Institutional system:
On the whole, China has formed a relatively perfect institutional system, such as junior college (preschool education, primary school), junior college (junior high school, senior high school), colleges (universities), vocational education (secondary school, higher vocational education), adult education, etc., and there is considerable room for institutional development.
Universities in China are mainly public. Although a large number of private colleges and universities have emerged after years of development, the development of private colleges and universities is generally worrying.
With the development of network, some "network colleges" appear gradually, but most of them do not have the ability to issue academic certificates, so they are still different from regular colleges in nature.
The difference between a school and a university:
Generally speaking, a large-scale university can set up several professional colleges (with some related departments, which are actually equivalent to the department level), or it can set up departments directly without colleges. In order to save face and improve their performance, some universities in China are scrambling to change colleges into universities, departments into colleges and majors into departments.
School education refers to various educational activities accepted by the educated in various schools and is an important part of the education system. The specific activities of school education are influenced by social demand, so it must conform to the trend of social development and undertake the function of conveying talents to society. Generally speaking, school education includes primary education, secondary education and higher education.
College mainly refers to higher education institutions with fewer disciplines and stronger professionalism. Colleges can be independent schools, and many universities also have their own subordinate secondary colleges (departments) or independent colleges established by ordinary universities in cooperation with social organizations or individuals other than state institutions.
Colleges and universities are mainly used for the following situations:
1. Institutions of higher learning with academic qualifications recognized by the state.
1. General undergraduate course: College usually refers to a university smaller than a university, usually with relatively few disciplines. The main level of running a school is undergraduate, and some colleges have master's programs or graduate schools. For example, Liaoning Institute of Finance and Trade of Heilongjiang Institute of Technology and Dalian International Studies University, please refer to the third section of our college.
2. Independent college refers to an institution of higher learning that cooperates with social organizations or individuals other than state institutions and uses non-state financial funds to implement undergraduate education. It is an independent college from a university, but retains the name of its partner university, such as City College of Dalian University of Technology.
3. General college: generally known as vocational and technical college. At this time, a college means an institution of higher learning, and there are no restrictions on disciplines and categories, such as Dalian Vocational and Technical College of Shenyang Vocational and Technical College.
Two, teaching institutions do not have higher education.
1. Professional and technical schools, focusing on cultivating certain skills, such as new oriental cooking University.
2. Colleges that mainly train self-taught candidates and do not have academic qualifications, such as Heilongjiang Journalism College.
Institutions of higher learning (institutions of higher learning) are collectively referred to as universities, junior colleges, higher vocational and technical colleges and junior colleges, and universities for short. ? From the level of education and training, including junior college, undergraduate, master and doctor. Among them, universities generally refer to comprehensive colleges, specialized colleges include medical universities, opera colleges, music and fine arts colleges, and higher vocational colleges include vocational and technical colleges and junior colleges. Colleges and universities refer not only to universities, but also to high schools.