{{short description|List of hymns or anthems of educational institutions}} {{Distinguish|text = fight songs, songs used to represent a school or sports team in an athletic setting}} {{Redirect|Alma mater (song)|songs titled "Alma Mater"|Alma mater (disambiguation)#Music}} {{Refimprove|date=June 2007}} A '''school song''', '''alma mater''',<ref>Mainly used in the USA, from so many of these songs having alma mater—a term which normally personifies a school a person has attended—as their incipit.</ref> '''school hymn''' or '''school anthem''' is the patronal song of a school. In England, this tradition is particularly strong in public schools and grammar schools.
== Australia == *Somerville House — ''Our God, Our Help in Ages Past'' *The Glennie School — ''Now Thank We All Our God'' *St Aloysius College — The Blue and Gold Forever<ref>{{Cite web |title=The blue and gold forever [music] / words and music by A. Hahn - Catalogue {{!}} National Library of Australia |url=https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/1805921 |access-date=2023-10-27 |website=catalogue.nla.gov.au |language=en}}</ref>
== Canada == *Bishop's College School — ''And did those feet in ancient time (Jerusalem)'' & ''Lennoxville Vivat Dicimus'' *Cape Breton University — "Rise Again" *Upper Canada College — ''Praise My Soul, the King of Heaven''
== England == *Barnard Castle School — "Jerusalem" *Charterhouse School — "Carmen Carthusianum" *Douai School — "Ad Multos Annos" *Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School — "Jerusalem" *Harrow School — "Forty Years On" *King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford — "Jerusalem" *Loughborough Grammar School — "Our Father, by Whose Servants" *Millfield School — Jerusalem *The London Oratory School — "Quam Bonum Est" *Oundle School — "Carmen Undeliense" *Reigate Grammar School — "To Be a Pilgrim" *Sherborne School — ''The Carmen''<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-09-16|title=The Carmen (the School song)|url=https://oldshirburnian.org.uk/the-carmen-the-school-song/|access-date=2020-10-10|website=The Old Shirburnian Society|language=en-GB}}</ref> *Sir William Turner's Grammar School - "Gaudeamus igitur" *Stamford High School — “Within these walls of grey” *The Judd School — "Jerusalem" *The Latymer School — "The Latymer School Song"<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Morris |first=Joseph Acton |title=A History of the Latymer School at Edmonton |publisher=The Latymer School |year=1975}}</ref> *The Leys School — "Χαίρετε"<ref>{{Cite web |title=History |url=https://www.theleys.net/about-us/history/ |access-date=2025-08-24 |website=The Leys |language=en-GB}}</ref> *The Skinners' School — "The Leopard Song" *Tonbridge School — "Of Him Who Dreamed of Founding"<ref>{{Cite web |last=MuseScore |title=Tonbridge School Hymn |url=https://musescore.com/user/10173901/scores/5486412 |access-date=2022-03-04 |website=MuseScore.com |language=en}}</ref> *William Hulme's Grammar School — "The Hulme Song" and "Jerusalem"
== India == *Carmel Convent High School, Durgapur — ''Within Thy Hallowed Portals Carmel Dear'' *Cathedral School, Lucknow — ''We'll Raise The Banner Of Our School, And See It Flying High'' *Loyola School, Thiruvananthapuram — ''Cheer Loyola's sons'' *St. Ann's High School, Secunderabad — ''Scenes Of Our Childhood'' *St. Paul's School, Darjeeling — ''The Alma mater''
== Japan == *Doshisha University — ''Doshisha College Song''<ref>[https://www.doshisha.ac.jp/information/song/college_song/index.html Doshisha College Song - 同志社のうた]</ref> *Hokkaido University — ''{{Interlanguage link|Tokoshie no Sachi|ja|北海道大学#校歌}}''<ref>[https://hokudai-oendan.net/songs/ 校歌・寮歌・応援歌 - 北海道大学応援団]</ref> *Hosei University — ''{{Interlanguage link|Hosei University School Song|ja|法政大学#校歌}}''<ref>[https://www.en.hosei.ac.jp/LUC2HOSEI/cdata/luc2hosei_9276_jaen.html School Song and Symbols - Hosei University]</ref> *Kansai University — ''{{Interlanguage link|Kansai University Song|ja|関西大学#学歌・応援歌}}''<ref>[https://www.kansai-u.ac.jp/English/about/outline/school_badge_color_song.html Emblem, School Color, and University Song | University Overview | About Kansai University]</ref> *Keio University — ''Keio University College Song''<ref>[https://www.keio.ac.jp/ja/about/learn-more/college-songs/ 塾歌・カレッジソング：<nowiki>[慶應義塾]</nowiki>]</ref> *Kwansei Gakuin University — ''Sora no Tsubasa''<ref>[https://ef.kwansei.ac.jp/about/song 関西学院の歌 | 学校法人関西学院]</ref> *Meiji University — ''Meiji University School Song''<ref>[https://www.meiji.ac.jp/koho/information/schoolsong/index.html 明治大学校歌 | 明治大学]</ref> *Rikkyo University — ''{{Interlanguage link|Eikou no Rikkyo|ja|立教大学#校歌}}''<ref>[https://www.rikkyo.ac.jp/about/introduction/songs/ 校歌・応援歌 | 立教大学]</ref> *Ritsumeikan University — ''{{Interlanguage link|Ritsumeikan University Song|ja|立命館大学#校歌}}''<ref>[https://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/news/detail/?id=2445%20target= 特集「立命館大学 校歌／RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY SONG」 ｜立命館大学]</ref> *Waseda University — ''Miyako no Seihoku''<ref>[https://www.waseda.jp/top/en/about/work/almamater Alma Mater – Waseda University]</ref>
== New Zealand == *Auckland Grammar School — ''Per Angusta Ad Augusta'' set to the music of A Mighty Fortress is Our God *Dilworth School — ''St Patrick's Breastplate''
== Pakistan == *Pakistan School Song — This poem (prayer) was sung as school song in almost all the Pakistani schools.
== Scotland == *Royal High School — ''Vivas Schola Regia'' *The High School of Glasgow — ''O Alma Mater Glorious''
== Sri Lanka == *Royal College, Colombo — "School of our Fathers" *St. Anthony's College, Kandy — "Rally Round the Banners of the College"
== United States == <!--entries must have their own Wikipedia pages; non-notable entries/links will be deleted--> *College of William and Mary — "Our Alma Mater" *Cornell University — "Far Above Cayuga's Waters" *Columbia University — "Stand, Columbia" *Harvard University — "Fair Harvard" *Dartmouth College — "Dear Old Dartmouth" *Ohio State University — "Carmen Ohio" *Princeton University — "Old Nassau" *Pennsylvania State University — "Penn State Alma Mater" *Rutgers University — "On the Banks of the Old Raritan" *San Jose State University — "San José State Alma Mater" *Syracuse University — "Syracuse University Alma Mater" *Texas A&M University — "Spirit of Aggieland" *University of California, Berkeley — "All Hail Blue and Gold" *University of California, Los Angeles — "Hail to the Hills of Westwood" *University of Florida — "We Are the Boys from Old Florida" *University of Georgia — "Glory, Glory" *University of Illinois at Urbana—Champaign — "Illinois Loyalty", "Hail to the Orange" *University of Iowa — "Alma Mater Iowa" *University of Maine — "The Stein Song" *University of Miami — "Alma Mater: Stand Forever" *University of Michigan — "The Yellow and Blue" *University of Minnesota — “The Minnesota Rouser”, “Hail! Minnesota” *University of Nebraska–Lincoln — "Dear Old Nebraska U," "Hail Varsity" *University of New Hampshire — "UNH Alma Mater" *University of North Carolina — "Hark the Sound" *University of North Dakota — "UND Alma Mater" *University of Notre Dame — “Notre Dame, Our Mother” *University of Pennsylvania — “Hail, Pennsylvania!”, ”The Red and Blue” *University of Texas at Austin — "The Eyes of Texas" *University of Virginia — "The Good Old Song" *University of Wisconsin — "Varsity (song)" *Yale University — "Bright College Years"
==See also== {{Commonscat|School songs}} * Fight song
==Notes== <references/>
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