1.academy means: junior college.

A university refers to an institution of higher learning.

3. Colleges refer to vocational schools and technical schools.

Second, the usage is different.

1. College usage:? Colleges refer to schools and colleges that specialize in training special skills or skills.

2. Usage of university: It basically means "university" and usually refers to a comprehensive university. It can be used as a countable or uncountable noun. Generally, there is no definite article for university names which are composed of proper nouns such as place names and names. When university is used with of, the before it cannot be omitted.

3. usage of college: in British English, college can refer to a large-scale middle school, or it can refer to the building of a college or all the teachers and students of the college. College is often used as an attribute before nouns.

Third, the emphasis is different.

1.academy Key points: It refers to schools and colleges (institutions of higher learning) that study specialized academics.

2. University focus: refers to a comprehensive university, which is generally composed of multiple colleges.

3. Emphasis of institutions: generally refers to institutions in comprehensive universities or institutions with fewer disciplines, especially military, sports or art institutions.

Extended data:

The words university, academy, college, research institute and school all mean "school". Discrimination is as follows:

Schools generally refer to places where children or middle school students study or receive education;

University refers to a comprehensive university that can award various degrees;

A college refers to a specialized college corresponding to or within a comprehensive university, especially a military, sports or art college;

Academy refers to schools and colleges that specialize in training special technologies or skills;

Research institutes mainly refer to research institutions and societies. In Russia, it often refers to colleges and universities, but it is rare in the British and American education systems.

For example:

Children must go to school. Children must go to school.

The college is attached to the university. This university belongs to that university.

He graduated from a conservatory of music in his early years. He graduated from a conservatory of music in his early years.

He graduated from dalian university of foreign languages 1963 class. He is a graduate of Dalian International Studies University 1963 class.