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What are the stages of education in Britain?
The first stage: 3-5 years old kindergarten education;

The second stage: 5- 1 1 year-old primary education;

The third stage: 1 1 years old-16 years old secondary school education.

5 years old-16 years old is the compulsory education stage stipulated by law. Among them, the last two years of secondary education are GCSE courses (GCSE- General Certificate of Secondary Education);

The fourth stage: 16 years old-18 years old is continuing education (or college preparatory class), which is the transition period from middle school to university; Also known as the continuing education stage, which is known as the A-Level. The full name is "Advanced Level Certificate of General Education", and the academic system is generally two years.

Undergraduate preparatory course-the preparatory course is generally one year, which is aimed at international students and applies for studying in the UK after completion. (Undergraduate matriculation can be divided into the matriculation of the school itself and the matriculation of the education group)

The fifth stage: university education.

1. Generally, from the age of 18, it takes 3 -4 years (5 years of medicine) to study undergraduate, and you can get a bachelor's degree.

2 master's preparatory course (master's preparatory course is divided into the preparatory course of the school itself and the preparatory course of the education group)

3. The master's degree is usually 1 -2 years.

4. 3 -5 years of doctoral degree.