Degrees

Diploma (undergraduate or postgraduate level) 

Diploma courses are offered at universities and polytechnics and are available at the undergraduate and postgraduate level. At the undergraduate level, they vary in lenght between one and three years. Postgraduate diplomas are normally awarded after one year's study.
 

Bachelor's  

Bachelor's degree in arts, commerce and science take three years of study (after 12 yeras of school education). In some places, there are honors and special courses available. These are not necccessarily longer in duration but indicate a greater depth of study. Bachelor's degree in professional fields of study, such as agriculture, dentistry, engineering, pharmacy, technology and veterinary medicine, generally take four years, while architecture takes five years and medicine takes five and half years.There are also bachelors degrees in education, journalism and librarianship, which are taken as second degrees. The bachelor's degree in law can either be taken as an integreted degree lasting five years or as a three-year postgraduate course as a second degree.
 

Master's

Master's degrees are normally of two-year duration. They may be based on coursework or research. Admission to postgradute programmes in engineering and technology is done on the basis of the graduate aptitude test in engineering or the combined medical test respectively.
 

Doctoral or PhD

A pre-doctural programme, Master of Philosophy (MPhil), is taken after completion of the master's degree. This can either be completely research based or can include coursework as well. The PhD is awarded two years after the MPhil or three years after the master's degree. Students are expected to write a substantial thesis based on original research.