1, the two have different meanings: vocational and technical college is a first-class college in China, which belongs to higher vocational colleges and is similar to junior college, and gradually begins to replace junior college. Vocational and technical college is a local institution of higher learning, which exists as a preparation for local colleges and universities in places not covered by local colleges and universities, and can also be used as a supplement to local colleges and universities.

2. The meaning of university: University, also known as ordinary institutions of higher learning, is a cultural institution with unique functions, an institution of higher learning that inherits, studies, integrates and innovates advanced academic knowledge, and is interrelated with social, economic and political institutions.

3. The academic system of the two is different: the academic system of vocational and technical colleges: the basic study period of higher vocational education majors is three years, and the part-time study period is appropriately extended. The basic learning cycle of higher vocational education aimed at recruiting junior high school graduates is 5 years. University academic system: the academic system of ordinary colleges and universities is 4 years.

4. The characteristics of the two are different: higher vocational education adopts the principle of various forms, mechanisms and modes. At present, there are vocational universities, vocational and technical colleges, vocational colleges, junior colleges, independent adult colleges and private colleges for higher education.

Characteristics of universities: Learning culture is based on knowledge and its disciplines (majors). Knowledge and its disciplines (majors) are the organizational basis for the existence of universities, the fundamental characteristics that distinguish universities from other social organizations, and the fundamental characteristics that distinguish university culture from other social organizations.