Postgraduate education

A postgraduate course is a study that a previous successfully completed a degree (usually undergraduate degree ) presupposes. Target postgraduate studies is another academic degree usually, but can also further without further academic degree or preparation for a supplementary state examination be. The curriculum is often offered in the form of a higher education course.

The term comes from the English or according inspired education systems. He goes to the English verb (to) graduate back, its modern meaning refers to the acquisitions of financial statements, as well as to the Latin post in the meaning of "to".

The admission, care and tuition of postgraduate differ generally from those of Erststudenten. Some academic institutions such as the European University Institute are attended exclusively by postgraduate. One possible form of organization are graduate college.

Bologna Process

Typical postgraduate courses are masters courses and doctoral programs. The duration of Master courses of one to two years, the duration of doctoral studies is for example in Bavaria generally limited three years.

In the Master's programs consecutive, non-consecutive and continuing education courses are distinguished.

• The consecutive master degree programs deepen a previous Bachelor's degree and are thus similar to the extent of the traditional undergraduate courses such as the Diploma programs. Consecutive programs are thus often treated as postgraduate courses as undergraduate spite of their property and thus not used in some states with tuition or are eligible for funding under the Federal Training Assistance Act. The vast majority of master's degree programs fall into this category.

• Non - consecutive master degree programs connect to any, college degree. A common such master's degree is the Master of Business Administration.
• Next Image Master study programs are similar to the non- consecutive courses, however, put an additional qualifying work experience ahead.

Germany

Traditional types

The Higher Education Act differs within the postgraduate studies between postgraduate, Postgraduate Studies and Postgraduate studies, without giving a specific definition.

Some of the country's higher education laws also provide for such terms, however, so that no single meaning can also specify without their own definition or in different contexts. Hesse provides, for example, none of these three types of studies.

Of the postgraduate courses as construction, supplementary and additional studies, the contact studies and general further education courses are to be defined in terms of older versions of the Higher Education Act. However, the current version of the Higher Education Act, the latter also no more.

Postgraduate studies

According to the Berlin Higher Education Act serve postgraduate courses " the deepening of studies for obtaining the doctorate ."

The Federal Statistical Office defines the postgraduate studies as a " study in an already achieved a university degree, which is a prerequisite for admission into the rule. Construction studies should deepen the undergraduate professional or supplement the content. " The consecutive Master's program is specifically excluded, other Master courses but are classified as graduate studies.

Postgraduate Studies

According to the Berlin Higher Education Act are supplementary studies of referral to further professional qualifications.

The Federal Statistical Office defines the complementary studies as " courses of study ( courses, units of study, courses) for graduates of a degree program with professionally qualifying degree in a currency other than the previously studied subject area with which a complementary, primarily job-related (partial) qualification should be taught. "

Additional studies in

In Berlin serve additional studies of the mediation of further scientific and artistic skills.

In Saxony, additional studies may not lead to a further professional university degree as opposed to preparatory and supplementary studies.

The Federal Statistical Office defines the additional study as a "one -to two -year courses for graduates of a degree program with first professionally degree in the same field outside the closed study systems with which one related to the completed study program more (additional) qualification should be taught. "