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  2. Academic ranks in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Traditionally, Assistant Professor has been the usual entry-level rank for faculty on the "tenure track", although this depends on the institution and the field.Then, promotion to the rank of Associate Professor and later Professor (informally, "Full Professor") indicates that significant work has been done in research, teaching and institutional service.

  3. List of academic ranks - Wikipedia

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    Many universities and research institutions make a distinction between "Profesores" -Professors- and "Investigadores" -Researchers- (Asociado A, B, C, Titular A, B, C), the main difference is that "Profesores" have a higher load of teaching, while "Investigadores" have a higher load of research, but normally all of them take part in both ...

  4. Academic degree - Wikipedia

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    The system differentiates between a free master's degree and a master's degree in technology. The latter corresponds to the former sivilingeniør degree (not to be confused with a degree in civil engineering , which is but one of many degrees linked to the title sivilingeniør , which is still in use for new graduates who can choose to also use ...

  5. Academic ranks in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Associate professor (university lecturers and other title holders with a titular associate professorship) Departmental lecturer (non-ladder faculty position employed or paid by the university) Academics of King's College London of University of London , ranging from professors to lecturers, in their academic regalia during a graduation ceremony.

  6. Undergraduate degree - Wikipedia

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    In Italy, the laurea [4] (formerly laurea triennale, meaning "three-year laurea") is the most common type of "undergraduate degree".It is equivalent to a bachelor's degree and its normative time to completion is three years (note that in Italy scuola secondaria superiore or Lyceum [secondary or grammar school], takes five years, so it ends at 19 years of age).

  7. Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education

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    Master's colleges and universities are institutions that "awarded at least 50 master's degrees in 2013–14, but fewer than 20 doctorates." [7] M1: Master's colleges and universities: larger programs are larger programs that awarded at least 200 master's-level degrees (325)

  8. British degree abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    Postgraduate master's degrees may be either taught degrees or research degrees. Taught master's degrees may be awarded by an institution with taught degree awarding powers; master's degrees by research (e g MPhil, MRes), where over half of the student's effort is in original research, require research degree awarding powers. [18]

  9. Associate degree - Wikipedia

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    An associate degree or associate's degree is an undergraduate degree awarded after a course of post-secondary study lasting two to three years. It is a level of academic qualification above a high school diploma and below a bachelor's degree.