Albany Law School announced Tuesday it will become more closely affiliated academically with the State University of New York at Albany (UAlbany), in a partnership administrators said will aid students at both institutions.

Officials from both schools said the collaboration will allow for undergraduate and graduate UAlbany students to take classes at Albany Law, Albany Law students to enroll in UAlbany courses and make both schools more attractive to international students, which officials said is a goal of both institutions.

However, the officials stressed that the schools would remain independent, administratively and financially, and that the collaboration is not a merger.