Higher education

For institutions of higher education in Armenia include universities, academies, institutes, conservatories. State higher education institution is determined by the shape of its educational programs, legal form, the presence of state accreditation. State accreditation is carried out by schools and taught in their specialties. Persons who pass the final certification, the school issued a document on education (certificate, diploma). Those who have passed final certification of accredited professions (specialties) receive a document on the establishment of the sample.
In Armenia, the following qualification degrees of higher education: bachelor, graduate, master's degree.
The four-year training for most specialties leads to a baccalaureate, which is the qualifying degree of higher professional education, with the issuance of an instrument of education - Bakalavri Diploma. As a result of certification for not less than five years of higher professional education program graduates assigned to the qualifying degree of higher professional education "The Graduate".
Holders of bachelor's degree or diploma may enter the two-year programs of higher education in graduate higher education. Successful completion of such training results in Magistrosi Diploma, of master's master's degree - a degree level qualification higher education.
In Armenia there are no additional requirement of seniority and experience to start a professional activity on the legal, educational and engineering professions.
Graduates of medical schools after 6 years must pass an additional year of professional practice, the so-called internship before you submit the documents and the Ministry of Health and pass a qualifying exam for the license for professional activities. After completing the internship, students can enroll in clinical studies, the duration of study in which, depending on the specialty ranges from 2 to 4 years, for in-depth knowledge in a narrow specialized field of medicine.
Doctoral programs are in graduate school, the purpose of these programs is to prepare science teachers. Duration of doctoral programs from 2 to 3 years. After defending his dissertation graduate receives the title of Candidate of Sciences (Gitoutunneri teknatsu), and at the conclusion of the program without a thesis defense, mostly in technical fields, the graduate obtains the title of Research Engineer (Engineer-investigator). Doctoral degree is the highest level of academic career and leads to obtaining the title of Doctor of Science (Gitoutunneri Doctor).