What is the difference between a college and a university? The size of students.
University: The number of full-time students is more than 8,000, and the number of graduate students is not less than 5% of the total number of full-time students.
College: The number of full-time students should be more than 8,000.
Subject major
Universities: In philosophy, literature, economics, law, education, science, engineering, agriculture, medicine, management and other disciplines, universities should have more than three disciplines as the main disciplines, and their undergraduate majors should cover more than three first-class disciplines.
Full-time undergraduates in all disciplines shall not be less than 15% of the total number of full-time undergraduates, and there shall be at least two master's degree awarding points, and the total number of general undergraduate majors in the school shall be more than 20.
College: There should be 1 or above as the main discipline, and its general undergraduate major should cover more than 3 majors in this discipline.
Scientific research level
A university should have at least two projects that have won the first and second prizes at the national level or the first prize at the provincial level in the last two teaching achievement evaluations.
A school called a university should also meet the following standards:
(1) In the past five years, the average annual research funding of schools focusing on humanities and social sciences should reach at least 5 million yuan, and other colleges and universities should reach at least 30 million yuan;
(2) in the past five years, scientific research achievements have won 20 awards at or above the provincial level, including at least 2 national awards;
(3) At least two key laboratories at or above the provincial level and two key disciplines;
(4) Generally, there should be at least 10 master programs, and more than 5 master graduates.
teaching level
In the evaluation of teaching level organized by the Ministry of Education, colleges and universities should reach "good" or above.
However, universities still need to meet the following standards:
In the recent two sessions of teaching achievement selection, at least two or more projects have won the first and second prizes at the national level or the first prize at the provincial level.
In the past five years, the average annual research funding of schools focusing on humanities and social sciences should reach 5 million yuan, and other universities should reach 30 million yuan; In the past five years, scientific research achievements have won 20 provincial and ministerial awards, including at least 2 national awards; There are at least 2 key laboratories at or above the provincial level and 2 key disciplines; There should be at least 10 master programs and more than 5 master graduates.
The main disciplines of the college should be able to cover more than three majors in this discipline.
Why are two universities called colleges? So-and-so college and so-and-so university are really different. According to the enrollment scale, universities can enroll more students and offer more majors. Moreover, the college is a branch of the university, which means that the university is one grade higher than the college. This is also an important reason why people now think that universities are better and more advanced.
Also, universities and colleges have different emphases. Universities are comprehensive schools with relatively complete majors, and the Ministry of Education also stipulates that there should be more than three disciplines specified by the state as the main majors. A college is an institution with a certain discipline as its main discipline, such as a medical college, whose main specialty is medicine. Normal school, the school's main major is education.
However, colleges and universities have high teaching quality and scientific research teaching level, and can implement undergraduate and above education. According to the data, the university spirit is getting stronger and stronger now, and many colleges are trying to get into the university. This is related to people's general consciousness now. There are still many parents who don't allow their children to choose universities. They think that the college is inferior to the university in terms of low grade, education level and scientific research equipment.