TU9
TU9 — Germany's 9 leading technical universities including TU Munich, RWTH Aachen, KIT, TU Berlin, TU Darmstadt.
Posts
All the articles I've posted.
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DPhil
Oxford's term for the PhD — identical academic standing; found also at Sussex and a few others.
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STEM designation
US DHS "STEM Designated Degree Program List" — which academic majors qualify graduates for 24-month OPT extension.
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MD
Doctor of Medicine — 4-year graduate-entry in US/Canada; undergraduate-entry MBBS equivalent elsewhere.
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JD
Juris Doctor — 3-year US professional law degree; prerequisite for US bar admission; LSAT-based admissions.
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MRes
Master of Research — 1-year UK research-methods-focused master's, explicitly designed as a PhD preparation year.
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Coimbra Group
The Coimbra Group — ~40 long-established European universities founded 1985, promoting research collaboration and mobility.
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Ivy League
The 8-member US Ivy League athletic conference — Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Penn, Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth — evolved into shorthand for elite Northeastern universities.
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Seven Sisters
The Seven Sisters — historically women's liberal-arts colleges (Barnard, Bryn Mawr, Mount Holyoke, Radcliffe, Smith, Vassar, Wellesley) — still influential.
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Summer Programs vs Research Internships: Which Actually Strengthens Your University Application in 2026
Not all summer activities carry equal weight with university admissions teams. This guide breaks down which summer programs, research opportunities, and internships genuinely strengthen applications to top universities in the UK, Australia, and the US in 2026.
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MPhil
Master of Philosophy — 1–2 year research-focused master's common in UK and British-system universities.
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EdD
Doctor of Education — practitioner-oriented doctorate, usually part-time, distinct from research-focused PhD in Education.