College vs. University

Collegenoun

(obsolete) A corporate group; a group of colleagues.

Collegenoun

(in some proper nouns) A group sharing common purposes or goals.

Collegenoun

(politics) An electoral college.

Collegenoun

An academic institution.

Collegenoun

A specialized division of a university.

Collegenoun

An institution of higher education teaching undergraduates.

Collegenoun

Attendance at an institution of higher education.

Collegenoun

A postsecondary institution that offers vocational training and/or associate's degrees.

Collegenoun

A non-specialized, semi-autonomous division of a university, with its own faculty, departments, library, etc.

Collegenoun

(UK) An institution of further education at an intermediate level; sixth form.

Collegenoun

(UK) An institution for adult education at a basic or intermediate level (teaching those of any age).

Collegenoun

A high school or secondary school.

Collegenoun

(Australia) A private (non-government) primary or high school.

Collegenoun

(Australia) A residential hall associated with a university, possibly having its own tutors.

Collegenoun

(in Chile) A bilingual school.

Collegenoun

A collection, body, or society of persons engaged in common pursuits, or having common duties and interests, and sometimes, by charter, peculiar rights and privileges; as, a college of heralds; a college of electors; a college of bishops.

Collegenoun

A society of scholars or friends of learning, incorporated for study or instruction, esp. in the higher branches of knowledge; as, the colleges of Oxford and Cambridge Universities, and many American colleges.

Collegenoun

A building, or number of buildings, used by a college.

Collegenoun

Fig.: A community.

Collegenoun

the body of faculty and students of a college

Collegenoun

an institution of higher education created to educate and grant degrees; often a part of a university

Collegenoun

British slang for prison

Collegenoun

a complex of buildings in which a college is housed

College

A college (Latin: collegium) is an educational institution or a constituent part of one. A college may be a degree-awarding tertiary educational institution, a part of a collegiate or federal university, an institution offering vocational education, or a secondary school.

Universitynoun

Institution of higher education (typically accepting students from the age of about 17 or 18, depending on country, but in some exceptional cases able to take younger students) where subjects are studied and researched in depth and degrees are offered.

Universitynoun

The universe; the whole.

Universitynoun

An association, society, guild, or corporation, esp. one capable of having and acquiring property.

Universitynoun

An institution organized and incorporated for the purpose of imparting instruction, examining students, and otherwise promoting education in the higher branches of literature, science, art, etc., empowered to confer degrees in the several arts and faculties, as in theology, law, medicine, music, etc. A university may exist without having any college connected with it, or it may consist of but one college, or it may comprise an assemblage of colleges established in any place, with professors for instructing students in the sciences and other branches of learning. In modern usage, a university is expected to have both an undergraduate division, granting bachelor's degrees, and a graduate division, granting master's or doctoral degrees, but there are some exceptions. In addition, a modern university typically also supports research by its faculty

Universitynoun

the body of faculty and students at a university

Universitynoun

establishment where a seat of higher learning is housed, including administrative and living quarters as well as facilities for research and teaching

Universitynoun

a large and diverse institution of higher learning created to educate for life and for a profession and to grant degrees

University

A university (Latin: universitas, 'a whole') is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs.