Editing Collegiate university (section)

====Former federal universities====
* The [[Victoria University (UK)|Victoria University]], which split into the [[Victoria University of Manchester]], the [[University of Liverpool]] and the [[University of Leeds]].
* The [[University of Wales]] was a federal university from its formation in 1893 until 2007, when its colleges became independent and it was transformed into a non-membership accreditation body.
* The [[History of Durham University#The federal university 1910–63|University of Durham]] was a federal university with two divisions in Durham and Newcastle between 1909 and 1963, when the Newcastle division became [[Newcastle University]].
* The [[Federal University of Surrey]] was, from 2000 to 2004, a federation of the [[University of Surrey]] and the University of Surrey Roehampton (now [[Roehampton University]]). It was dissolved when Roehampton became an independent university.
* The [[University of France]] was established by Napoleon in 1808 and acted as a central university for the ''académies'' (the former universities) until 1896, when these were restored to full university status.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lnmDJ1tnooMC&pg=PA306|pages=306–307|title=The Evolution of Educational Thought|volume=2|author=Émile Durkheim|publisher=Taylor & Francis|date= 2005|isbn=9780415386081}}</ref>
* The [[University of South Africa]] was formerly a federal university with constituent colleges in the various provinces of [[South Africa]].  After the [[Second World War]], most of these colleges became autonomous universities, and the University of South Africa became primarily a [[distance education]] institution.