Gymnasium vs. College — What's the Difference?

(gĭm-näzē-m′) An academic high school in some central European countries, especially Germany, that prepares students for the university.

A college (Latin: collegium) is an educational institution or a constituent part of one. A college may be a degree-awarding tertiary educational institution, a part of a collegiate or federal university, an institution offering vocational education, or a secondary school.

A room or building equipped for indoor sports.

An institution of higher learning that grants the bachelor's degree in liberal arts or science or both.

(formal) A large room or building for indoor sports.

An undergraduate division or school of a university offering courses and granting degrees in a particular field or group of fields.

A type of secondary school in some European countries which typically prepares students for university.

A junior or community college.

(historical) A public place or building where Ancient Greek youths took exercise, with running and wrestling grounds, baths, and halls for conversation.

A school offering special instruction in a professional or technical subject

A place or building where athletic exercises are performed; a school for gymnastics.

The students, faculty, and administration of one of these schools or institutions

A school for the higher branches of literature and science; a preparatory school for the university; - used esp. of German schools of this kind.

The building, buildings, or grounds where one of these schools or institutions is located

A school for students intermediate between elementary school and college; usually grades 9 to 12

Chiefly British A self-governing society of scholars for study or instruction, incorporated within a university.

Athletic facility equipped for sports or physical training

An institution for secondary education in France and certain other countries that is not supported by the state.

A body of persons having a common purpose or shared duties

An electoral college.

A body of clerics living together on an endowment.

(obsolete) A corporate group; a group of colleagues.

(in some proper nouns) A group sharing common purposes or goals.

(politics) An electoral college.

An academic institution.

A specialized division of a university.

An institution of higher education teaching undergraduates.

A university.

(Canada) A postsecondary institution that offers vocational training and/or associate's degrees.

A non-specialized, semi-autonomous division of a university, with its own faculty, departments, library, etc.

(UK) An institution of further education at an intermediate level; sixth form.

(UK) An institution for adult education at a basic or intermediate level (teaching those of any age).

A high school or secondary school.

(Australia) A private (non-government) primary or high school.

(Australia) A residential hall associated with a university, possibly having its own tutors.

(Singapore) A government high school, short for junior college.

(in Chile) A bilingual school.

A collection, body, or society of persons engaged in common pursuits, or having common duties and interests, and sometimes, by charter, peculiar rights and privileges; as, a college of heralds; a college of electors; a college of bishops.

A society of scholars or friends of learning, incorporated for study or instruction, esp. in the higher branches of knowledge; as, the colleges of Oxford and Cambridge Universities, and many American colleges.

A building, or number of buildings, used by a college.

Fig.: A community.

The body of faculty and students of a college

An institution of higher education created to educate and grant degrees; often a part of a university

British slang for prison

A complex of buildings in which a college is housed