Description: 'Open Doors: Princeton Graduate School' Faculty and students discuss the distinctive qualities and traditions of Princeton University's Graduate School.
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A graduate school (sometimes shortened as grad school ) is a school that awards advanced academic degrees (i.e. master's and doctoral degrees) with the general requirement that students must have earned a previous undergraduate ( bachelor's ) degree with a high grade point average . A distinction is typically made between graduate schools (where courses of study vary in the degree to which they provide training for a particular profession) and professional schools , which offer specialized advanced degrees
Many universities award graduate degrees; a graduate school is not necessarily a separate institution. While the term "graduate school" is typical in the United States and often used elsewhere (e.g. Canada ), " postgraduate education " is also used in some English-speaking countries (Australia, Canada, Ireland, India, Bangladesh, New Zealand, Pakistan and the UK) to refer to the spectrum of education beyond a bachelor's degree. Those attending graduate schools are called "graduate students" (in both America
Faculty and students discuss the distinctive qualities and traditions of Princeton University's Graduate School.