Higher education

Higher education

Post-secondary education at universities, academies, colleges, and institutes of technology etc.

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Medical College Admission Test (MCAT)

Education; Higher education

A standardised external examination designed to measure specified science knowledge and its application in solving related problems, and of other learning and reasoning skills considered important ...

Private institution

Education; Higher education

An institution which is supported primarily from private funds in the form of tuition, fees, endowments and donations.

Major professor

Education; Higher education

The professor who advises a doctoral candidate in the final stages of the program, also known as 'dissertation advisor'.

Residence requirement

Education; Higher education

An institution's requirement that a student take a set number of credits at that institution in order to receive its degree.

Pass-fail

Education; Higher education

A system of grading which distinguishes only those who pass from those who fail.

Comprehensive examinations

Education; Higher education

Broad examinations covering material in several courses, typically taken at the end of master's degree programmes or after the end of doctoral course work before writing the dissertation.