Colleges and universities in the Federal Republic of Germany can be roughly divided into academic and non-academic categories. Academic universities have high level, great contribution, high status and great authority, such as comprehensive universities and engineering universities. Recruit complete middle school graduates with a study period of 4-6 years.
Non-academic universities mainly refer to various institutions of higher learning, such as higher normal schools, higher arts, sports and other colleges. Its academic level and social status are not as good as those of academic universities. It mainly recruits graduates from various vocational schools, junior colleges or technical secondary schools, with a large proportion, and mainly trains senior professionals. All teachers in the Federal Republic of Germany receive training from higher education institutions.
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German public universities:
There are 423 public and private universities in China, including 365 universities and 438+06 universities recognized by the Ministry of Education, including comprehensive universities, higher professional colleges, higher normal colleges and conservatories of music and art? .
There are about 80 public comprehensive universities, commonly known as Universit? T (University) focuses on teaching and scientific research. These schools can award Diplom (Bachelor), Magister Artium (Master) and Doctor (Doctor) degrees. In a narrow sense, German public universities refer to academic-oriented national universities.
Higher vocational colleges, usually called Universities of Applied Sciences, mainly train applied talents, similar to vocational colleges.
Students can get DiplomaFH after 4-5 years of professional study. Some professional colleges and universities also offer the course of continuing English education (Aufbaustudium), which lasts for one and a half to two years, and you can get a master's degree after graduation. Applicants generally require a bachelor's degree or equivalent. Under normal circumstances, higher vocational colleges have no right to confer doctoral degrees.
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