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A school song, alma mater, 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

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"
• Douai School — "Ad Multos Annos"
• Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School — "Jerusalem"
• Harrow School — "Forty Years On"
• King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford — Jerusalem
• 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
• Sir William Turner's Grammar School (Coatham) - "Gaudiamus Igitur]] "
• Stamford High School — “Within these walls of grey”
• The Judd School — "And_did_those_feet_in_ancient_time"
• The Skinners' School — "The Leopard Song"
• Tonbridge School — "Of Him Who Dreamed of Founding"
• 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

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

Sri Lanka

• Royal College, Colombo — "School of our Fathers"
• St. Anthony's College, Kandy — "Rally Round the Banners of the College"

United States

• 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, 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”
• University of New Hampshire — "UNH Alma Mater"
• University of North Carolina — "Hark the Sound"
• University of North Dakota — "UND Alma Mater"
• University of Texas at Austin — "The Eyes of Texas"
• University of Virginia — "The Good Old Song"
• University of Wisconsin — "Varsity (song)", "On, Wisconsin!"
• Yale University — "Bright College Years"

See also

• Fight song

Notes

1. Mainly used in the USA, from so many of these songs having alma mater as their incipit.
2. "The blue and gold forever [music] / words and music by A. Hahn - Catalogue | National Library of Australia". catalogue.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 2023-10-27.
3. "The Carmen (the School song)". The Old Shirburnian Society. 2016-09-16. Retrieved 2020-10-10.
4. MuseScore. "Tonbridge School Hymn". MuseScore.com. Retrieved 2022-03-04.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

• Anthems
• Institutional songs
• Lists of songs