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What's the difference between "College" and "University"? (feddit.cl)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by A_Chilean_Cyborg@feddit.cl to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Until recently I assume they were synonymous 😅, Here you go to Uni immediatly after finishing HS.

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[–] A_Chilean_Cyborg@feddit.cl 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

so is not like a pre-university kinda of thing?

[–] Alto@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

It's one of those things that varies significantly from place to place

[–] ColdSilenceAtrophies@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

In the UK, yes (mostly). In our system, we've got further education (sixth form or college) which sits between high school and higher education (university). As well as providing A-level courses, colleges often provide more vocational courses that don't necessarily lead into higher education. For example, my local college has hairdressing and bricklaying courses.

Confusingly, some universities are also made up of colleges. I think this is a minority of universities, though, and anecdotally, seems to be the older ones (Oxford, Cambridge, etc)