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Types and divisions of degrees
There are four types of degrees.

1, doctor

A doctor's degree is a title that marks that the educational level and academic level of the grantee have reached the prescribed standards. In the degree system of most countries in the world, the doctorate is the highest level. In daily life, only a doctor's degree will be specially called Dr. XXX with his surname. Doctor of English is a doctor like a doctor. Basically, the doctoral thesis must contain innovative and in-depth content in this field, and it can only be obtained through the examination of peer scholars.

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2. Master's degree

A master's degree is a graduate student between a bachelor's degree and a doctor's degree. A master's degree usually symbolizes a basic independent thinking ability. A master's degree usually symbolizes mastery and specialization in an academic field or workplace. In major academic fields, qualified graduate students must be able to understand both academic theory and reality, analyze with theory, think critically, and apply knowledge professionally. And can solve complex problems better than undergraduate, and have more independent and meticulous thinking ability.

3. Bachelor's degree

Bachelor's degree is the name of the degree awarded at the undergraduate stage of higher education. It means that the degree holder has mastered the basic theory, professional knowledge and basic skills of the subject, and has the initial ability to engage in scientific research or undertake specialized technical work.

4. An associate degree certificate from an American university that has completed two years of courses.

A degree from the United States and Canada, the lowest in the four-level degree system, lower than bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees. Readers usually study in community colleges or junior colleges for two years, and usually don't need to pass thesis exams. In Chinese mainland, the closest educational qualification is a college diploma (but usually those who get a college diploma must study full-time in a university for three years). Taiwan Province Province and Hongkong have such degrees, but Chinese mainland does not recognize them.

Degree categories in China are divided into academic degrees and professional degrees. Degrees are awarded according to disciplines, namely philosophy, law, education, literature, history, science, engineering, agriculture, medicine, military science, management, art and so on. Majors are familiar with MBA, engineering, agricultural extension and so on. At present, the country has established 39 professional master's degrees.

Theoretically speaking, there is no difference in degrees, because there is no explicit law in the country to specifically say that there is a difference. It is only a rough statement that "academic degree education pays attention to theory and professional degree education pays attention to practice", but there is little difference in specific teaching at present, and they are all "theory+case+more or less practice" models.

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At present, China's national education series of higher education qualifications are divided into four levels: junior college, undergraduate, master and doctor. In terms of academic series, it mainly includes six aspects: junior college, undergraduate course, second bachelor's degree class, postgraduate class (which has been suspended at present), master's students and doctoral students.

In addition, it also includes 1970 to 1976 ordinary classes held by ordinary colleges and universities. There are three kinds of higher education diplomas, namely: general higher education graduation (graduation) certificate, adult higher education graduation (graduation) certificate and higher education self-study examination graduation (graduation) certificate.

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