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A vocational university (professional university, or college of higher vocational studies) is an institution of Higher Education and sometimes Research , which provides both Tertiary and sometimes Quaternary Education and grants Academic Degree s at all levels ( Bachelor , Master , and sometimes Doctorate ) in a variety of subjects. (More precisely a vocational university grants Professional Degree s like Professional Bachelor's degree, Professional Master's degree and Professional doctorates). EDUCATION The education which takes place at vocational universities combines teaching of both practical skills and theoretical expertise. Higher vocational education might be contrasted with education in a usually broader of subjects was taught (including, Philosophy , Medicine and Theology ). In modern times, other subjects, namely Natural and Engineering sciences, became more important — but still, institutions of Tertiary Education focusing on these and not offering the classical canon were denied the prestigious denomination "university", so they had to use the general word (High School in English) ''Hochschule'' in German , ''Haute Ecole'' in French ( Belgium and Switzerland ), ''Hogeschool'' in Dutch , ''Høyskole'' in Norwegian , etc. There exist vocational universities of applied sciences (also named Polytechnic s or institutes of technology), vocational universities of liberal arts, etc. In recent years, many vocational universities have received full university status, such as the University Of Music And Performing Arts, Vienna , Austria (Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien, formerly Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Wien), or the Örebro University , Sweden (formerly Örebro Högskola). There are also some establishments which now have full university status, but continue to use their former names, such as the Royal Institute Of Technology in Stockholm , Sweden . VOCATIONAL UNIVERSITIES BY COUNTRY China
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