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What's the difference between "College" and "University"? (feddit.cl)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by A_Chilean_Cyborg@feddit.cl to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Until recently I assume they were synonymous 😅, Here you go to Uni immediatly after finishing HS.

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[–] livus@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I’m not necessarily doubting you, but I would’ve guessed “polytech” would be more like a “trade school”

That's how they started out. But in New Zealand there are only 8 universities.

Polytechs nowadays still offer trades vocational but they also offer other qualifications in things like nursing or business management. Here is the wikipedia for one of the bigger ones, you can get an idea of the scope:

(Fun fact: there used to be 7 universities but one tech managed to transform itself so now the city of Auckland has University of Auckland and also "Auckland University of Technology")