<p>What is the difference, if any, between a university and a college?</p>
<p>A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in students.</p>
<p>HAHA. Good one PavelB .</p>
<p>PavelB speaks the truth.</p>
<p>But in a more "traditional" sense, colleges are for undergrads, universities for graduate studies. If you're an undergraduate at Harvard, you are actually in "Harvard Colllege," if you're a graduate, "Harvard University."</p>
<p>My understanding is that universities include multiple colleges, as in there may be a college for arts and sciences, one for engineering, one for business, etc. But a college on it's own is for arts and sciences alone, though they could still have engineering and business classes. Just not a whole school for it.</p>
<p>What DePaulBlueDemon said about Harvard is incorrect. Undergrads go to Harvard College while grad students go to the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Harvard also has schools of Government, Law, Dentistry, Medicine, Public Health, Education, Divinity, and more. They all make up Harvard University. So in reality, everyone goes to a college/school. It just may happen to be connected to other colleges/schools to make up a university.</p>
<p>"But a college on it's own is for arts and sciences alone, though they could still have engineering and business classes. Just not a whole school for it."</p>
<p>You're reasoning is faulty. (I'm not asserting what I stated is correct, because I very well may be wrong...) But some schools chose to name their distinct programs differently... It may be "School of Education, College of Commerce" etc... while other may chose "School of Buisness" or the like...</p>
<p>From what i read earlier, a university offers doctoral degrees, where as a college does not.</p>