Advanced Vocabulary - Degrees and Other Academic Qualifications II

Degrees and Other Academic Qualifications II

HNC noun

Higher National Certificate: a British qualification in a technical subject, usually gained by studying for one year at college.

HND noun

Higher National Diploma: a British qualification in a technical subject, usually gained by studying for two years at college.

honorary adjective

an honorary university degree or title is given to honour someone, although they have not earned it the usual way.

honours noun

a level of university degree that is higher than an ordinary degree.

honours degree noun

British a qualification that you get at a university when you have completed a degree course.

Hons abbreviation

British Honours.

  IB abbreviation

international baccalaureate .

joint degree noun

a university degree course in which a student studies two subjects to the same level.

LLB noun

Bachelor of Laws: a first degree in law.

LLD noun

Doctor of Laws: a high-level degree in law.

LLM noun

Master of Laws: a master’s degree in law.

MA noun

Master of Arts: an advanced degree in a subject such as languages or history from a university. An advanced degree in a scientific subject is called an MSc. 

magna cum laude adjective, adverb

used for describing the second-highest level of degree at a college or university in the US.

master’s noun

informal a master’s degree.

master’s degree noun

a university degree that students get if they study for one or two years after their first degree.

MBA noun

Master of Business Administration: a master’s degree in business management.

MBSc noun

Master of Business Science: a master’s degree in business science.

MD noun

Doctor of Medicine: a high-level degree in medicine.

M Econ noun

Master of Economics: an advanced course of study in economics at a university or college, or the qualification you get when you have completed it.

M Ed noun

British Master of Education: an advanced course of study in education at a university or college, or the qualification you get when you have completed it.

MFA noun

Master of Fine Arts: a master’s degree in a subject such as painting or sculpture in the US.

MLitt noun

Master of Letters: an advanced degree in literature from a university.

MPhil noun

British Master of Philosophy: an advanced degree in any subject at a university.

MSc noun

Master of Science: an advanced degree in a subject such as physics or biology from a university. An advanced degree in a subject such as languages or history is an MA. 

NVQ noun

National Vocational Qualification: a qualification in the UK in a technical subject.

PGCE noun

the qualification you get when you have completed a PGCE course.

PhD noun

Doctor of Philosophy: the highest university degree.

premed noun

informal in the US, a degree or set of classes that you take in college before you go to medical school.

qualification noun

British something such as a degree or a diploma that you get when you successfully finish a course of study.

qualification noun

the action or process of qualifying for something.

second noun

a second-class university degree.

second-class adjective

British a second-class university degree is a good degree, but not as good as a first.

summa cum laude adjective, adverb

American used for describing the highest level of degree at a college or university in the US.

third

the lowest mark for an honours degree from a university in the UK or Australia.

third class noun

the lowest mark that you can get for an honours degree from a university in the UK or Australia.

third-class adjective

a third-class degree is the lowest type of honours degree that you can get from a university in the UK or Australia.

transcript noun

American an official record of the classes that a student has taken and the marks that he or she has received.

 

two-one noun

a university degree in the UK that is at the higher end of the second level Degrees are divided into three levels. The first level is called a first , the second is divided into two levels, a two-one and a two-two , and the third is called a third . A two-one is also called an upper second.

two-two noun

a university degree in the UK that is at the lower end of the second level Degrees are divided into three levels. The first level is called a first , the second is divided into two levels, a two-one and a two-two , and the third is called a third . A two-two is also called a lower second. 

paper qualifications

British academic qualifications This phrase usually shows that you think that practical experience is more important.

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