In Brazil they're pretty much the same although technically a university offers more courses and colleges are more specific, like for example an engineering/technology focused college.
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One is more pretentious than the other and costs more money. ๐
yeah, but what's the difference???
Mostly the pretentiousness and the money
That is the difference.
University is where Great Thinkers go to become egg heads and where rich kids go to pretend they're Great Thinkers.
College is where kids go to learn how to weld and program and change bed pans.
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My limited understanding is that a College has an affiliation with a University(which also accepts students directly and is often more prestigious than a college) to enroll students and take exams
I'm still new to it myself and haven't done much research
College is generally more vocational, while University is academic. You go to University to get a professional degree, a Bachelors, Masters or Doctorate, but it's technically more research-oriented while you go to college to get work qualifications in a specific field. The vocational qualifications can run a little parallel to the academic ones typically up to or just below a Bachelors - eg some electrical qualifications can go towards or are equivalent to a regular degree.