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University schema (academic ERD)
Classic textbook schema with Student / Course / Enrollment associative entity and labelled relationships — the canonical Elmasri & Navathe ch.3 example.
For the database student
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The university schema is the canonical introduction to associative entities. The M:N relationship between Student and Course is resolved through Enrollment, which carries the relationship attribute grade. Both Student and Course join Enrollment via composite primary keys (each FK column doubles as part of the PK).