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Until recently I assume they were synonymous 😅, Here you go to Uni immediatly after finishing HS.

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[-] livus@kbin.social 15 points 1 year ago

In New Zealand a university is a form of higher/tertiary education institution.

A college is a high school that's trying to sound fancy.

The kind of place that the US calls "community college" would be called a "polytech" here.

[-] BlueEther@no.lastname.nz 1 points 1 year ago

A college is a high school that’s trying to sound fancy.

Te awamutu college would like to have a word here

[-] livus@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

They should go hard and change their name to Te Awamutu Grammar. :)

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