AACSB/EQUIS
School accreditation.
Plain-language terms you will meet on prospectuses and these pages.
ABET
US eng accreditation.
ABET (Computing)
US accreditation signalling outcome-based design experience for computing programmes — not a prestige rank.
ACS guidelines
US curriculum norms.
Actuarial border
Exam-linked electives.
Actuarial exams
Parallel track.
Advanced practice
Grad pathways.
Airworthiness
FAR/CS families.
APA/BPS style
Curriculum norms.
Applied ethics
Bio/tech.
Archive work
Research skill.
Area studies
Language add-on.
Audition
Entry gate.
Bar exam
Licensure.
BFA vs BA
Studio weight.
Bioinformatics skills
Growing filter.
Biosafety levels
Lab constraints.
Case method
Teaching style.
Causal inference
Modern elective.
Causal vs predictive
Claim level.
CEng
UK registration.
Central bank internships
Signal.
CFD
Computational fluids.
Cleanroom access
Device tracks.
Clerkship
Clinical rotation.
Climate risk
Curriculum theme.
Clinical hours
Mandatory.
Compounding
Practice skill.
Concentration unlock
Year declared.
Conservatory vs university
Model difference.
Copyright/clearance
Practice constraint.
Corpus tools
Data methods.
CPA/CA/ACCA
Credential routes.
Critique culture
Feedback intensity.
CS vs SE vs IS
Computer Science, Software Engineering and Information Systems — overlapping names with different maths, systems and business weightings.
CSWE/accreditation
US program standards.
CubeSat
Small-sat platform.
Data software
Stata/R/NVivo.
DFM
Manufacturability.
DFM collaboration
With engineers.
Dissertation
Independent project.
EdTPA/equivalents
Assessment gates.
Equipment access
Cameras, edit suites.
Ethics board
Human subjects.
Ethics exam
Licensure piece.
Eurocodes
Code family.
Extension
Public advisory roles.
FE/EIT
Licensure stage.
FEA
Design validation.
Festival strategy
Career path.
Field epidemiology
Practice track.
Field hours
Placement mandatory.
Field methods
Elicitation.
Field sampling
QA/QC.
Field seasons
Calendar reality.
Food safety
Regulatory overlay.
FPGA
Reconfigurable logic.
Franchise/management contracts
Business models.
GMP awareness
Manufacturing norms.
Graduate difficulty
Placement realism.
Graduate gate
Clinical doctorates.
GRE Physics
US grad signal (legacy/varies).
HAZOP
Hazard study.
Health equity
Core lens.
Honours research
Thesis culture.
IACUC/ethics
Animal work.
IChemE
UK body.
IET
UK alignment.
IFRS vs local GAAP
Standards.
Impact assessment
EIA practice.
Industry placement
Mandatory hours.
Instrument time
NMR/MS access.
Integrated master’s
MEng/MSci-style route combining bachelor and master’s-level study in one continuous programme.
Interdisciplinarity
Depth trade-off.
Internship busy season
Calendar.
Internship culture
Hill/parties/NGOs.
Internship timing
Recruiting cycles.
IP culture
Industry reality.
IPA
Transcription skill.
ITAR
US export control.
JD vs LLB
Degree models.
Joint honours
UK combined degrees.
Jury/recital
Assessment.
Lab notebooks
Evidence culture.
Lab safety
Non-negotiable.
Lab vs field
Time budget.
Language requirement
Often real.
Language requirements
For fields.
Language skills
Service markets.
Law review
Editorial culture.
Leakage
Train/test pitfall.
Licensure (LCSW etc.)
Postgrad often.
Licensure borders
Engineering vs science.
Licensure exam
Country board.
Licensure path
IDP/experience.
Licensure/certification
Teach grants.
Major design
ABET capstone.
Math track vs verbal
Entry split.
Media law
Libel, privacy.
MEng
UK integrated master.
Mixed methods
Design skill.
MLOps
Productionising.
Model shop
Facility access.
Model UN
Simulation culture.
Moot court
Advocacy training.
MPH
Common grad credential.
MSci
UK integrated master.
Museum internships
Public track.
NAAB/ARB/etc.
Accreditation.
NCLEX/NMC/etc.
Licensure by country.
Newsroom internship
Pipeline.
OSCE
Skills exams.
p-hacking
Misuse risk.
Paleography
Reading old scripts.
Paper culture
Argument quality.
PE
US licensure.
PharmD vs BPharm
Degree structures.
Plant design
Unit-ops integration.
Portfolio
Clips matter.
Portfolio/reel
Production track currency.
PPE/joint
Interdisciplinary.
PPE/joint degrees
UK style.
Practice hours
Time reality.
Practicum hours
School placement.
Pre-med adjacent
Not automatic.
Primary texts
Editions matter.
Privacy
Anonymisation norms.
Problem-based learning
Curriculum style.
Psycholinguistics
Experiment design.
Public sociology
Engagement.
QS border
Cost/contracts.
Qualifying exams
Grad filter.
Real analysis
Rigour gateway.
Residency match
Postgraduate bottleneck.
Revenue metrics
RevPAR etc.
RSC accreditation
UK signal.
Sandwich / co-op year
Credit-bearing industrial placement intercalated into the degree; common in UK and Canadian-style routes.
Scale-up
Lab≠plant.
Security clearances
Some careers.
Shift reality
Roster culture.
Stats anxiety
Real filter.
Studio access hours
Facility reality.
Studio credits
Time sink reality.
Study abroad
Signalling.
Subject knowledge
Secondary filter.
Supervision
Practice quality.
Surveillance
Data systems.
Survey design
Sampling craft.
Symbolic logic
Gateway.
Teaching certification
Optional track.
Thesis
Original argument.
Thesis culture
Independent research.
Thesis show
Capstone.
Thesis vs exams
Assessment.
Transport
Momentum/heat/mass.
User research
Evidence.
USMLE/PLAB/etc.
Licensure exams by country.
Verification
OSINT basics.