Stefani Posted April 10, 2016 Report Share Posted April 10, 2016 Which one is better? Which one is seen better by employers? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IB_taking_over Posted April 10, 2016 Report Share Posted April 10, 2016 speaking in an American (U.S.) context, they are basically the same thing. [Universities tend to be larger than colleges] We use college/university interchangeably in conversation, although college seems to be the word of choice. In that same respect, employers don't really care. As for outside the U.S., I'm not familiar with higher education. 3 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elite X-Naut Posted April 10, 2016 Report Share Posted April 10, 2016 Here in Canada we have universities, colleges, and apprenticeships, where you pick one of them depending on what types of jobs you want to do. For example a mechanic would fall under college and apprenticeship but an engineering program would fall under universities. Since you're doing IB, the whole point is to get into a university which is what I'd recommend you to go to, if you're applying to Canada of course. 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Posted April 10, 2016 Report Share Posted April 10, 2016 Certainly here in the UK they are totally different, and a university is seen as much better than a college. Colleges tend to be for more practical aspects, and ones that don' t require high academic grades. You could do plumbing, agriculture, carpentry etc at a college, whereas a university you would do English, Geography, Geology etc Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarolSmith Posted July 19, 2017 Report Share Posted July 19, 2017 Of course, the university Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomenclature Posted July 25, 2017 Report Share Posted July 25, 2017 It seems like the U.S. calls what ya'll think of "colleges" as "community colleges". These schools offer more vocational options as well as standard university fare—the difference being that they're cheaper, don't deal with housing/residence, and are typically considered less rigorous than universities (though the final point can certainly be debated). To further complicate the matter, I know of some universities (Oxford, Cambridge, Toronto) that have a "college system" where a college is a living community in the midst of the larger universities. Oxford and Cambridge, I believe, make colleges responsible for the teaching ("tutoring") of students and certain colleges only teach certain subjects. Whereas at Toronto colleges are just for community; actual classes are composed of students from many different colleges. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
anishde Posted August 29, 2017 Report Share Posted August 29, 2017 In the United States, there really isn't a major difference. Overseas, it can vary drastically depending on the quality of the program. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
michymichelle Posted September 12, 2019 Report Share Posted September 12, 2019 In the US, there are universities have their own colleges. Most universities are much larger than colleges, so if you're looking for a generally smaller class size, most colleges would fit that criterion. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keliyah Posted October 22, 2019 Report Share Posted October 22, 2019 there really isn't a crucial difference between the two here in the U.S Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firewolf3456 Posted March 18, 2021 Report Share Posted March 18, 2021 From an Australian point of view: what is college? In Perth, there's one college that I know of; Edith Cowan College. This is somehow different to Edith Cowan University. Why? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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