The formation of a new education system has confused many. It is not easy to understand the steps of higher education (undergraduate, magistrate, specialty), it is even more difficult to understand the peculiarity of the university by its name and status. For example, it is unlikely that someone will confidently say how the university differs from the academy and why institutions disappear.
Academy
The concept of "academy" arose as early as the philosopher Plato. According to legend, an ancient thinker liked to walk in a garden called the Academ. Later, having established a school, Plato gave it the name "Academy". She was a kind of hobby group. Its purpose - to teach sciences that are in one narrow specialization - has survived to this day. The direction of the field in which knowledge is taught is reflected in the name of the institution, for example: "Ural Art Academy".
University
A little higher in rank is the university. Its main difference from the academy is that this university prepares specialists of a wide profile, combining several faculties in different specialties. Within the walls of one educational institution you can meet both future physicists or test pilots, as well as teachers of singing or mathematics. This does not mean that the level of knowledge presented by the university is an order of magnitude higher than the program of academies.
Academies, like universities, have the right to research activities, as well as to methodological developments and their implementation in their profile.
