college vs. university
What is the difference between college and university? In everyday use, these terms are used interchangeably. In specific contexts, however, they have different meanings.
college和university有什么区别？在日常使用中，这两个词没有特别明确的界限。但是，在某些特定的情况下，它们确实具有不同的含义。
What does college mean?
College is a noun. In American English, it refers to undergraduate education or an undergraduate education institution.
College是一个名词。在美式英语中，泛指本科教育或本科教育机构。
Colleges offer two- and four-year degrees in various subjects, and some may also offer graduate studies.
College可以授予多种学科的两年制或四年制学位，也有一部分college可提供研究生学习。
In both American and British English, college could also refer to an individual school or program within a university.
美式和英式英语中，college也可以指大学内的个别院系或项目。
college: 多指大学内的学院，分科学院或科目较少的高等学校。
college life
大学生活
Williams College
威廉姆斯学院
是一所位于美国马萨诸塞州威廉姆斯镇的私立文理学院，为全美排名最佳的文理大学之一，校友不乏政商名流。
college of engineering
工学院，工程学院
college of liberal arts
人文学院;文学院
college of science
理学院
What does university mean?
In both American and British English, university is a post-secondary institution that offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in a variety of subjects across several programs.
在美式和英式英语中，university是一所高等教育机构，可以授予多种学科的本科和研究生学位。
Beijing Normal University
北京师范大学
Peking University
北京大学
在我们认知范围内的国内大学，一般都称作university，大学里的院系叫做college，但是在欧美的教育体系中college的含义要比国内更多，某些专业性较强的大学他们也称作college。如果只是单单笼统的说“大学”，在英语中university和college都是可以的。
In practical American usage, university has connotations of prestige that college doesn’t have, although there are some highly respected universities that call themselves colleges out of tradition (e.g., Dartmouth College). Still, no one talks about going to university in the U.S. After high school, you go to college, even if the college you’re attending calls itself a university.在实际美语用法中，university具有college所没有的声望内涵；尽管有一些备受尊敬的大学出于传统称自己为学院（例如达特茅斯学院）。但是，美国人没有人把“上大学”说成go to university，人们都说在高中毕业后是go to college，即便你就读的大学称自己为university。
例：
He intended to start his college education next year.
他打算明年开始上大学。
记忆技巧
A university is a collection of specialized schools. A college is one school. Often, universities are comprised of several colleges.
University是一系列专业的综合院校。而college是一所专门学科的院校。通常，universities由几所colleges组成。
Just like the universe contains many schools, a university will usually also contain many schools. You can use the similarity between universe and university to remember the meaning of this word.
就像宇宙（universe）包含许多学校一样，university通常也会包含许多学校。您可以使用宇宙（universe）和大学（university）之间的相似性来记住这个词的含义。
原标题：《自贸趣味英语（七十四）丨“大学”是“college”还是“university”？它们究竟有什么区别？》