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The difference between colleges and universities
The differences between colleges and universities are as follows:

The number of students is different: the number of full-time students in universities should be more than 8,000, and the number of graduate students should not be less than 5% of the total number of full-time students, while the college requires more than 5,000 full-time students.

Different subject settings: there are many differences in specialty settings and subject categories in colleges and universities. For universities, the main disciplines of disciplines should be 1 or above, and universities require more than 3.

Teachers are different: the total number of full-time teachers is not less than 280 at the initial stage of the establishment of the college, among which the proportion of teachers with graduate education is not less than 30%, teachers with associate senior professional and technical positions are not less than 30%, and teachers with full professor positions are not less than 10.

The proportion of full-time teachers with postgraduate degrees in colleges and universities should be above 50%, among which the proportion with doctoral degrees should be above 20%, the number of teachers with senior professional and technical positions should be no less than 400, and the number of teachers with full professor positions should be no less than 100.

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Different countries have different definitions of classification. In the United States, colleges generally refer to universities. The word college is generally used in the United States, not the word University. In many countries in the world, colleges belong to middle schools, which are different from universities. However, in America, colleges and universities are very similar. Usually, colleges and universities are called schools. Generally speaking, American colleges and universities are all four-year institutions of higher learning, offering bachelor's degrees in arts and sciences, commonly known as undergraduate or bachelor's degrees.