Postgraduate professional education

This subclass includes postgraduate professional education, which is carried out in higher educational institutions and scientific organizations in postgraduate studies, internships, residency programs for researchers, clinical coordinators. The purpose of postgraduate professional education is to improve the educational level and scientific and pedagogical qualifications of individuals with higher professional education. Postgraduate training, as a result of which the student acquires deep and complex knowledge, skills and abilities to carry out research and professional activities in one or more intersecting areas and create new knowledge. A prerequisite for postgraduate training is a master's degree or equivalent qualification, in the case of medical specialties - a doctor's degree. Postgraduate training is concluded with the defense of a dissertation, and a person who has completed the training and defended the dissertation is awarded an academic degree.