Higher Vocational Education

Higher vocational education and training takes place at the non-university tertiary level. Such education combines teaching of both practical skills and theoretical expertise. Higher vocational education might be contrasted with education in a usually broader scientific field, which might concentrate on theory and abstract conceptual knowledge. A Higher vocational education institution, or Vocational University is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees at all levels (bachelor, master, and doctorate) in a variety of subjects. A university provides both tertiary and quaternary education.

Higher Vocational Education by Country

Switzerland

Haute Ecole

• Music

Germany

Fachhochschule

Hochschule

• Music

Netherlands

• hogeschool, translated university

USA

• community college
• liberal arts college

Sweden

högskola, translated University College or College

• Music

See also

• Higher education
• community college
• liberal arts college
• technical college
• College
• Professional degree
• List of universities in Sweden#University or University College.3F
• Dual education system
• Vocational education
• Institute of technology

External links

• [1] Higher Vocational Education in Switzerland
• [2] Higher Vocational Education in China1
• [3] Higher Vocational Education in China2
• [4] Higher Vocational Education in Czech Republic
• [5] Higher Vocational Education in Russia

• [6] The Copenhagen Process