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Ukraine Credentials

CredentialsDescription
Swidoctwo Pro Nepownu Seredniu Oswitu

Lower Secondary School Leaving Certificate or Certificate of Incomplete General Secondary Education. Children ages 7 to 16 attend a 9-year compulsory primary and lower secondary (middle) school program. Grades 1 to 9 are called “Incomplete Secondary Education.”

Atestat

Certificate of Complete General Secondary Education or Matriculation Certificate. Upper secondary grades 10 and 11 are called “Complete Secondary Education.” Programs are completed at general academic schools.

Diplom Technika
Professional Secondary School Leaving Certificate. Two or three year program undertaken at specialized secondary and technical / vocational educational institutions: the technikum, for highly skilled technical, industrial, engineering studies, agriculture, business and some applied arts; and the uchilishche, for pre-school teacher training, nursing, medical technologies, and librarianship. Students must pass heavily weighted entrance examinations which confirm general and mathematical knowledge.

Swidoctwo Pro Zakinchennia Uchylyshcha
Vocational School Leaving Certificate. This is a five year combined upper secondary and post secondary program undertaken at specialized secondary and technical / vocational educational institutions: the technikum, for highly skilled technical, industrial, engineering studies, agriculture, business and some applied arts; and the uchilishche, for pre-school teacher training, nursing, medical technologies, and librarianship. Students must pass heavily weighted entrance examinations which confirm general and mathematical knowledge.

Junior Specialist Diploma. First awarded in 1993, the Dyplom Molodshogo Spetsialista (Junior Specialist Diploma) represents two years of postsecondary study beyond the Atestat (Certificate of Complete General Secondary Education, or Matriculation Certificate), or four years of study beyond the Swidoctwo Pro Nepownu Seredniu Oswitu (Lower Secondary School Leaving Certificate or Certificate of Incomplete General Secondary Education). The Certificate of Complete General Secondary Education is also awarded after the first two years of the four year program.
Dyplom Bakalavra
Diploma of Bachelor. The Ukrainian Bakalavra is an academic and professional diploma generally awarded after 4 years of study (6 years in medicine).

Dyplom Likar / Dantýst / Veterynár
Diploma of Physician / Dentist / Veterinarian. This credential represents 6 years of post-secondary study of human medicine, 5 years for dentistry and veterinary.

Dyplom Magistra
Masters Diploma. The Magistra is awarded on the basis of 1 to 2 years of study beyond the Dyplom Bakalayra or Dyplom Spetsialista. Masters candidates must also pass final examinations and defend a thesis.

Dyplom Spetsialista
Diploma of Specialist. The Dyplom Spetsialista is awarded after 5 to 6 years of study, depending on the type of institution, and is primarily an engineering degree.

Doktor Nauk
Diploma of Doctor of Science. Doctor Nauk is the highest academic degree in Ukraine, awarded only to those already holding a Kandidat Nauk who have published a significant volume of original research over an extended period of time.

Kandydat Nauk
Diploma of Candidate of Science. The Candidate of Science is obtained after 3 to 4 years of study, including public defense of a thesis and required examinations.

 

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