Postgraduate education
Postgraduate training in education}}Postgraduate education, graduate education, or graduate school consists of academic or professional degrees, certificates, diplomas, or other qualifications usually pursued by post-secondary students who have earned an undergraduate (bachelor's) degree.
The organization and structure of postgraduate education varies in different countries, as well as in different institutions within countries. While the term "graduate school" or "grad school" is typically used in North America (Canada and the United States), "postgraduate" (or 'post-graduate') is often used in regions such as Australia, Bangladesh, India, Ireland, much of Latin America, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia and the United Kingdom.
Graduate degrees can include master's degrees, doctoral degrees, and other qualifications such as graduate diplomas, certificates and professional degrees. A distinction is typically made between graduate schools (where courses of study vary in the degree to which they provide training for a particular profession) and professional schools, which can include medical school, law school, business school, and other institutions of specialized fields such as nursing, speech–language pathology, engineering, or architecture. The distinction between graduate schools and professional schools is not absolute since various professional schools offer graduate degrees and vice versa.
Producing original research is a significant component of graduate studies in the humanities, natural sciences and social sciences. This research typically leads to the writing and defense of a thesis or dissertation. In graduate programs that are oriented toward professional training (e.g., MPA, MBA, JD, MD), the degrees may consist solely of coursework, without an original research or thesis component. Graduate students in the humanities, sciences and social sciences often receive funding from their university (e.g., fellowships or scholarships) or a teaching assistant position or other job; in the profession-oriented grad programs, students are less likely to get funding, and the fees are typically much higher.
Although graduate school programs are distinct from undergraduate degree programs, graduate instruction (in the US, Australia, and other countries) is often offered by some of the same senior academic staff and departments who teach undergraduate courses. Unlike in undergraduate programs, however, it is less common for graduate students to take coursework outside their specific field of study at graduate or graduate entry level. At the doctorate programs, though, it is quite common for students to take courses from a wider range of study, for which some fixed portion of coursework, sometimes known as a ''residency'', is typically required to be taken from outside the department and university of the degree-seeking candidate to broaden the research abilities of the student. In East Asia, students pursuing graduate programs are called "research students" (). Provided by Wikipedia
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21by Bernstein-Kurtycz, Laura M., Vonk, Jennifer, Carroscia, Joseph M., Koester, Diana C., Snyder, Rebecca J., Willis, Mark A., Lukas, Kristen E.Contributors: “...Joan Rog Graduate Student Award...”
Published in Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science (2024)
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22Contributors: “...GSA Graduate Student Research Grant...”
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23by Whitefield, Jonathan, Winsor, Peter, McClelland, James, Menemenlis, DimitrisContributors: “...NPRB Graduate Student Research Award...”
Published in Ocean Modelling (2015)
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24by Refsnider, Kurt A., Miller, Gifford H., Fréchette, Bianca, Rood, Dylan H.Contributors: “...University of Colorado Beverly Sears Graduate Student Grant program...”
Published in Quaternary Geochronology (2013)
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25Contributors: “...Richard R. Standish Good Graduate Student Fellowship...”
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26by Saupe, Erin E., Hendricks, Jonathan R., Townsend Peterson, A., Lieberman, Bruce S.Contributors: “...Madison & Lila Self Graduate Student Fellowship...”
Published in Journal of Biogeography (2014)
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27by Lenz, Elizabeth A., Edmunds, Peter J.Contributors: “...CSUN Science and Mathematics Graduate Student Promise Fellowship...”
Published in Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology (2017)
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28by Oakes, Rosie L., Peck, Victoria L., Manno, Clara, Bralower, Timothy J.Contributors: “...Hiroshi and Koya Ohmoto Graduate Student Fellowship, Penn State University...”
Published in Polar Biology (2018)
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29by Bader, Nicole A., Licht, Kathy J., Kaplan, Michael R., Kassab, Christine, Winckler, GiselaContributors: “...IUPUI Educational Enhancement and School of Science Graduate Student Council Grants...”
Published in Quaternary Science Reviews (2017)
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30by Rodriguez, Juanita, Pitts, James P., von Dohlen, Carol D.Contributors: “...Center for Women and Gender graduate student grant...”
Published in Journal of Biogeography (2014)
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31by McGough, Lauren MuellerContributors: “...Explorers Club Graduate Student Grant 2012....”
Published 2019
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32by Kubly, Kerry L., Stecyk, Jonathan A.W.Contributors: “...Graduate Student Research Award...”
Published in Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology (2019)
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33by Bouchard, Émilie, Sharma, Rajnish, Bachand, Nicholas, Gajadhar, Alvin A., Jenkins, Emily J.Contributors: “...Western College of Veterinary Medicine Wildlife Health Fund and Interprovincial Graduate Student...”
Published in International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife (2017)
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34by Tulenko, Joseph P., Briner, Jason P., Young, Nicolás E., Schaefer, Joerg M.Contributors: “...University at Buffalo's Graduate Student Association...”
Published in Quaternary Science Reviews (2018)
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35by Hui, Tabitha C. Y., Morita, Yuka, Kobayashi, Yumi, Mitani, Yoko, Miyashita, KazushiContributors: “...Graduate Student Scholarship...”
Published in Marine Ecology (2017)
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36by Nicholas, Bachand, Ravel, A., Leighton, P., Stephen, C., Iqbal, A., Ndao, M., Konecsni, K., Fernando, C., Jenkins, E.Contributors: “...WCVM Interprovincial Graduate Student Fellowship...”
Published in International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife (2018)
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37by Denis, Elizabeth H., Pedentchouk, Nikolai, Schouten, Stefan, Pagani, Mark, Freeman, Katherine H.Contributors: “..., ConocoPhillips Graduate Student Fellowship, and Hiroshi and Koya Ohmoto Graduate Fellowship...”
Published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters (2017)
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38by Liao, Xiaoping, Yang, Run-Shi, Xia, Jing, Chen, Liang, Zhang, Rongmin, Fang, Liang-Xing, Lei, Fumin, Song, Gang, Jia, Ling, Han, Lu, Bai, Shuancheng, Bai, Rina, Sun, Jian, Liu, Ya-HongContributors: “...Graduate Student Overseas Study Program of South China Agricultural University...”
Published in Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (2019)
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39by Sawyer, Yadéeh E., MacDonald, Stephen O., Lessa, Enrique P., Cook, Joseph A.Contributors: “...Biology Graduate Student Association, University of New Mexico...”
Published in Ecology and Evolution (2019)
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40by Brown, Alyson B.J., Whyte, Shona K., Braden, Laura M., Groman, David B., Purcell, Sara L., Fast, Mark D.Contributors: “...Innovation PEI graduate student scholarship program...”
Published in Aquaculture (2020)
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