"advanced degree" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: advanced degrees [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} advanced degree (plural advanced degrees)
  1. (education) A university degree, such as an MSc or PhD, awarded after a baccalaureate on completion of a further program of academic studies. Categories (topical): Education Translations (university degree): 研究生學位 (Chinese Mandarin), 研究生学位 (yánjiūshēng xuéwèi) (Chinese Mandarin), jatkotutkinto (Finnish), pós-graduação [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-advanced_degree-en-noun-hiCHK-te Categories (other): Mandarin terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Topics: education

Inflected forms

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