What is the difference between a college and a university?

Answer by  malone (4817)

A college focuses on a particular course of study, like education, engineering, medicine or business. A university is a collection of colleges.

Answer by  SubhashChander (1773)

A college is an institution which imparts education at a higher level. A college needs affiliation to a university through which university the students of that particular college would appear in the examination.

Answer by  tbird (732)

It depends on what country you are in. In European (and many other) countries, college pertains to secondary education while university is higher learning. In the USA, a college offers a degree in a specific area of study. A university is simply a collection of colleges, so they offer more choices.