Departments in universities generally refer to colleges, such as management schools and law schools, and refer to majors in colleges, such as Chinese departments and philosophy departments.
Because the number of students in each school is different, the schools with fewer students are majors, and the schools with more students are divided into departments and majors. So different schools have different points, and there is no certain law.
For example, Tsinghua University is a large-scale civil engineering department, which can be upgraded to a college of civil engineering, but they have always been called the civil engineering department. The same is true internationally. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a world-famous institution. It is not called MIT.
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Differences among departments, colleges and departments in universities;
First, the level is different.
Division system is an open interdisciplinary organization, which goes beyond the college level. In comprehensive universities, different colleges with similar disciplines are integrated into a "department".
University has two meanings. The first is a university smaller than a university, usually a university with relatively few disciplines. Under such a university, secondary colleges and departments can be established. The second is a secondary college established in a university, which generally includes several similar disciplines or departments.
Department is a teaching management institution set up by colleges and universities according to the nature of specialty. The level is generally lower than that of colleges, and a department generally has one or several majors with similar nature. Generally, two or three departments form a college, and there are also larger departments directly under the college.
Second, the scale is different.
Generally speaking, the scale presents the situation of department > college > department.