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What's the difference between a department and a college in a university?
College is an inseparable part of the school. In China, it is usually one level higher than the department, and there are different departments under each college, also called majors. For example, the School of Economics and Management has economics departments, accounting departments and so on.

Each major is divided into different classes according to the number of students. There is no difference in size, but there are many people and few people. But there are also independent departments.

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The term "university college" refers to a college that provides higher education but has no university status, and is usually affiliated to a university. University college has different specific meanings in different countries.

In Britain, university colleges are usually the core components of universities. In the United States, university colleges are the continuing education departments or basic education departments of universities.

In Britain, university college generally refers to a higher education institution that gives priority to teaching, supplemented by scientific research, and can award degrees. Any educational institution can call itself a "university college", but due to the extremely strict university management policy in Britain, only institutions officially authorized by the government (royal charter) can call themselves "universities".

Although university colleges with university degrees have the ability to award degrees independently, some university colleges still choose to award degrees in the name of other institutions (usually larger universities). In September 2005, many universities and colleges in Britain were granted full university status. The first private university college in Britain is BPP University College.

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