master's degree
postgraduate academic degree
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Summary
master's degree is a qualification[1]. It draws 18,458 Wikipedia views per month (qualification category, ranking #2 of 4).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: educational stage[3], degree of difficulty[4]
- Follows: bachelor's degree[5], licentiate[6]
- Followed by: Candidate of Sciences[7], Troisième cycle universitaire[8], doctorate[9], Professional Studies Certificate[10]
- Subclass of: academic title[11], postgraduate degree[12]
- Said to be the same as: magister degree[13], laurea magistrale[14], French masters degree[15], candidate[16], postgraduate degree[17], Diplom[18]
- Has cause: masters program[19]
- Topic's main category: Category:Master's degrees[20], Category:University magister's degree[21]
- Applies to jurisdiction: European Union[22]
- Described by source: Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[23], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[24], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[25], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[26], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[27]
- Stack Exchange tag: https://academia.stackexchange.com/tags/masters[28]
- Short name: Mgr.[29], mgr[30], mag.[31]
- Different from: licentiate[32], doctorate[33], Doctor[34], undergraduate education[35], Master degree in Denmark[36]
- Female form of label: magistrė[37]
- Practiced by: master[38]
- Male form of label: magistras[39]
- Next lower rank: bachelor's degree[40], licentiate[41]
- Next higher rank: Doctor of Philosophy[42]
- Prerequisite: bachelor's degree[43], licentiate[44], master's thesis[45]
- P14541: 2vyJ1Q[46]
Why It Matters
master's degree has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] It is known by 106 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]