post graduate level qualification

[redhead]

What does this mean? Is it a qualification you get after you complete your degree/ or can it be a degree?

Please help

[CheekyChops]

Post in this sense means after, so it is something you do after you graduate.

[Loosehead]

eg an MSc or PHd are post grad qualifications.

[Buenchico]

As CheekyChops state, a post-graduate qualification is one which comes after a degree. It's also something which can only be obtained by getting a degree first.

'Bachelor' qualifications (e.g. Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Eductation) are 'first' degrees. (Study for these qualifications typically takes 3 or 4 years). Someone remaining at university can then go on to take a post-graduate degree. This will normally be a Masters degree. (e.g. M.Sc, M.A., etc). This takes a further one or two years. If the same person continues further at unversity, their next post-graduate qualification will be a research degree, i.e. a Doctorate such as PhD or DSc.

The above examples relate to post-graduate qualifications within universities. Individual professions (such as medicine or the law), however, provide post-graduate qualifications which are not actually degrees but, through membership of professional bodies, may still add further letters after someone's name.

Chris