Academic Vocabulary Quiz

What is the first degree you study towards at University?

• Postgraduate degree

• Bachelor's Degree

• Doctorate

• Master's Degree

Who is the head of the University in Great Britain, the United States, and many commonwealth countries?

• Professor

• Chancellor

• Dean

• Rector

What is the title used for the most senior academics in Europe, awarded after decades of scholarly work?

• Dean

• Lecturer

• Tutor

• Professor

What is the term for a student who already has a Bachelor's Degree and is studying further?

• Tutor

• Undergraduate

• Alumni

• Postgraduate

What is the term for financial aid offered to a student usually because of academic excellence?

• Scholarship

• Student loan

• Bursary

• Elective

What is the term for an optional subject that is not compulsory for the student's programme?

• Elective

• Major

• Discipline

• Faculty

What is the term for higher, formal, non-compulsory education in Colleges, Polytechnics or Universities?

• Bursary

• Plagiarism

• Tertiary education

• Faculty

What is the term for to take somebody else's work or writing and pretend that it is your own?

• Plagiarism

• Tertiary education

• Bursary

• Faculty