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[Cridders88]

@Cridders, so what is the difference between college and university? Here it is the same thing.

Beginning at about age 6, we have elementary school from grades 1-5, middle school grades 6-8 and high school grades 9-12, then "college/university" after that for four years concluding in a bachelor's degree with 2 more year for a masters and about 2 more for a doctorate. Anything after high school is self-financed, essentially, though grant and loan programs are available.

Here, you don't have a middle school. At the end of secondary school you get GCSE's which you then take to college to get A levels and then off to University for a degree. College A levels typically take 2 years, the grades from that are needed to get into your chosen University. Colleges are pretty much a higher level of Secondary School, people tend to still live in the family home when at college then move away for University.