A center of excellence, also called an excellence center, is a team, a shared facility or an entity that provides leadership, best practices, research, support, or training for a focus area.
The Auburn Performing Arts Center, Julie and Hal Moore Center for Excellence at Auburn High School (Alabama) is focused on performing arts.
Certificate of the Leading Scientific School of the Russian Federation (leader N. Kuznetsov), 2018 year
US Army NCO Leadership Center of Excellence in Fort Bliss, Texas
Specialist schools in the United Kingdom
Specialist schools in the United Kingdom are schools with an emphasis or focus in a specific specialised subject area, which is called a specialism, or alternatively in the case of some special schools in England, in a specific area of special educational need. They intend to act as centres of excellence in their specialism and, in some circumstances, may select pupils for their aptitude in it. Though they focus on their specialism, specialist schools still teach the full curriculum. Therefore, as opposed to being a significant move away from it, the specialism is viewed as enriching the original curricular offer of the school.
A sign for Loreto Grammar School in Altrincham with its specialist status in maths and science advertised.
The specialist college branding at St Bonaventure's in Newham, London. Its designated specialisms in language, applied learning and technology are displayed below.
St Mary's Music School in Edinburgh was one of the five schools designated with specialist status in music in 1985. It remained a member of the MDS scheme until c. 2022.
St Malachy's College in Belfast was one of the first Northern Irish specialist Music Colleges.
