graduate programs
Post-bachelor academic tracks
Graduate programs are courses of study pursued after completing an undergraduate degree, leading to master's or doctoral credentials.
Universities offer graduate programs in fields from business to biology: She's applying to graduate programs in public health.
The term often appears in discussions of career advancement, research opportunities, and student debt.
- master's degreePost-college academic credential
- facultyInherent power or ability
- office hoursDesignated meeting availability
- PhDHighest academic credential
- dissertation committeePanel supervising doctoral research
thesis writing · comprehensive exams · career advancement · job market · ivory tower · doctoral degree · terminal degree · research · cohort · ABD · qualifying exams · curriculum · alumni network · candidacy · student organizations · defense · prospectus · MBA
- Asian educationConfucian academies, civil service exams, private academies, Peking University, examination halls
- higher educationuniversity, college, degree, diploma, law school
- universitycampus, faculty, college, professors, degrees
- job fairsrecruiters, employers, job seekers, jobseekers, resumes
- Academic Opportunitiesscholarships, grants, fellowships, internships, postdocs
- UC DavisAggies, Arboretum, mustard yellow, veterinary school, veterinary medicine
graduate programsundergraduate programs
Studies toward first degree
undergraduate education · undergraduate studies · college courses · college · freshman year
graduate programsinformal education
Unstructured knowledge acquisition
autodidacticism · self-study · on-the-job training · apprenticeships · vocational training