What is the distinction, if any, between the words"college" and 'university"?

Question

i'm from wisconsin, the UW is called a college as well as a University. i go to a place with college in the name and some people from other places ask me "is it college or University? " i'm all like.. umm i dunno whats the difference? never knew there was a difference. so is there a difference for you between the terms and if so, what is it? and where do you live that there is this distinction?

Answer 1

hope this will help.

1. the spelling (joke)

2. a college is school of a predetermined study of knowledge. for example is college of business administration, that college will be more likely to teach about business. also it is the level of education.

3. a university holds a number of colleges and even lower and higher level of education. a university also determines the size of the campus and its popularity. a school may be called a university if it is operating for a long period of time...

well this is all i can say, hope this will help you a little...

Answer 2

usually, but not all the time, university means that the institution has more than one location while college means there is only one campus

Answer 3

In the US, the terms are used interchangeably; there is practically no difference. In my country, colleges are not authorised to award degrees,since only universities are empowered to confer degrees. They have to be affiliated with the local university which awards the degrees for study/coursework undertaken at a college. In India, colleges are much smaller than universities, and have only limited funding and resources.  

Answer 4

College and University.net  



http://www.synthebyte.com/affredir.cfm?b...

Answer 5

http://www.educationbug.org/a/college-vs...