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What is the difference between a college and a school?
There are certain differences between schools and colleges.

Schools, whether primary schools, junior high schools, senior high schools, universities, etc. , can be called a school. Schools are organizations that implement systematic education in a planned and organized way. The name originated in the Republic of China. School education is a purposeful, systematic and organized social activity carried out by full-time staff and specialized institutions, and its direct goal is to influence the physical and mental development of educated school educators. School education is a concept opposite to social education. It refers to all kinds of educational activities accepted by the educated in various schools. Is an important part of the education system. Generally speaking, school education includes primary education, secondary education and higher education. College is mainly used in 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, Dalian International Studies University.

Heilongjiang Institute of Technology

Liaoning Institute of Finance and trade

For details, please refer to the college setup in China in the third section.

2. Independent colleges

: refers to the institutions of higher learning that cooperate with social organizations or individuals other than state institutions and use non-state financial funds to implement undergraduate education. It is an independent college, but it retains the name of its partner university.

city institute,dalian university of technology

3. General college: generally known as vocational and technical college. At this time, the college is an institution of higher learning, and there are no restrictions on disciplines and categories.

Such as Shenyang Vocational and Technical College

Dalian vocational and technical college

Two, teaching institutions do not have higher education.

1. Professional and technical schools focus on cultivating certain skills.

New oriental cooking College, for example.

2. Universities that mainly train self-taught candidates and do not have academic qualifications.

Such as Heilongjiang Journalism College.