University, school, College, Department, Institute the Difference

These words are not very different, sometimes some words can be common, and some of the usage is different with the geographical time changes.

Generally speaking, college translated "college", which is an integral part of university (Comprehensive University), for example, a college with the Faculty of Arts, Science, medical school, etc., so university often by a number of smaller college merger.
It is important to note thatin the UK, universities are called University, while at American universities it is called CollegeSome smaller universities can also be called Junior College (tertiary).

"College" corresponds to a lot of English words, in addition to college, there are institute,academy,school,conservatory,centre and faculty, such as the former Shanghai and Beijing foreign language colleges are used in the Word Institute, The Massachusetts Institute of Science (MIT) is also called Institute; Academy, an independent Conservatory of Music or a university with conservatory or Academy (European multi-use); But the Conservatory of Music in a university is called School of Music or college of music. Some medical schools in the West call it medical centre; British universities mostly use School, such as London School of Economics, smaller colleges are called Faculty, such as Faculty of Science, Faculty of Arts, and the Theological Seminary uses the word seminary.

Institute generally also translated as "college", but it focuses on single-disciplinary or specialized institutions, for example, in China, the General railway, aviation, telecommunications, fine arts and other colleges are using the Word Institute. It is noteworthy that the world-famous University of MIT (MIT) is a multidisciplinary college, but it still uses the word Institute, namely: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is known to the world, There is no need to rename it to university.

This shows that the use of different words and many due to regional differences occur:

College in the United States refers to the university, in the United Kingdom refers to colleges and even secondary schools, so Hong Kong's secondary schools are rarely called middle school and called College. The term "school" refers both to the University College and to the general primary and secondary schools.

Interestingly, the word university can be used with college. The UK has a scholar known for its study of English phonetics, Daniel Jones, who studied in London as a university College School (a British secondary school) when he was young. Here University College is a proper noun, used as an attribute, to modify the school.

In addition, you mention department, note that in the University, department refers to "department" (under the College of the college), such as a college (university) in the Foreign Language Institute (College/institute/school of Foreign Languages) includes English Department, Japanese department, Russian language, etc... The department here uses department.

Reference: Http://blog.zol.com.cn/blog/zo/zolbbs/342280.html http://www.engsky.com/n6430c5.aspx

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College, University, Institute, School, Academy
These nouns all contain the meaning of "college, university".
College〓 refers to the college in the university, the Academy of Sciences or less subjects of higher education.
University〓 mainly refers to the university, which is usually composed of several colleges. When it comes to universities, it is usually expressed in college.
Institute〓 refers to the establishment of specialized disciplines, such as foreign Language College, Geological college, School of Architecture and so on.
School〓 refers to the college or department to which the university belongs.
Academy〓 refers to (higher) specialized institutions or schools that specialize in academic studies.

The use of different words varies depending on the region: College in the United States refers to the university, in the United Kingdom refers to colleges and even secondary schools, so Hong Kong's secondary schools are rarely called middle school and called College. The term "school" refers both to the University College and to the general primary and secondary schools.

University, school, College, Department, Institute the Difference