The difference between universities and colleges lies in the differences in disciplines, teaching ability, school scale and infrastructure. Generally speaking, universities are better than colleges, and colleges with the word "university" in their names are generally first-class institutions in China. National 2 1 1 key universities of engineering are all named after "universities" except a few art colleges.

The difference between universities and colleges

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There are also great differences in disciplines between universities and colleges, which may be the clearest way to distinguish universities from colleges at present. In science, engineering, agriculture, medicine, humanities, social sciences and other disciplines, colleges should have more than/kloc-0 as the main study materials, and schools called universities should have three doctoral disciplines as the main disciplines.

2. Teaching ability

Because colleges and universities have more teaching resources, such as doctoral programs, national disciplines and national laboratories. There are many scientific research funds, strong teachers and excellent teachers, and the teaching ability of colleges and universities is stronger than that of universities.

This kind of institutions with relatively few resources will also lead to the low quality of students, and the social recognition is lower than that of professional graduates, but it is still weaker than that of university graduates, which is also embarrassing. Weak educational ability has a great influence on students, which is a problem related to employment. After studying hard for ten years, "university" graduates are easier to get along with than "college" graduates and should stand up.

3. Scale of running a school

Universities are larger than colleges, such as Guanghua School of Management of Peking University and Tsinghua University Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Some universities, social organizations or individuals have established independent colleges, such as Jinling College of Nanjing University, but these independent colleges are different from state institutions and generally charge higher fees. The college itself has no affiliated colleges or cooperative colleges, and the number of students and disciplines are less than those of universities.

4. Infrastructure

At the beginning of the school, the campus area should reach more than 500 mu, and the total construction area should not be less than10.5 million square meters. Except for the rigid requirements on the area and building area, there is not much difference between equipment and books. However, due to the large population and large area of the university, the teaching equipment and library resources are abundant.