Harvard College vs. University

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<p>Sorry for the dumb question, but what is the diff between Harvard College and Harvard University -- same website!</p>

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<p>Harvard College = undergraduate college of arts & sciences</p>

<p>Harvard University = undergrad college + med school + grad school + law school + business school + etc. </p>

<p>The same holds true for all universities. :)</p>

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<p>Harvard College is the undergraduate school... there is also the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences... both Harvard College & GSAS share the same set of professors: The Faculty of Arts & Sciences (FAS)...
and then there are all the other graduate & professional schools:
Harvard Law, Harvard Business, Harvard Med,
Harvard Dental, Harvard JFK School of Government, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard School of Design.... you get the idea... I'm sure I'm forgetting a few graduate schools...</p>

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<p>This seems to be common in the Ivy league, as Yale undergrads attend Yale college and Columbia undergrads attend Columbia college. As far as I've heard of Yale, the degree is granted from something like "Yale College of Yale University."</p>

<p>Schools of Harvard</p>

<p>Faculty of Arts and Sciences (College and Graduate)
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Harvard Business School<br>
Harvard Law School
Department of Continuing Education (Sometimes made fun of by students as being as far back as 6th in some rankings)
Dental School
Graduate School of Design<br>
Faculty of Medicine
Harvard Divinity School<br>
Harvard School of Public Health
Graduate School of Education
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study</p>

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<p>Most universities are organized like that......</p>

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<p>I thought that if the population of the institute is like below a certain population itz considered college and if it is over than it is considered university.</p>

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<p>Wat is RadcliffE?</p>

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<p>Radcliffe is like the women's Harvard. It used to be that women weren't allowed to go to Harvard (until the 70's) so they studied at Radcliffe.</p>

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<p><a href="http://www.radcliffe.edu/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.radcliffe.edu/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>It's an institute for sorts of independent advanced study which offers fellowships and facilities.</p>

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<p>Radcliffe used to be the women's college. It was absorbed into Harvard. Harvard now uses the old Radcliffe campus as part of their undergrad facilities -- the dorms are rather inconvenient.</p>

<p>As part of the deal, the old Radcliff endowment is now used to support this "Institute of Advanced Studies".</p>