Some universities have faculties while others talk of schools. School of agriculture vs faculty of agriculture. What is the difference?
In general, in modern use, a 'school' (even if it's called a faculty or an 'academic unit') is a sub-group of a (generally) self-supporting and self-governing faculty. A faculty is (nominally) self-supporting and self-governing.
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These are great answers. To add to the conversation, I believe some schools have shared governance with the institution they are housed in, but as mentioned earlier, they have a fair amount of autonomy, as they often partner with industry (funding, collaboration, work experience, program planning, etc.). The term 'faculty' is often used in Canada when referring to the staff (instructors, professors), while the term 'department' is used to describe the governance (work/business unit). Usage of the term is fluid, as there are Faculties, for example, of Education, etc....very fluid.
Collection of departments is a school, collection of schools is a faculty which grow into colleges.
Yes, this definition could work. This whole discussion makes me wonder if the distinguishing factor for 'school' in post secondary education is based on something else. For example, affiliation with profession or funding source? For fun, try a google search for "University of Alberta School of." i was surprised, as 'school' seems to be a growing trend!
School still a school because Learners come together to gather knowledge.
School is usually a part of faculty. However, nowadays either terms are used similarly to refer to any academic unit within a university setting.
"The most obvious difference between the faculty and school is that faculty is often referred to the people comprising an educational intuition while school is referred to as the physical place of learning where instructions are delivered to the learners"
I think that depends on categorization because some Institutions, they use, e.g. School of Engineering (if the institution name is College); College of Engineering (usually in the Universities), but using Faculty of Engineering in a College/University, that is referring to the Post Graduate.
Yes, the School of Information and Library Services within the Faculty of Education within the University of Alberta. The School has it's own 'faculty' (members). This is why I love language!
In Peru, according to the university system, a university is made up of several faculties, a faculty is made up of one or more professional schools or programs, a professional school is one that has a curriculum that university students study
Las facultades, en México, tienen posgrados, las escuelas no.
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I guess school has one department like school of medicine. While faculty have many department like faculty of applied medical ,,,,,,, etc
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I think a faculty is broader than a school because it is responsible for a collection of academic schools...
A school specialize in all step and aspects of particular subjects, for example, a business school may specialize in all aspects of the business world: marketing, strategy, business research, statistics, entrepreneurship, finance, managerial economics They can also be found under the name of the school of management, school of business. Schools are more focused and specialized; more technical and more flexible in coping with the related operational environment (again in the business world one may find schools collaborating with the industry/market). The main focus is research, industry collaboration and development (industry advancement)
On the other hand, faculties run classical programmes, they have teaching, research and theoretical developments as the first focus.
Note: One complement the other and are interrelated.
In my experience, with talking to various members of the academic and supporting teams at my University, they can effectively be the same thing. Every time we get a new Vice Chancellor we seem to switch from Faculties to Schools and vice versa with little-to-no change whatsoever. I'm not saying that all are, but that's my experience of my particular University.
Faculty is a broader term than school. A school is usually focused on a single discipline or subject, in contrast a faculty composed of multiple schools. For example faculty of engineering is composed of school of computer, school of electronic engineering and so on.
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