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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University

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College (Latin collegium) is a term most often used today to denote an educational institution. More broadly, it can be the name of any group of colleagues (see, for example electoral college, College of Arms, College of Cardinals). Originally, it meant a group of persons living together under a common set of rules (con- = “together” + leg- = “law” or lego = “I choose”); indeed, some colleges call their members “fellows”. The precise usage of the term varies among English-speaking countries.


A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education. The word university is derived from the Latin universitas magistrorum et scholarium, roughly meaning “community of teachers and scholars”.[1]

Sami hlutur, mismunandi orð. College á ekki við einhvern ákveðinn Háskóla, en University gerir það.
Dæmi: Einhver í USA sem gengur í “college” er kannski nemandi við Yale University, University of Phoenix etc. etc.

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Kindergarden > Grade school > High school (10. til 12. bekkur) > colleage > university

Ég held að ég viti þetta.
College er skóli þar sem nemendur eru í svokölluðu undergrateuade prógrammi, þ.e náminu lýkur með B.A/B.S gráðu.
University er semsagt eftir B.A/B.S gráðu og sami skólinn getur verið bæði college og university, t.d. held ég að það sé þannig í MIT að þegar þú ert að taka B.S þá ertu í college þarna en eftir B.S ertu í university. Svo geta skólar verið bara college eða bara university.
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