Today we will talk about the principles by which students choose between a bachelor's or a specialist's degree and what advantages each of these study programs has.

Modern Russian system higher professional education provides for the possibility of obtaining several degrees of qualification. If earlier in our country only graduates graduated from the walls of universities, today young people have the right to choose between bachelor's, specialist's, master's and postgraduate studies.

Note that if the magistracy and postgraduate studies do not raise questions, since without further ado it is clear that this is a certain academic degree, then not everyone knows how the bachelor's degree differs from the specialty. That is why today we will talk about the principles by which students choose between a bachelor's or a specialist's degree and what advantages each of these study programs has.

What is Bachelor's and Specialist's?

The specialty is a traditional form of higher education for Russia. At the end of the training, the graduate of the university receives the qualification "certified specialist". At the same time, he has the opportunity to go to study both in the magistracy and in graduate school.

Bachelor's degree is the first stage of higher education. The student chooses a direction in advance and studies according to it. Such education provides exactly the basics of the specialty, that is, the base of necessary knowledge for obtaining a profession. After graduating from the university, the student acquires the qualification "bachelor" and gets the opportunity to go to study at the magistracy.

And on undergraduate, and people with a complete secondary or secondary vocational education (that is, after graduating from a college or technical school) can enter the specialty. It is believed that the specialty includes a bachelor's and master's program.

The difference between a bachelor's degree and a specialty

If you are going to enter a higher educational institution, then first you need to decide which qualification is more important for you: specialist, bachelor or master. This will greatly affect which company you go to work for. Employers react differently to bachelor's and specialist degrees. Also, Russian enterprises have some requirements, while international companies can put forward completely different ones.

Previously, all Russian students studied only in the specialty. Accordingly, after graduation, they were awarded the qualification “certified specialist”. At that time, foreign countries were already in full use of the two-level education system. After some time, such a system was introduced in our country. Now in domestic universities you can find both the old and the new system.

What are their differences? Let's get a look:

• you will study for 4 years at the bachelor's degree, and 5 or 5, 5 years at the specialist's degree (depending on the specialty);
• Bachelor studies the base of the profession, general disciplines. Specialist, on the contrary, provides for the study of a narrow specialty in the profile that the student chooses;
• in the first 2 years in both qualifications I study general education subjects. Then the separation begins.
• at the bachelor's degree, you can get the basis of the profession and then go to any of its areas, at the specialist, knowledge is most often obtained in a certain narrow area;
• after receiving a bachelor's degree, a student can only go to a master's degree. A specialist can immediately go to graduate school, bypassing the master's program;
• bachelors can apply for free education in the master's program, since such a degree of qualification allows them to participate in the competition. For specialists, the master's program will be paid, as it will be considered a second higher education. According to the law, the second higher education can only be obtained for money.
• A bachelor can get into graduate school only if he graduates from a master's program.

As mentioned above, many employers understand that graduated specialists study longer and, accordingly, gain more knowledge in narrow areas. Therefore, a bachelor's degree in the modern labor market is less in demand than a specialist's degree. However, employers are very much mistaken when they think that a bachelor's degree cannot be called a completed higher education. Graduating with this qualification, the student receives all the necessary professional knowledge and skills.

Advantages and disadvantages of a bachelor's degree

Oddly enough, but bachelor's degree in Russia is now very popular. In modern Russian universities, it is much more common than a specialist. What is the reason for such popularity of undergraduate studies? Of course, the benefits that it gives:

• bachelor's degree is considered international education system. Therefore, after graduation, the student can safely go abroad to work there. Europe has the same two-tier system.
• the student has a wide choice of a place of work. Due to the practice-oriented nature of training without being tied to any one narrow specialization, a bachelor can apply for many vacancies that require higher education.
• training lasts only 4 years (that is, you "save" at least one year).
• already in the process of studying, a student can decide on a further choice of profession and enroll in a master's program in a narrower specialty (at the same time, he can continue his education at the expense of the budget).
• for the period of study, future bachelors are granted a deferment from the army.

Now let's say a few words about the shortcomings of this training program.

As mentioned above, employers often do not value bachelors because they are convinced that four years of study is not enough to acquire a high level of professional knowledge and skills. Another serious disadvantage is go to budget It is possible to get a master's degree, but it is very difficult. A paid master's degree can be very expensive. At the same time, a deferment from the army will be granted only if the student is studying in the magistracy on a full-time basis.

Advantages and disadvantages of a specialty

There are a lot of advantages for a specialist over a bachelor:

firstly, employers value students who have graduated from a specialty, which makes it easier for graduates to find a job;

• secondly, after the specialty, you can immediately go to graduate school without wasting time on studying at the magistracy;
• thirdly, it is easier to start engaging in scientific activities;
• fourthly, students are granted a respite from the army;
• fifthly, future specialists have the opportunity to enjoy student life for one year longer.

Speaking of disadvantages specialty, then, first of all, it should be noted:

• the inability to go to study at a master's program on a budgetary basis, as this will be considered a second higher education;
• such education is not valued abroad. They only have a two-tier system, and they don't have a secondary qualification;
• if you want to study further, then there will be no respite from the army.

If you are striving for economic independence as soon as possible, then studying for a specialist may seem too long (up to 6 years).

Summing up

Choice of study program depends on your future goals. If you are studying specifically for a specialty, then you are not so much getting an education as you are mastering a certain profession. While at the bachelor's degree, you will receive a general education in a certain direction rather than a specific specialty. It is also important to assess how long you are willing to study. If you need to get an education as soon as possible, then it is better to choose a bachelor's degree.

Evaluate for yourself whether you need a master's degree and whether you can afford it financially. If you want to continue your education, but cannot pay for it, then it is better to go to a bachelor's degree. Then there will be chances to get a budget place. According to statistics, 20% of bachelor's graduates get into the budget department of the magistracy.

If you are going to engage in scientific activities, then it is better to go for a specialist. So you save 1-1.5 years.

Please note which company you want to work for. If international is preferable, then it is better to choose a bachelor's degree. If Russian, then a specialist.

Undergraduate- the first level of higher education, involves training in certain training profiles. The student receives fundamental training in the chosen educational program. Upon completion of the training, the graduate is issued a diploma of higher education with the qualification "bachelor", which gives the right to enter the magistracy on a competitive basis.

Specialty- level of higher education. The student receives fundamental and special training in accordance with the educational program in the specialty. Upon graduation, the graduate is awarded the qualification of "specialist", which gives the right to enter the magistracy and postgraduate studies.

Persons with secondary general education, secondary vocational and higher education are allowed to study under the bachelor's or specialist's programs.

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DEAR APPLICANTS!

Acceptance of documents for training for general budget places and for places under contracts for the provision of paid educational services ends:

• July 10, 2019- for persons entering training based on the results of entrance examinations conducted by the Academy (branch) independently for full-time and part-time forms of education for places within the admission control figures and for places under contracts for the provision of paid educational services.
• July 26, 2019- for persons entering only on the basis of the results of the Unified State Examination for full-time education in places within the admission control digits.
• August 5, 2019- for persons entering only on the basis of the results of the Unified State Exam for full-time and part-time forms of education for places under contracts for the provision of paid educational services.
• August 21, 2019- for persons entering the correspondence form of education at places under contracts for the provision of paid educational services.

Acceptance of applications for consent to enrollment ends:

for bachelor's programs and the program of a specialist in places within the framework of the target figures and under contracts for the provision of paid educational services for full-time and part-time forms of education:

for places within the target figures for full-time education:

• July 28, 2019 from persons entering without entrance examinations, entering places within quotas, if these persons simultaneously applied for admission to two or more higher education organizations in accordance with paragraph 59 of the Admission Rules.
• August 1, 2019 from persons included in the lists of applicants for the main competitive places and wishing to be enrolled at the first stage of enrollment in the main competitive places.
• August 6, 2019 from persons included in the lists of applicants for the main competitive places and wishing to be enrolled at the second stage of enrollment in the main competitive places.

to places under contracts for the provision of paid educational services:

• August 10, 2019 from persons included in the competitive lists and wishing to be enrolled at the first stage of enrollment.
• August 15, 2019 from persons included in the lists of applicants for competitive places and wishing to be enrolled at the second stage of enrollment.

for bachelor's degree programs and a specialist's degree program for places under contracts for the provision of paid educational services for distance learning:

• September 6, 2019 from persons included in the competitive lists and wishing to be enrolled

List of documents to be submitted by applicants:

For citizens of the Russian Federation:

• identity documents, citizenship;
• a document on education or a document on education and qualifications;
• documents established by the legislation of the Russian Federation, giving the right to special rights or benefits - for persons applying for these benefits;
• 2 photographs (3x4, matte, black and white) for applicants based on the results of entrance examinations conducted by the Academy independently;
• taking into account the individual achievements of applicants when applying for training. The procedure for taking into account individual achievements is presented in section IV of the Admission Rules.

For foreign citizens:

• A document certifying the identity of a foreign citizen in the Russian Federation or the identity of a stateless person in the Russian Federation in accordance with Article 10 of the Federal Law of July 25, 2002 No. 115-FZ "On the Legal Status of Foreign Citizens in the Russian Federation" ( with a translation into Russian, duly certified * ). Surname, name and patronymic (if any) of the applicant, indicated in the translations of the submitted documents, must correspond to the surname, name and patronymic (if any) of the applicant, indicated in the entry visa.
• A document on education or on education and qualifications and (or) a duly certified copy of it (in the case established by the Federal Law, also a certificate of recognition of foreign education). Documents received in a foreign state shall be submitted legalized in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of the Russian Federation, or with an apostille (except for cases when, in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation and (or) an international agreement, legalization and affixing of an apostille are not required).
• Photos - 2 pcs. (3x4, matte, black and white).
• Other documents specified in paragraphs 58, 62.1 of the Admission Rules.

If, when submitting a document of a foreign state on education, the submission of a certificate of recognition of a foreign education is required, then the applicant may, when applying for admission, submit the specified document without such a certificate, followed by the submission of a certificate of recognition of a foreign education no later than the day the acceptance of applications for consent to enrollment is completed.

When submitting a document of a foreign state on education, which is required to be legalized or affixed an apostille, the applicant may, when applying for admission, submit the specified document without legalization or apostille, followed by the submission of the specified document with legalization or apostille no later than the day the acceptance of applications for consent to enrollment is completed .

Upon admission to study in accordance with Article 17 of the Federal Law of May 24, 1999 No. 99-FZ “On the State Policy of the Russian Federation with regard to Compatriots Abroad”, a compatriot submits, in addition to the documents specified in paragraph 58 of the Admission Rules, originals or copies of the documents provided for in Article 17 of Federal Law No. 99-FZ.

Ministry of Education and Science of Russia

Rossotrudnichestvo

Content

At the present time, young people have access to higher two-level education. Every student who in the future wants to become an excellent specialist in their chosen profile must clearly understand what bachelor's and master's programs are and how these degrees differ from each other. The difference between them is significant, each has its own advantages and disadvantages. Find out what are the features of these academic degrees.

What is a bachelor's degree

This is the first, basic stage of academic education. The conditions for accessing it are simple. You need to get a secondary, secondary special or vocational education. You can enter after graduating from the 11th grade of a school, a specialized college, a technical school, a college. There is a misconception that a bachelor's degree is an incomplete higher education. This is not true. A bachelor's degree is the first full-fledged stage of higher education, in the presence of which a person has the right to get a job in his specialty.

How many study

As a rule, the educational process lasts four years, although there are exceptions. A student receives an academic bachelor's degree after passing exams. It is worth noting that there are a number of specialties that even at the basic level cannot be mastered in 4 courses, especially in the medical and technical fields. Education at such faculties is divided into other stages that do not fit into the general concept of the European educational standard.

Undergraduate program

The plan is focused on giving the student practical knowledge in their chosen specialty. There are practically no narrowly focused disciplines in the educational program. If they are included, then with a minimum number of hours, and give only basic knowledge. The bachelor's degree was originally conceived for the student to choose a narrow specialty and consciously continue his studies in it at the magistracy. In Russian practice, this stage has become relatively independent.

Bachelor's programs have recently been divided into two categories according to a number of characteristics and tasks assigned to students, although this innovation is not yet practiced everywhere. Types of the first stage of academic education:

1. Applied. For students who plan to get a job immediately after graduation. Practical training is underway. The form of study at the applied bachelor's degree is only full-time / full-time.
2. academic. Professional training of bachelors who plan to enroll in the future for a master's degree. The emphasis is on research work, many theoretical courses. You can study both full-time and part-time.

Bachelor in Russia

The program began to be introduced into the practice of our country after the signing of the Bologna Convention. The reform implies the gradual creation of a single educational space of the European standard. Higher education in all countries should be two-stage: undergraduate and graduate. Previously, students received a specialist diploma after studying for 5-6 years. Now this practice is gradually being abandoned, but so far the “specialist” level has not been completely abolished, because not all professions can be mastered in 4 years, even at the basic level.

What is a master's degree

This is the second stage of higher education, but in order to gain access to it, it is necessary to obtain the first. A person is considered a master after he completely completes the educational process. Bachelors and persons who received a specialty before the introduction of the Bologna system can enter the master's program free of charge. The course of subjects is chosen so that the student is maximally immersed in practical and scientific activities.

The programs are led by teachers of the highest qualification, doctors of sciences. From the very first semester, each student is assigned a mentor from among them. Under the guidance of a teacher, a person chooses the direction of scientific research and defends a master's thesis. Until the moment when the student defended his dissertation, he is a master's student. During the training, he receives pedagogical skills and at the end of the program he can work as a teacher.

Why do you need

Many people do not understand why attend lectures for some more time, if after a bachelor's degree you can immediately get a job. A master's degree is necessary for a person in order for him to have the right to occupy leadership positions. To get a job in a number of specialties, you also need to get a second stage of higher education. In addition, a master's degree can be completed in order to get an education not in the initially chosen one, but in another specialty.

What gives

Education is not easy, but it brings many benefits. After graduating from the master's program, you will receive the following opportunities:

1. You will be able to hold leadership positions, work in professions that require both levels of higher education.
2. Professional growth will be rapid even under conditions of high competition.
3. You will receive a lot of useful and in-depth theoretical knowledge and practical skills.
4. If you realize that you have chosen a specialization by mistake, then the master's program gives you the right to change it.
5. The scholarship and other social guarantees (a place in a hostel, etc.) will be extended for a certain number of years.
6. You will have an open road to graduate school and teaching.

Is it necessary to go to a master's program after a bachelor's degree?

This decision is made by each individual. It would be objectively unfair to argue that a bachelor's degree is an inferior education. However, before making a decision about whether to go to a master's program, consider the following opportunities that it provides to a university graduate:

• the diploma is recognized internationally;
• experience of working with foreign teachers;
• conducting research and development for PhD work;
• the equivalence of foreign scientific PhD qualifications.

How to apply for a master's degree

Obtaining the second stage of higher education is possible only after completing a bachelor's degree. It will be necessary to pass an oral comprehensive interdisciplinary exam in the field of study. Its content and procedure are determined by each university, so they differ everywhere. The results are evaluated on a 100-point scale in accordance with the requirements of the Bologna system. The training lasts two years. It is not necessary to act immediately, first you can work in your specialty for several years.

Who can apply

To submit documents, you must have a higher professional education. A bachelor's, specialist's, master's degree will do. Of the additional documents, you need an application, an identity card, a medical certificate and several photographs. To enter on a budgetary basis, you need to have either a bachelor's degree or a specialist obtained before the Bologna process. Master's education may not be connected with the direction of fundamental training chosen last time.

Master's degree in another specialty

In the process of obtaining higher education, you can change its direction. You can take any specialty, but practice shows that it is preferable to choose an adjacent one. However, if you are sure that you have the necessary knowledge to pass the entrance exam for a completely different profession, there are no obstacles. A master's degree after a bachelor's degree in another specialty is available at any Russian university and even outside the country.

Paid by the employer

The labor legislation lists compensations and guarantees for employees who combine professional activities with training. For example, master's programs in a number of specialties, especially narrow scientific ones, are financed by the employer, to whom the funds will be transferred by the state. If the admission is a personal initiative of the employee, then he will have paid training, the company can only provide leave at its own expense.

If the second scientific stage is necessary for an employee for career growth in a particular organization, they do not have the right to dismiss him. In this situation, two scenarios are possible:

1. The employer pays all expenses related to education. This is done if the company is very interested in the employee.
2. The company gives days of paid leave to attend preparatory courses, lectures, and pass exams.

What is the difference between a bachelor's degree and a master's degree

The difference between these levels of education is not only in the number of job opportunities. What is the difference between a bachelor's degree and a master's degree, which is better? A few examples:

1. Only a bachelor's degree can enter the master's program.
2. Only a student who has an academic master's degree has the right to study in graduate school.
3. Undergraduate studies last four years. Master's degree - two.
4. The second stage of higher education can be obtained not in the specialty that you acquired at the bachelor's degree.
5. Who is a bachelor? It is focused on labor activity, practical use of acquired knowledge. In the magistracy, they prepare for work in the research field.
6. The second stage of higher education is not available in all educational institutions.

Bachelor's degree

This document confirming that a person has the first qualification stage of higher education provides him with the right to employment in the specialty he has received, as a rule, in the social and economic spheres. Its owner has the full right to continue education and enter the magistracy. In foreign practice, most people after receiving a bachelor's degree immediately get a job. Only those who plan to engage in science and research continue their studies.

With such a document, a wide range of jobs is available to a person. A master's degree significantly increases your chances of finding a job in your specialty in analytical and research centers, large corporations. This diploma is a must-have for persons who plan to continue to enter graduate school or engage in teaching activities.

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The transition to the Bologna system of education brought innovations, replacing the one-level higher education familiar to everyone in Russia with a two-level one. Now, training in most specialties is possible only through the bachelor's and master's programs, and only a few (medical, engineering, military) have remained available in the form of a five-year education that we are accustomed to.

To answer the question "what is better, a bachelor's degree or a specialist", it is necessary to consider the advantages and disadvantages of these two forms of education.

Undergraduate Features

Bachelor's degree is the first stage of a two-level education according to the Bologna system. The undergraduate program allows students to obtain general knowledge in the chosen direction. Of its advantages, the following should be noted:

• After four years of study, graduates receive a diploma of higher education and can choose either to continue their studies at the second stage (in the master's program) or to build a career.
• There is the possibility of a quick change of profession by taking special courses, without having to retrain for a few more years.
• A bachelor's degree is recognized in foreign countries, which gives its holder the opportunity to enroll in a master's program at a foreign university or immediately find a job in a foreign country.
• Among the shortcomings of the bachelor's degree can be noted:
• The impossibility of employment in a number of positions in the educational field in Russia and in government bodies without passing the second stage;
• Inability to enter graduate school and defend a dissertation.

Features of the specialty

The difference between a specialty and a bachelor's degree is that a specialty is a form of five-year education familiar to the inhabitants of our country, at the end of which the graduate receives the title of a graduate. The program of the specialist assumes both the acquisition of basic knowledge and narrow training in the chosen profile. The advantages of this type of education include the fact that graduates of the specialty:

• are more quoted on the Russian labor market than bachelors;
• have the opportunity to teach at Russian universities and the right to hold positions in state power structures.

Now for the disadvantages:

• A "specialist" diploma makes it less likely to enter a foreign master's program or get a job there.
• Admission to the magistracy after graduation from the specialty does not give a deferment from the army, while the bachelor's + master's degree is a six-year deferral.

As you can see, both areas of higher education have both their pluses and minuses. Therefore, the question of what to choose, a bachelor's degree or a specialist, each future student decides for himself, depending on his goals. Undergraduate and graduate programs are largely focused on obtaining theoretical knowledge, which means they are more suitable for those who want to develop in the scientific field. The specialty provides highly specialized knowledge and skills for the implementation of professional activities.

Having switched to the Bologna system of education, Russia began to master new higher education programs - bachelor's and master's programs. Most universities have begun to prepare students for these programs. You can study for a bachelor's degree in four years. After that, the student either goes to work or continues his studies in the magistracy. It continues for two more years. The future master deepens the acquired knowledge. After completing the master's degree, he can engage in full-fledged scientific activity.

Undergraduate

Undergraduate students study for four years. The basis of admission is a complete secondary education, that is, eleven grades of school. Also, a graduate of a technical school or college can go to study for a bachelor's degree. In this case, the study period will be three years.

Bachelor students at the end of their studies receive diplomas of higher education and a bachelor's degree.

But now students should learn to understand what an applied bachelor's degree and an academic bachelor's degree are, since recently these programs have also appeared in the Russian education system.

Strategy 2020

Since 2010, a little more than 50 Russian technical schools and universities have been experimenting with applied and academic bachelor's programs. What is applied training of qualified personnel with higher education. At its core, it is an alternative for secondary vocational education.

Applied bachelor's degree has become part of the finalization of the government program "Strategy 2020", aimed at the long-term socio-economic development of the country.

When the concept of "applied bachelor's degree" appeared in the country, it was assumed that it would also be taught for four years. Later, specialists leaned towards a three-year training program. Now they have settled on the first training option.

What does an applied bachelor's degree mean? Now this concept includes two aspects:

1. Training of workers who will have a higher education.
2. Bachelor's degree, which has an extended applied part, focused on the student's employment.

In higher education institutions of the country, preference is given to the second option.

The Meaning of Applied Baccalaureate

The main thing that attracts students to the applied bachelor's program is the opportunity to find a profitable job after graduation. As you know, a bachelor student does not have a certain qualification. During the applied bachelor's degree program, the student studies the same basic part as in regular studies, but the additional one is more practice-oriented. As a result, the student receives a clear qualification.

Preparing students for a particular profession, teaching computer skills and basic subjects aimed at ensuring the activities of a leader, providing relevant practice and a diploma of higher education - this is what an applied bachelor's degree means. And trained personnel are in great demand in the modern labor market.

Training in three or four years?

So, what is an applied bachelor's degree, in essence? This is a basic education supplemented by an applied qualification in a particular profession.

Earlier there were disputes about three-year or four-year education. As a result, it was decided to stop at four years of study, since bachelor students must receive the appropriate academic level of education.

When the system was first introduced, it was proposed to rename the study programs in colleges and technical schools into an applied bachelor's degree. The terms of study in these educational institutions are 3-3.5 years. But the idea turned out to be untenable. In the end, the applied bachelor's degree is still a bachelor's degree, that is, it involves obtaining a higher education. Technical schools and colleges do not have such qualifications.

Academic undergraduate

Having figured out what an applied bachelor's degree is, and that it is focused on preparing specialists for working conditions, we can proceed to the concept of an academic bachelor's degree. This training program is aimed at creating a theoretical foundation in a large number of disciplines. At the same time, there is no practical activity, since it is assumed that the graduate will receive the basic skills already at work. This form of training also continues for four years.

Each student decides for himself what qualification he needs - academic or applied. What does Applied and Academic Baccalaureate mean? The former focuses on practical knowledge, while the latter focuses on theory. Academic bachelors are purposefully prepared for research work. They are set up for the fact that they will go to study further - for a master's degree.

Undergraduate Difference

If you look at what an applied bachelor's degree and an academic bachelor's degree are, it turns out that the first is a worker with a higher education, and the second is a traditional form of higher education.

Further admission to the master's program for students of applied and academic bachelor's programs is different. "Academicians" undergo a certain competitive selection, and "applied workers" must first work in their specialty for a certain number of years before entering.

So, we have sorted out what an applied bachelor's degree and an academic bachelor's degree mean. The difference between them is the availability of practical knowledge, skills and abilities. "Applied" - narrow specialists with practical skills in a particular area. "Academists", on the other hand, have a broad outlook in a certain field of knowledge, but they lack practical skills.

Which bachelor's degree to choose?

We figured out what applied and academic bachelor's degree means. Nevertheless, yesterday's schoolchildren face a choice: where to go next? Of course, you can go to a regular bachelor's degree, or choose an applied or academic one.

Bachelor's degree involves the acquisition of theoretical knowledge. There are also practical exercises, but they are few. In the diploma of higher education, bachelor students will, for example, have the inscription "Applied Informatics".

What is it like when a student receives the practical knowledge base he needs and subsequent employment, coupled with higher education. By the time he graduates, he will already have an idea about the working conditions. To some extent, this is still the same specialty, but only in a certain specialty. In this case, something specific will be indicated in the student’s diploma, for example, “C ++ programmer”.

If we consider what an applied bachelor's degree is, then it is providing students with training in mastering a wide range of competencies in such areas as education, culture and the social sphere. The specialist must be prepared for pedagogical, research or cultural and educational activities.

So what to choose? The fact is that now in the country there are no conditions for the preparation of the most ready-made workers, as it is supposed under the program "applied bachelor's degree". In this case, a regular bachelor's degree is preferable. If only because the specialists leave the buildings of higher educational institutions, having a fairly broad outlook in the chosen field of knowledge. They can go to work or go to graduate school, doing science.

An academic undergraduate degree has more advantages in this sense. Specialists have a broad outlook and can get a job not only in a certain specialty, but also in a related one. If there is no practice, then it is not so scary. The “applicants” also lack it. There is no necessary base in the country. Not yet.

What to do next?

Having learned what an applied and academic bachelor's degree is, comparing these concepts with a regular bachelor's degree, you begin to ask yourself the following question: “Where to work then?” Getting a normal serious position with a bachelor's degree of any degree is quite problematic.

The specialist must acquire full-fledged theoretical knowledge in the area of ​​interest to him, and then learn to apply them in the workplace. Only in this case he will have the opportunity to creatively approach work tasks.

As a result, while the program is aimed at learning to press the button. These are practical skills. But what this button is useful for, what it gives and how to use it correctly, this is already a theory that you should know. Without full-fledged theoretical knowledge, a real specialist will not work even if he does an excellent job in practice.

Having considered what an applied and academic bachelor's degree is, it is better to give preference to the second type of education.

Finally

In recent years, the system of higher education in our country has undergone significant changes. Many new trends and trends have emerged. In addition to studying for a bachelor's and master's degree, students began to be trained in applied and academic bachelor's programs. What to choose and where to go to study further, everyone decides for himself.