Postgraduate study in the US

The name of the degree in English: postgraduate

The third tier of American higher education is postgraduate studies. Graduate programs taught in US universities, they they last 4-6 years, includes 2-4 semesters of classroom work, writing and defense of a research thesis.

What kind of education do I need for admission to an American graduate school?

• For admission to graduate school in most cases, you need a diploma graduate. As for the Russian diploma it also may be enough, but the details in any case, it is necessary to clarify the University.
• In some cases, the American graduate school, or doctorate, involves enrolling immediately after undergraduate. On this program if you have a master's degree, many courses may be transfer credit.

Degree graduate school USA

All degrees graduate school research, they are approximately similar to the Russian degree of candidate of Sciences. However, depending on the breadth of the problem areas are assigned to the two types of degrees: the total degree of doctor of philosophy - Doctor of Philosophy, Ph.D. or special doctorate, e.g. Doctor of Education, Ed.D. in the field of education.

The last degree involve research in a specific, fairly well-defined subject field.