Higher vocational colleges refer to higher vocational and technical colleges and junior colleges, both of which are ordinary colleges and universities at the junior college level. College is also a college, which actually includes higher vocational colleges and colleges. Both of them are college degrees recognized by the state and are an indispensable part of China's higher education system.

Higher vocational colleges are more inclined to practice skills and cultivate graduates with strong practical ability. The names of higher vocational colleges are generally "xx Vocational and Technical College" and "xx Vocational College". Colleges, which are more inclined to theoretical education, mainly include normal colleges, medical colleges and public security colleges. The names of colleges and universities are generally "xx College" and "xx College".

The differences between higher vocational colleges and junior colleges are as follows:

1, different admission batches:

University education is mostly subject education, which is a "reduced version" of undergraduate education. College is divided into general college and higher vocational college, and the admission batch of general college is before higher vocational college.

2, the content of the expression is different:

College is from the academic level, and higher vocational education is from the educational form, so there is no contradiction between them.

3. Different types of education:

The college focuses on theoretical education and is a compressed version of undergraduate course. Compared with higher vocational colleges, it is more likely to be promoted to undergraduate colleges in the future. However, higher vocational colleges pay attention to the cultivation of technology and practice, and the probability of upgrading to cost college in the future is very low.

Extended data:

College is the abbreviation of college, an important part of higher education and a type of education in higher vocational education system. College (higher vocational school) is to train a group of people with higher education, cultural knowledge, professional knowledge and technology on the basis of completing secondary education.

This kind of education is higher vocational education, and the length of schooling is shorter than that of ordinary undergraduate education. Like undergraduate education and postgraduate education, it is an integral part of China's higher education system and one of the academic levels of higher education in colleges and universities. In China, professional education is undertaken by higher vocational colleges, and some ordinary undergraduate colleges also offer professional courses.