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[estel]

College here is generally applied to further education for 16-18 - though they're generally accessible to people of all ages who want to take a college course. These might deal out a range of qualifications other than A levels, up to "foundation degrees".
I think a University will be a place which can issue degrees. Some Universities have constituant colleges (Oxford and Cambridge and a few others) but they're just ways of organising the University itself.

[martin]

And you make a distinction between "college" and "university". In the US, those two terms are pretty much interchangable. Most universities in the US are collections of colleges. For instance, UNR, where I went, is made up of the College of Fine Arts, the College of Sciences, the School of Mining, and several other colleges.

xander

well there are really two types of college

The one type is what you're referring to - basically university departments.

The other type is education after high school for 16-18 year olds, for AS and A levels.

[Montyphy]

well there are really two types of college

The one type is what you're referring to - basically university departments.

The other type is education after high school for 16-18 year olds, for AS and A levels.

estel explained it better

PS you fail quoting.