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5 Dec 2022

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I just read
"I want to go to University after I finish College"
So, College X University

We always get confused comparing both

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KurtScaze

5 Dec 2022

English (US) Near fluent
Portuguese (Brazil)

College = faculdade
University = Universidade

Kindergarten -> School -> Highschool -> College/University

Universidade é aquele centro de aprendizado com dezenas de prédios que parece uma mini cidade, faculdade é só um prédio qualquer onde você faz um curso.

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Anivia

5 Dec 2022

English (US)

In the US, we use the word “college” in general, or “university” as part of a (large) college’s name.

For example:
“I’m in college. I go to the University of Michigan.”

In the UK, people say “university” or “uni” in place of “college”.

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LiveForever

5 Dec 2022

Portuguese (Brazil)

@KurtScaze
Obrigado
O que confunde é como falamos
por exemplo
Dizemos "estou na faculdade" quando se está fazendo um curso UNIVERSITARIO

E como você disse "faculdade" em inglês é uma escola (que não é parte da Universidade, na verdade)

LiveForever

5 Dec 2022

Portuguese (Brazil)

@Anivia
Thank you

aliyakrushnic

5 Dec 2022

English (US)

colleges offer undergraduate programs while universities offer both undergraduate and graduate programs. a college can exist within a university— the undergraduate part of the university i attend is called “the college”

part of the confusion is that in the US we often use college as a general term so even if someone is attending a university, they may say “i’m in college”

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LiveForever

6 Dec 2022

Portuguese (Brazil)

@aliyakrushnic
Great. Tnanks a lot
It become even more confusing because in my mother tong we say "faculdade" (college) to refer a course you're doing in a University already

Exemplo
Your friend finished high school last year and now got a scholarship in Cambridge University

So she would say to you

"well, now I'm in "faculdade*"
(Bom, agora estou na faculdade)

meaning she passed high school and now she is studying at a uncertainty haha

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I just read
"I want to go to University after I finish College"
So, College X University

We always get confused comparing both

I just read"I want to go to University after I finish College"So, College X UniversityWe always get confused comparing both See a translation

College = faculdadeUniversity = UniversidadeKindergarten -> School -> Highschool -> College/UniversityUniversidade é aquele centro de aprendizado com dezenas de prédios que parece uma mini cidade, faculdade é só um prédio qualquer onde você faz um curso.

In the US, we use the word “college” in general, or “university” as part of a (large) college’s name. For example:“I’m in college. I go to the University of Michigan.”In the UK, people say “university” or “uni” in place of “college”.

I just read
"I want to go to University after I finish College"
So, College X University

We always get confused comparing both

College = faculdade
University = Universidade

Kindergarten -> School -> Highschool -> College/University

Universidade é aquele centro de aprendizado com dezenas de prédios que parece uma mini cidade, faculdade é só um prédio qualquer onde você faz um curso.

In the US, we use the word “college” in general, or “university” as part of a (large) college’s name.

For example:
“I’m in college. I go to the University of Michigan.”

In the UK, people say “university” or “uni” in place of “college”.