Types of graduate degrees

Postgraduate programmes in the UK vary widely, and can be obtained through:

• Traditional research programmes (PhD, DPhil),
• The program combines research activities with training and practice (New Route PhD)
• Professionally-oriented programmes (DBA, DEng, DEd),
• The award of the degree of PhD as a result of outstanding practical activities (PhD by Practice),
• The award of the degree of PhD on the basis of outstanding publication (PhD by Publication).

Being the first stage postgraduate education, postgraduate studies in Europe, in fact, equivalent to the Russian postgraduate programs; for admission, you must have a master's degree. However, in terms of requirements and quality research, postgraduate study in the UK tends to be Russian doctoral studies. This feature allowed the Russian students get the highest research degree that is globally recognized, having studied at one (and not two, as in Russia) postgraduate programmes.