 2. Institute of Dental Sciences 3. Gyandeep International School

Department :

In an Institute there can be various Departments which can be functional or non-functional (Program). Institute of Engineering and Technology can have (1) Admission Department (2) Finance Department (3) Library Department (4) BE - Comp (5) BE - Civil (6) MTech - Comp

Out of these the first three are functional Department and the Second three are non-functional departments also known as Programs.

University :

The Programs can be autonomous or affiliated to some University. Here BE - Comp, BE - Civil and MTECH- Comp are affiliated to Savitribai Phule University

Stream : Qualification : Program : Batch : Semester/Term : Division/Section :