FEDERATED INSTITUTIONAL TRUST, 497J, 1996-09-27

FEDERATED INSTITUTIONAL TRUST
497J, 1996-09-27

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                         FEDERATED INSTITUTIONAL TRUST

                              Federated Investors
                           Federated Investors Tower
                      Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-3779

                                 (412) 288-1900

                               September 27, 1996



EDGAR Operations Branch
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Investment Management
450 Fifth Street, Northwest
Washington, DC  20549

   RE: FEDERATED INSTITUTIONAL TRUST (the ``Trust'')
       1933 Act File No. 33-54445
       1940 Act File No. 811-7193

Dear Sir or Madam:

     Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, the above-named
Trust hereby certifies that the definitive form of prospectus and statement of
additional information dated September 30, 1996, for Federated Institutional
Short-Term Government Fund, a portfolio of the Trust, that would have been filed
under Rule 497(c), does not differ from the form of prospectus and statement of
additional information contained in the most recent registration statement for
the Trust.  This registration statement was electronically filed under Rule
485(b) on September 25, 1996.

     If you have any questions regarding this certification, please
call me at (412) 288-1581.

                                   Very truly yours,



                                   /s/ J. Crilley Kelly
                                   J. Crilley Kelly
                                   Assistant Secretary