In other cases the graduate diploma provides a framework within which specific subject areas are further identified. Quite often programs are arranged so that there can be articulation between a graduate certificate, a graduate diploma and a master's degree. This means that students can leave the program with differing qualifications depending on how much of the program has been completed . Postgraduate - Research degrees Research degrees are courses in which students undertake supervised research leading to the production of a thesis or other piece of written or creative work over a prescribed period of time. Research within a master's or a doctoral degree course is supervised research leading to the production of a thesis or other piece of written or creative work over a prescribed period of time.
Some faculties offer doctoral degrees combining research and advanced coursework.
This degree is offered in all faculties and colleges of the University. Higher doctorates Degrees such as the degree of Doctor of Science or degree of Doctor of Medicine are awarded for published work which, in the opinion of the examiners, has been generally recognised by scholars in the field concerned as a distinguished contribution to knowledge or creative achievement. There are detailed regulations to be found within the University Calendar concerning these degrees. While they are not the result of supervised candidature within the University, an applicant must have had some association with the University, either by being a graduate or having been a member of the full-time academic staff for at least three years, or by having had a similar significant involvement with the teaching and research of the University.