The question of what is better for a person who has graduated from school - a bachelor's degree or a specialty degree - causes very active discussions in society.
Comparison
The main difference between a bachelor's degree and a specialist degree is the length of study. In the first case, it is about 4 years, in the second - 5 years. The second significant difference between undergraduate and specialist degrees is the ability to go to graduate school after receiving a diploma. In order to be able to enroll in it, a bachelor must first complete a master's degree, a specialist does not have to.
Having determined what is the difference between a bachelor's and a specialist's degree, we will fix its key criteria in the table.
| Undergraduate | Specialist |
| What do they have in common? | |
| Both forms of study involve obtaining a diploma of higher education | |
| What is the difference between them? | |
| Duration of training - about 4 years | Duration of training - 5 years |
| After receiving a diploma you can go to study for a magistracy | After receiving a diploma, you can continue your studies in a magistracy or graduate school |
| Widely distributed abroad | Practically not common in the far abroad, in post-Soviet countries, for the most part, it is replaced by bachelor's and master's degrees |
