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A master's degree is a postgraduate degree between a bachelor's degree and a doctorate. A master's degree usually symbolizes the ability to think independently according to his concentration and research field. Master's courses are generally arranged after bachelor's degree. Generally speaking, full-time master's courses take two years, but depending on the country and departments, some masters can be obtained in one year, while others take three to four years.
Some countries, such as Germany and Austria, adopt the same academic system for bachelor's degree and master's degree, and many countries that implement the Anglo-American academic system also provide the same academic system to shorten the time for students to graduate from high school to get a master's degree. Some master's courses, such as MBA, usually require several years of work experience in addition to the undergraduate degree. In most countries, a master's degree is the basic threshold for studying for a doctorate.
China's national education sequence is divided into basic education and higher education. Basic education is the basic education of the people, including preschool education, primary education, junior high school education and senior high school education. Higher education is the education to cultivate high-level talents in society, including junior college, undergraduate and postgraduate education.
Postgraduates are divided into two levels: master's degree and doctoral degree. Postgraduates are academic degrees, and bachelors, masters and doctors are degrees. Postdoctoral students are not degrees, but doctoral degree recipients who are allowed to enter Post-Doctoral Research Center for scientific research. It can also be said that postdoctoral represents a kind of work experience. Therefore, what we call "graduate students" refers to graduate students and doctoral students. For undergraduates, the reference to "graduate students" usually refers to master students. The graduate students mentioned in this manual also refer to master students.