There are many differences between universities and vocational schools, such as school level, diploma and so on. However, the biggest difference is that the goal of talent training is different. Universities train academic and research-oriented talents, while higher vocational colleges mainly train technical and skilled talents, paying attention to the cultivation of students' practical ability.
The meaning of university, also known as ordinary institutions of higher learning, is a cultural institution with unique functions. It is an institution of higher learning that inherits, studies, integrates and innovates advanced academic knowledge and social, economic and political systems. University is not only the product of the development of human culture to a certain stage, but also a unique university culture gradually formed on the basis of long-term school-running practice through historical accumulation, self-efforts and external environmental influence.
The meaning of vocational and technical college Vocational and technical college is a first-class college in China, which belongs to higher vocational colleges and is similar to specialized courses, and gradually begins to replace specialized courses. Vocational and technical college is a local institution of higher learning, which exists as a preparation for local colleges and universities in places not covered by local colleges and universities, and can also be used as a supplement to local colleges and universities. Vocational and technical colleges are ordinary institutions of higher learning, not adult institutions of higher learning, nor technical schools.
Their characteristics are different from those of vocational and technical colleges: higher vocational education adopts the principle of running schools in various forms, mechanisms and modes. At present, there are vocational universities, vocational and technical colleges, vocational colleges, junior colleges, independent adult colleges and private colleges for higher education.
According to the needs of regional, industrial, economic and social development and the actual needs of technical fields and professional posts (groups), the setting and adjustment of majors in higher vocational education shall be determined by the undertaking school itself and reported to the local education administrative department for the record. Professional caliber can be wide or narrow, and wide and narrow coexist. The Ministry of Education is studying the Guide to Specialty Setting of Higher Vocational Education to guide the specialty setting of higher vocational colleges.
Characteristics of universities: Learning culture is based on knowledge and its disciplines (majors). Knowledge and its disciplines (majors) are the organizational basis for the existence of universities, the fundamental characteristics that distinguish universities from other social organizations, and the fundamental characteristics that distinguish university culture from other social organizations.