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[Blackrat]

*headslap*

Right, we have something similar in Germany - Fachoberschulen (you could translate it as "Higher technical school", which are more practical. I just didn't get the connection to "college", as Germans tend to use composite words a lot.

Ditto. I've always wondered what's the difference of college and university in US, without realising it could be so simple. We too have the same difference, but same as german, we use a long composite word for it

 

[Tinker Gnome]

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[WhatGravitas]

Ditto. I've always wondered what's the difference of college and university in US, without realising it could be so simple. We too have the same difference, but same as german, we use a long composite word for it

By the way, in the UK, we use college for a lot of stuff, we basically just slap it in front of stuff to make it sound cooler. There are colleges within proper universities, there are private schools called "college", there are colleges between secondary school and university and there are colleges like in the US.

So... a bit of confusion is probably expected.

Cheers, LT.

 

[WhatGravitas]

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WHAT THE HELL!? That was unexpected and strange. And slightly creepy.

Cheers, LT.

 

[Relique du Madde]

Ditto. I've always wondered what's the difference of college and university in US, without realising it could be so simple. We too have the same difference, but same as german, we use a long composite word for it

As far as California is concerned...

Short and simple: Universities deal in research and theory. Universities are the only places you can get certain high end degrees (doctorates) and are more expensive.

 

[Phaezen]

Cheers Hive, just about to go midnight here.

Galeros that was odd

 

[hafrogman]

What's the German equivalent of university? In the States there is a difference between going to a College and going to a University. IE. Going to the University of California at Riverside is more prestigious then going to California State University at Riverside and both are better then going to Riverside California community college.

Well, there's universities and community colleges, which are different. But there are also colleges INSIDE the universities.

I went to Arizona State University, which is a big school (~50,000 students) all studying different things. I specifically studied engineering, which meant I was in the "Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering". (Ira Fulton being some moneybags who made a donation). But many of the different specialties are referred to as colleges. The College of Fine Arts, College of Law, etc. The term college and school seem to be used interchangeably to refer to a specialty within the University (So named for it's universal coverage of educational topics).

Just to add even more confusion to you dirty foreigners.

 

[Relique du Madde]

Well, there's universities and community colleges, which are different. But there are also colleges INSIDE the universities.

I went to Arizona State University, which is a big school (~50,000 students) all studying different things. I specifically studied engineering, which meant I was in the "Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering". (Ira Fulton being some moneybags who made a donation). But many of the different specialties are referred to as colleges. The College of Fine Arts, College of Law, etc. The term college and school seem to be used interchangeably to refer to a specialty within the University (So named for it's universal coverage of educational topics).

Just to add even more confusion to you dirty foreigners.

Education is a business withing the US.

 

[Angel Tarragon]

Reveille in the hive!


*eats all the tech in the hive*

 

[Duskblade]

Whats up ma peeps?