Post-graduate education in great britian

The undergraduate course of studies at English universities is completed when students are ready to take their degree examinations. After graduating they obtain the first academic degree (or distinction) of a Bachelor of Arts, depending on satisfactory examination results. Bachelor's degrees are at two levels: Honours and Pass. Honours degrees are first, second or third class, and usually only about 5 per cent of the students are placed in the first class. Those who have a bent for research work can apply for an advanced course of study extending over not less than two academic years for full-time post-graduates and not less than three academic years for part- time graduate students.