Higher education
Tertiary education leading to award of an academic degree.
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University
A university is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines.
Right to education
The right to education has been recognized as a human right in a number of international conventions, including the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights which recognizes a right to free, compulsory primary education for all, an obligation to develop secondary education accessible to all with the progressive introduction of free secondary education, as well as an obligation to develop equitable access to higher education, ideally by the progressive introduction of free higher education.
Continuing education
All-encompassing term within a broad list of post-secondary learning activities and programs.
In 1969, Empire State College, a unit of the State University of New York, was the first institution in the US to exclusively focus on providing higher education to adult learners.
Academy
An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning, research, or honorary membership.
Postgraduate education
Postgraduate 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.
Undergraduate education
Education conducted after secondary education and before postgraduate education.
In some other educational systems, undergraduate education is postsecondary education up to the level of a master's degree; this is the case for some science courses in Britain and some medicine courses in Europe.
Institute of technology
Institution of tertiary education (such as a university or college) that specializes in engineering, technology, applied science, and natural sciences.
In several countries, like Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Turkey and Taiwan, institutes of technology are institutions of higher education and have been accredited to award academic degrees and doctorates.
Tertiary education
Educational level following the completion of secondary education.
Higher education is taken to include undergraduate and postgraduate education, while vocational education beyond secondary education is known as further education in the United Kingdom, or included under the category of continuing education in the United States.
Secondary education
Secondary education or post-primary education covers two phases on the International Standard Classification of Education scale.
Secondary education typically takes place after six years of primary education and is followed by higher education, vocational education or employment.
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Multilateral treaty adopted by the United Nations General Assembly (GA) on 16 December 1966 through GA. Resolution 2200A (XXI), and came in force from 3 January 1976.
Article 13 of the Covenant recognises the right of everyone to free education (free for the primary level only, and "the progressive introduction of free education" for the secondary and higher levels).