A report on Bachelor's degree and Licentiate (degree)
In some Brazilian universities, Bachelor's degree and Licenciatura can be obtained concomitantly, by simultaneously fulfilling requirements for both the degrees (e.g. the Bachelor's and Licenciatura degrees in Biological Sciences, offered by the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais, Brazil).
- Licentiate (degree)2) University students obtain an American equivalent bachelor's degree in their respective fields after completing four years of education, and a licenciatura licentiate degree completing one more year of studies (and meeting other requisites unique to each institution, it is common to write a dissertation on the professional field), this enables them to work as professionals in their chosen areas; for example, a Profesor en Enseñanza Secundaria ("Licentiate degree in secondary education") enables a person to work as a high school teacher. Currently, the trend is for universities not to offer a bachelor's degree and to offer instead a licentiate's or "ingeniero" degree after five years of education.
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Master's degree
7 linksAcademic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.
Academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.
A master's degree normally requires previous study at the bachelor's level, either as a separate degree or as part of an integrated course.
In Switzerland, the old Licence or Diplom (4 to 5 years in duration) is considered equivalent to the master's degree.
Doctorate
6 linksAcademic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism licentia docendi ("licence to teach").
Academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism licentia docendi ("licence to teach").
However, while the licentia continued to hold a higher prestige than the bachelor's degree (baccalaureus), the latter was ultimately reduced to an intermediate step to the master's degree (magister) and doctorate, both of which now became the accepted teaching qualifications.
3) A ph.d. degree, which replaced the licentiate in 1988, and does not grant the holder the right to the title dr. or doktor.
Academic degree
5 linksQualification awarded to students upon successful completion of a course of study in higher education, usually at a college or university.
Qualification awarded to students upon successful completion of a course of study in higher education, usually at a college or university.
The most common undergraduate degree is the bachelor's degree, although in some countries there are lower level higher education qualifications that are also titled degrees (e.g. associate degrees and foundation degrees).
Since the Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education in the European Region in 1997 and the Bologna declaration in 1999, higher education systems in Europe are being harmonised through the Bologna process, based on a three-cycle hierarchy of degrees: Bachelor's/Licence – Master's – Doctorate, with the later addition of a "short cycle (within the first cycle)" to cover sub-bachelor's qualifications.
Thesis
4 linksDocument submitted in support of candidature for an academic degree or professional qualification presenting the author's research and findings.
Document submitted in support of candidature for an academic degree or professional qualification presenting the author's research and findings.
In some contexts, the word "thesis" or a cognate is used for part of a bachelor's or master's course, while "dissertation" is normally applied to a doctorate.
Correspondingly to the academic degree, the last phase of an academic thesis is called in Spanish a defensa de grado, defensa magistral or defensa doctoral in cases in which the university candidate is finalizing their licentiate, master's, or PhD program, respectively.
Postgraduate education
3 linksPostgraduate education (graduate education in North America) involves learning and studying for academic or professional degrees, academic or professional certificates, academic or professional diplomas, or other qualifications for which a first or bachelor's degree generally is required, and it is normally considered to be part of higher education.
In some countries such as Finland and Sweden, there is the degree of Licentiate, which is more advanced than a master's degree but less so than a doctorate.
Doctor of Philosophy
4 linksMost common degree at the highest academic level awarded following a course of study.
Most common degree at the highest academic level awarded following a course of study.
Besides these degrees, there was the licentiate.
Some individual universities or departments specify additional requirements for students not already in possession of a bachelor's degree or equivalent or higher.
Bologna Process
3 linksSeries of ministerial meetings and agreements between European countries to ensure comparability in the standards and quality of higher-education qualifications.
Series of ministerial meetings and agreements between European countries to ensure comparability in the standards and quality of higher-education qualifications.
In most cases, it would take three to four years to earn a bachelor's degree and another one or two years for a master's degree.
Only medicine and dentistry retain their non-standard degree structure, where the Licentiate (higher than a master's degree, but less extensive than Doctor of Medicine or Dentistry degrees) is the basic degree.
Doctorandus
2 linksDoctorandus (drs., ; he who should become a doctor) is a Dutch academic title according to the pre-Bachelor–Master system.
(which stems from licentiaat) is used for those who have finished a masters' degree, but it is rarely used.