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DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP
Philadelphia National Bank Building
1345 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107-3496
October 7, 1997
VIA EDGAR TRANSMISSION
Securities and Exchange Commission
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20549
Re: EXCELSIOR INSTITUTIONAL TRUST
File Nos. 33-78264/811-8490
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
On behalf of Excelsior Institutional Trust (the "Trust") and pursuant to
Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), I
hereby certify that (i) the Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information
listed below that would have been filed under paragraph (c) of Rule 497 under
the 1933 Act would not have differed from the Prospectus and Statement of
Additional Information contained in the Trust's most recent Post-Effective
Amendment to its Registration Statement on Form N-1A under the 1933 Act and the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, ("PEA #15"), which was filed on
September 30, 1997; and (ii) the text of PEA #15 has been filed electronically.
The Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information referenced above,
which would otherwise have been filed pursuant to Rule 497(c), are:
(1) Prospectus dated September 30, 1997 for the Bond Index
Fund; and
(2) Statement of Additional Information dated September 30, 1997
for the Bond Index Fund.
Questions and comments concerning this letter may be directed to the
undersigned at (215) 988-2670.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Daniel A. Moonay
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Daniel A. Moonay
