- Educational attainment
- Bachelor’s degree
- High school diploma
- Doctorate
Degree
- International Standard Classification of Education
- Academic degree
- Foundation degree
- Higher National Diploma
- Diploma of Higher Education
- Certificate of Higher Education
- Bachelor of Arts = B.A.
- Juris Doctor = J.D.
Secular education
Doctorate
Doctor of Philosophy
A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, Ph.D., or DPhil; Latin: philosophiae doctor or doctor philosophiae) is the most common degree at the highest academic level awarded following a course of study and research.