A college is a college education, and a university is an undergraduate education.
China's academic education is divided into several levels, including primary and secondary education and higher education, among which higher education is divided into three levels, namely, junior college, undergraduate and graduate. The reason why higher vocational colleges don't get the attention they deserve when enrolling students is because junior colleges carry out academic education at junior college level, while universities carry out academic education at undergraduate level. Some universities also offer postgraduate education, which can recruit graduate students or doctoral students.
Second, the diploma is different.
A junior college can only obtain a junior college degree, but will not issue a degree certificate. Higher vocational colleges have no right to award degrees, and can only issue a junior college diploma. However, universities are different. They can issue undergraduate diplomas and have the right to award undergraduate degrees. Graduates can obtain diplomas and degree certificates on the basis that they have reached the prescribed years of study and academic achievements.
Third, the academic system is different.
The university is a three-year system, and you only need to study at school for three years; Universities generally have a four-year program, and some majors have a five-year program and an eight-year program, and they study at school for at least four years.
Because the junior college is only the academic education at the junior college level, it mainly focuses on the cultivation of applied talents. After entering the school, you have already carried out corresponding professional and technical education, and you don't need to carry out basic knowledge education. Universities are different. It is necessary to cultivate students' abilities in all aspects, and to have generous learning ability and corresponding skills. Therefore, the academic system of a university is at least four years, and some majors, such as medicine and other related majors, implement a five-year system.