How are the names of University and College different?

In the United States, when you go to a University, you will graduate from a certain College. In Canada and Australia, College offers only certificates.

In the US education system, College is a university that only provides training and a degree in a specific field, while University is a whole that includes many colleges with many training fields. For example, in a University, you can find College of Business (including fields such as Accounting, Finance, Marketing, Marketing, Business management or College of Engineering). Software professor, computer, mechanical, bridge, oil and gas, chemistry .), College of Architecture (University of Architecture), College of Education (University of Education) .

In some universities, people can also use the School instead of College. For example, School of Medicine (University of Medicine), School of Business, School of Engineering .

Harvard University.(Photo: hqwallpapersplus.com)

In other words, when you go to a University, it means that you will graduate from a certain College. Therefore, academically, the meaning of University and College is not much different when it comes to universities in America. Most Americans use the College instead of University to talk about studying at the university level.

People use University only when referring to a specific university, such as Harvard University, Stanford University, or University of California in Los Angles .

However, there are also some universities that keep College in the name of their school instead of University for many reasons. One of the reasons is the meaning and historical value of the school. For example, College of William & Mary in Virginia, founded in 1693, retains this name even though it is equivalent to University.

Or Dartmouth College in New Hampshire founded in 1769 is also one of America's most prestigious universities. There are also Universities that do not use this term in their school names like the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

On the other hand, in the US, you also need to distinguish College from universities with Community College. While universities can train and provide bachelor's, master's or doctoral degrees and do research work, Community College can only train and provide two-year degrees (Associate's degree, breed as intermediate degree in Vietnam), or vocational certificates (certificates).

Students can also study the first two years of a college degree in Community College before moving to university to study the last two years and get a bachelor's degree at that university. Compared to universities, Community College is cheaper and easier to get into.

Dartmouth College.(Photo: wikipedia.org)

However, in some other English-speaking countries in the world, the use from University and College also differs. For example, in Canada, University is a provider of bachelor's, master's, or doctoral degrees, but College can only offer certificates.

Similarly, in Australia, College colleges called T echnical and Further Education (TAFE) can only provide certificates.

Therefore, if you look at the American perspective, Vietnamese universities are College because each school only trains a particular field. For example, Polytechnic University only trains engineers, so it can only be College of Engineering, University of Economics, College of Business, College of Medicine is College of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy can only be College of Pharmacy, University of Medicine. It's College of Education .

But if you bring Vietnam to compare with other countries in the world, the use of University or College can also be changed depending on the circumstances (like in Canada or Australia). Therefore, translating the names of universities in Vietnam into English is the most important meaning and function of each school and needs consistency among schools.