Education system

[Marmot1]

How is your education system working??? (Studies)

In poland it is (after high shool):

3 years for "licencjat" (bechelor) then aditional 2 years for "magister" (master degree)

or 5 continous years to "magister" (master)

for enginer it takes 4 years and then usually aditional 1 year for master so you have "magister inżynier" (master engeneer)

after master you can start your "doctor" study which takes usually up to 5 yeras....

90% of ppl in poland with higher education have magister (master) or master engineer (if you are technican) very few have bechelor

Basicaly you end high school at 19 and finish studies at 24 with master.

(I know that in russia you start studies at 17 and finish at 21? Am I right? )

[Maverick77]

6 years for elementary

3 for jr high

3 for high school


then university or college for anyone who feels like wasting a ****load of money unless their goin to be a doctor or something along those lines.

[Seoulstriker]

US:


After High School:

4 years of undergraduate (or 3 or 2 depending on how fast you go and how much credit you have coming into college, or 5 or 6 if you are going to slow or are double-majoring).

2 years in addition to the undergraduate for a masters degree, which doesn't have to be in the field you studied as an undergrad. Lots of flexibility there.

3-5 years in addition to masters degree to get a Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD). This is thesis oriented.


This is considered the norm for engineering, and liberal arts and sciences.



for M.D.: 4 years of undergraduate study in whatever major you enjoy doing, but you are required to take certain course work (Pre-Med) which lays the foundation for med school and also prepares you for your Board exams. After the 4 years of undergraduate work, you go to med school for 4 years (2 years of science education and 2 years of clinical training) and then you receive your M.D. degree. If you want to practice, you will need 4-7 years of additional training (residency education).

[Ian H]

UK: Variety of qualifications, but the most academic ones are:
Primary School until age 11
Secondary School until 16, culminating in GCSE exams
A-Level exams, taken in two parts at 17 and 18, can be either in schools which offer them or at specialist sixth form colleges
Undergraduate Degree, usually 3 years from 18 or whenever.
Masters after this, usually 1 year.
PhD students I believe have 3 years to do their thesis.
You can drop out and get employment or vocational qualifications (far too complicated to get into) from 16 onwards.

[Caraway]

Finland:

6 years elementary (starts at age seven)
3 years jr. high
2,3 or 4 years high school depending how fast/slow you are. Usually for 90% it takes 3 years. After jr.high you can go to professional school instead of HS (where the plummers, mechanics etc. come from). Students are usually 19 years old when they graduate.

Then you can choose between AMK ("professional high school") and University. For an example: nurses and engineers come from AMK. Medical Doctors and masters of science in engineering come from University.

In AMK it takes 4 years to graduate. In university there is no time limit, you'll graduate as fast as you can or as slow as you can. But for eg. MD's it takes 6 years.

Some where between ages 18-28 men have to go to army for 6, 9 or 12 months or they can go to civil service which takes 13 monts or they can go to prison which takes 6,5 months.


Usually ppl start their university studies at the age of 20-23 and graduate at the age of 25-28 as masters. For licenciate it takes 2 years and for doctor 4 years.

[FallenAngel]

for M.D.: 4 years of undergraduate study in whatever major you enjoy doing, but you are required to take certain course work (Pre-Med) which lays the foundation for med school and also prepares you for your Board exams. After the 4 years of undergraduate work, you go to med school for 4 years (2 years of science education and 2 years of clinical training) and then you receive your M.D. degree. If you want to practice, you will need 4-7 years of additional training (residency education).

By my count, that makes you 30-33 before you actually start making money. ;) THEN you have to pay off the half million is debt you've got by then... ;)

I'm going law school. 4 years undergrad, then 3-4 for Law School. Then it's just a matter of passing the California Bar Exam (which I hear is second only to NY's :( )