University of Exeter vs Exeter College, Oxford

[Joanne0012 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 29499

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., raolin1 at h... wrote:

> > The confusion may be due to the differences in the use of "college" 
> and
> > "university" in the US and UK.
> > 
> > UK: a College is part of a Collegiate University (Oxford, 
> Cambridge, Durham,
> > St Andrews, etc.). e.g. "Balliol College, Oxford", "Robinson 
> College,
> > Cambridge", "University College, Durham", "St Leonard's College", 
> which is
> > the Postgraduate College of St Andrews.
> > 
> > USA: a College is another way of referring to a University. 
> e.g. "Boston
> > College" and "Boston University" are different entities.
> > 
> > Hope this helps. Happy to clear up any further questions.

Actually, Boston College is one of the few schools in the US that uses 
"College" in lieu of "University" and that's probably just because there's 
already a Boston University.  In all other cases that I know of, the terms are 
used  much as they are in the UK:  e.g., Harvard College is part of Harvard 
University (the other parts being its various graduate schools).