Graduate school

Graduate school is a school that awards advanced academic degrees (i.e. master's and doctoral degrees) with the general requirement that students must have earned a previous undergraduate (bachelor's) degree. A distinction is typically made between graduate schools (where courses of study vary widely) and professional schools, which offer specialized advanced degrees in professional fields such as medicine, nursing, business, engineering, or law.

Overview

Graduate school constitutes an advanced program of study focused on a particular academic discipline or profession. Traditionally, graduate school has been "academic" (centered on generating original research in a particular discipline), but it may be "professional" (centered on developing skills and knowledge for a specific profession), or a combination of both.

Structure

While the term "graduate school" is typical in the United States and often used elsewhere (e.g., Canada), "postgraduate education" is also used in some English-speaking countries (Australia, Canada, Ireland, India, Bangladesh, New Zealand, Pakistan and the UK) to refer to the spectrum of education beyond a bachelor's degree. Those attending graduate schools are called "graduate students" (in both American and British English), or often in British English as "postgraduate students" and, colloquially, "postgraduates" and "postgrads". Degrees awarded to graduate students include master's degrees, doctoral degrees, and other postgraduate qualifications such as graduate certificates and professional degrees.

Admission

In some countries, the admission to a Ph.D. program requires applicants to submit a research proposal. The proposal outlines the plan of the doctoral candidate to complete the proposed research. In the United States, for example, the student must first complete a thesis at a master's level before admission to a Ph.D. program.

See also

• Postgraduate education
• Master's degree
• Doctoral degree
• Professional degree

References

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