There is no difference. They are all colleges and universities with unified admission. If there is a difference, the Vocational College of Science and Technology may have an undergraduate degree.
Vocational and technical colleges are the first-level colleges of higher education in China. They belong to the category of higher vocational colleges and ordinary colleges and universities. They are equivalent to colleges and universities and gradually begin to replace colleges and universities. With higher vocational education as its main content, in the order of university admissions, it is the first batch of junior college students and the second batch of junior college students. It is also an admission institution for "three-school students" (vocational high schools, secondary vocational schools, and technical schools) with single examinations and single admissions. , at the same time, the teaching work of some undergraduate colleges and universities for unified enrollment from junior college to undergraduate is also arranged in the Vocational and Technical College of a certain university. Vocational and technical colleges are local institutions of higher learning that exist as preparatory local universities in places where there are no local universities or colleges. They can also serve as a supplement to local universities or colleges. A vocational and technical college is an ordinary institution of higher learning and belongs to the category of university. It is not an adult higher education institution, nor a technical school, nor a technical school.
General colleges and universities refer to colleges and universities approved or registered by the national education administration department that mainly implement general higher education. They are divided into undergraduate level and junior college level. The names of ordinary colleges and universities at the undergraduate level are "XX University" or "XX College" such as Shandong University of Science and Technology, Shandong Jianzhu University, Shandong University of Economics, Shandong Jiaotong University, Ankang University, Weifang University, Yantai Nanshan University, and Beijing Health Vocational College , Beijing Information Technology Vocational College, Capital Railway Health School, Beijing Industrial Vocational and Technical College, Beijing Agricultural Vocational College, Beijing Electronic Technology Vocational and Technical College, etc. The names of ordinary colleges and universities at the junior college level are “×× junior college”, “×× junior college”, “×× vocational and technical college” or “×× vocational college”, such as Tianjin Bioengineering Vocational and Technical College, Shandong Medical College School, Heze Medical College, Shandong College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zibo Normal College, Jinan Railway Vocational and Technical College, Shandong Science and Technology Vocational College, Ankang Vocational and Technical College, Zibo Vocational College, etc.