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This paper is a survey (including also some proofs) presenting various classes of finite dimensional algebras which occur in the representation theory of algebraic groups and Lie algebras. The author focuses on three main subjects: general aspects on highest weight categories and quasi-hereditary algebras, stratification theories for endomorphism algebras, and Hecke algebras. The material is divided into 11 sections. The first two sections present the definitions, elementary properties and various examples and constructions of quasi-hereditary algebras and highest weight categories. Section 3 studies the geometric idea of parity conditions on a highest weight category, while section 4 investigates two graded algebras associated to a finite dimensional algebra: the homological dual, and the graded algebra given by the radical filtration. The first part ends with a discussion of integral quasi-hereditary algebras. Section 6 introduces the general concept of stratified algebra, and then section 7 indicates a general way of deciding whether the endomorphism algebra of a module over the algebra \(R\) has a standard stratification in terms of the representation theory of \(R\). Integral stratifications are discussed in section 8, since many examples lead to algebras over a commutative Noetherian ring. The last part discusses applications of the theory to the study of the Hecke algebra associated to a finite group of Lie type. The choice of the topics is much related to the author's own important contributions to this subject, and many references to the literature are given. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0897.00024].