1, with different definitions: ordinary colleges and universities implement higher education under the supervision of the Ministry of Education or the provincial (including autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government) education administrative departments. NCO School is a school that undertakes the task of training noncommissioned officers. It mainly undertakes the task of training noncommissioned officers and technical soldiers, and a few military academies also train some noncommissioned officers.

2. Different enrollment conditions: The enrollment methods of colleges and universities mainly include the entrance examination for doctoral and master students organized by colleges and universities, the national unified enrollment examination for colleges and universities organized by the Ministry of Education and provincial education administrative departments, and the enrollment examination for colleges and universities. The admission conditions of non-commissioned officers' schools are relatively stricter, and the requirements of physical examination are much higher than those of ordinary universities.

3. Different educational institutions: Educational institutions that implement general higher education include colleges and universities, vocational and technical colleges/vocational colleges, junior colleges and independent colleges. Universities, independent colleges and junior colleges mainly implement undergraduate education; Vocational and technical colleges/vocational colleges and junior colleges mainly implement junior college (higher vocational) level education.

The main sergeant schools in China are Xuanhua Communication Sergeant School, Rocket Army Qingzhou Sergeant School, China People's Liberation Army Air Force Dalian Communication Sergeant School, Public Security Frontier Force Sergeant School (Kunming) (formerly Kunming Frontier Command School), Public Security Fire Brigade Sergeant School (Nanjing), Navy Bengbu Sergeant School, Wuhan Ordnance Sergeant School and Armed Police Hangzhou Sergeant School.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-ordinary colleges and universities

Baidu encyclopedia-NCO school