A university is a college but a college is not necessarily a university. (At least in the U.S)
Community colleges and State colleges vary from Universities usually that Universities require graduate programs. Not sure all the specifics but if you want an Associates degree you can usually get one at either. A masters degree you can’t normally get at a State College. (Exceptions might exist, I’m sure someone will shit on my breakdown and correct it haha)
I wish this was as straight forward as this tries to make it. In the US there has been a shift to re-designate colleges as universities based on the number of graduate and non-graduate programs, requiring at least one of each as far as I can tell. The side effect is that a lot of state colleges are now state universities with individual “colleges” within them for the specific program groups.
Which is to say that some state colleges were correctly rebranded as universities, but you can go to a state college and have it be a university.
(And yes, even further exceptions exist and I look forward to being enlightened about the various universities in the middle of nowhere serving 15 people.)
I think it’s already been explained for the most part in other comments but yes, here (UK) there’s a difference between college (post-16 A-level equivalent) and university (post-18, requires college or A-level first)
It doesn’t matter where you live. I just hate the term “uni”. Say “my university”, “NYU”, “Princeton”, or something like that. I don’t have an objective argument against it. I just don’t like it. It’s like the word " ain’t ". It’s in the dictionary now and technically acceptable, but I hate it.
You realize that universities outside the US and UK only have a very nondescript moniker or some obscure title that would not help you identify it in the slightest, right?
I could say “Back in TU Heidelberg” and you would look like a personified questionmark.
Then say “at my university”. I think people will understand that you don’t own a university, and you are referring to the one that you attended. Again, it’s purely a subjective issue. I get that I’m in the minority, but I still hate the term.
Are you really asking all but a few countries on the planet to stop using the word they’ve been using for ages because being exposed to it bothers you personally?
Ain’t was always a valid contraction for “am not”, but too many people misused it until grammarians convinced everyone it wasn’t a real word. Besides, words aren’t handed down from on high. If it’s in the dictionary it’s because it was already in use. What’s the point of a dictionary if you can’t look up the words people are using?
I hate when people say “uni”.
You would hate Australia.
and the UK
And Canada
And Germany.
Better than people confusing it with college though
those arent the same thing?
A university is a college but a college is not necessarily a university. (At least in the U.S)
Community colleges and State colleges vary from Universities usually that Universities require graduate programs. Not sure all the specifics but if you want an Associates degree you can usually get one at either. A masters degree you can’t normally get at a State College. (Exceptions might exist, I’m sure someone will shit on my breakdown and correct it haha)
I wish this was as straight forward as this tries to make it. In the US there has been a shift to re-designate colleges as universities based on the number of graduate and non-graduate programs, requiring at least one of each as far as I can tell. The side effect is that a lot of state colleges are now state universities with individual “colleges” within them for the specific program groups.
Which is to say that some state colleges were correctly rebranded as universities, but you can go to a state college and have it be a university.
(And yes, even further exceptions exist and I look forward to being enlightened about the various universities in the middle of nowhere serving 15 people.)
They’re different words, aren’t they?
They’re the same word, just pronounced differently.
And English has never had two words mean the same thing
I think it’s already been explained for the most part in other comments but yes, here (UK) there’s a difference between college (post-16 A-level equivalent) and university (post-18, requires college or A-level first)
…but why?
College is just a bunch of pictures pasted together
Not everyone lives in the US. Here in the UK College and University are very different things.
It doesn’t matter where you live. I just hate the term “uni”. Say “my university”, “NYU”, “Princeton”, or something like that. I don’t have an objective argument against it. I just don’t like it. It’s like the word " ain’t ". It’s in the dictionary now and technically acceptable, but I hate it.
You realize that universities outside the US and UK only have a very nondescript moniker or some obscure title that would not help you identify it in the slightest, right?
I could say “Back in TU Heidelberg” and you would look like a personified questionmark.
Then say “at my university”. I think people will understand that you don’t own a university, and you are referring to the one that you attended. Again, it’s purely a subjective issue. I get that I’m in the minority, but I still hate the term.
Are you really asking all but a few countries on the planet to stop using the word they’ve been using for ages because being exposed to it bothers you personally?
I’m actually interested in how this plays out.
I’m not asking anyone to do anything. I’m just saying that I hate the word.
If I said I hate spaghetti, would you assume I want all spaghetti around the world banned and destroyed?
Well now Lemmy will exclusively use “uni” just to piss you off. You really painted a target on yourself
I also painted a vagina on my stomach, but I guess that’s not really relevant.
Ain’t was always a valid contraction for “am not”, but too many people misused it until grammarians convinced everyone it wasn’t a real word. Besides, words aren’t handed down from on high. If it’s in the dictionary it’s because it was already in use. What’s the point of a dictionary if you can’t look up the words people are using?
In the 70s and 80s we were taught that it wasn’t a proper word. Of course, whether it’s proper or not, I hate it.
I also hate “irregardless”. If I said that word to my English teacher I would have been slapped into next Tuesday.
Irregardless, you ain’t getting slapped at uni.
I hate it too, but where I am, everyone says it so, and now they’ve converted me. Send help.