Classification of programs and credentials - professional degree variant

1 - Basic education and skills program (postsecondary institutions)

This category includes non-postsecondary programs that are offered in postsecondary institutions.

2 - Apprenticeship-related program

This category includes in-class or technical components of apprenticeship training when offered in postsecondary institutions.

3 - Career, technical or pre-university qualifying program

This category includes postsecondary programs that prepare students for entry into career, technical or pre-university programs.

4 - Career, technical or professional training program

This category includes postsecondary skills programs that usually lead to a specific career path and into the labour market but are not apprenticeship, pre-university, undergraduate or graduate programs. Educational requirements for admission to this program are usually not greater than a secondary school diploma. This includes typical college-level programs and Quebec CEGEP technical-stream programs, but they can also be offered at universities.

5 - Post career, technical or professional training program

This category includes postsecondary skills programs that usually lead to a specific career path and into the labour market and require a certificate or a diploma from a career, technical or professional training program or another postsecondary credential for admission. This also includes college post-certificate programs, college post-diploma programs, and Ontario college graduate certificate programs.

6 - Pre-university program

This category includes postsecondary programs that prepare students for undergraduate studies but are not undergraduate programs. This also includes university-stream programs at colleges and CEGEPs in Quebec.

7 - Undergraduate qualifying program

This category includes programs that prepare students for entry into a bachelor's degree program. These programs provide an access or bridging option for students who do not fully meet the requirements for entry into a bachelor's degree program.

8 - Undergraduate program (excluding professional degrees)

This category includes academically-based programs which normally require a secondary school diploma for admission or a college diploma in Quebec. Educational activities in these programs can generally be counted towards a bachelor's degree (applied, general or honours). Undergraduate degrees normally allow entry into a master's-level program. This category excludes degrees in the specific fields of study listed in '12 Professional degree program'.

9 - Post-baccalaureate non-graduate program (excluding professional degrees)

This category includes postsecondary programs that are not graduate programs and require a bachelor's degree for admission either explicitly or implicitly (such is the case for concurrent bachelor's degree programs, where the outcome of these programs is equivalent to a program requiring a bachelor's degree, but the degree is not a requirement because of the concurrent nature of the program). In some provinces and institutions, this category also captures postsecondary programs at the undergraduate level for which degree completion requires a scope beyond a bachelor's degree due to its breadth and depth of learning. This category excludes degrees in the specific fields of study listed in '12 Professional degree program'.

10 - Master's-level qualifying program

This category includes postsecondary programs that prepare students for entry into a master's degree program. A bachelor's degree is normally required for entry into this program. 'Master's-level qualifying program' is also referred to as 'Graduate qualifying program (second cycle)'.

11 - Doctoral-level qualifying program

This category includes postsecondary programs that prepare students for entry into a doctoral degree program, without the student being admitted to the doctoral program. 'Doctoral-level qualifying program' is also referred to as 'Graduate qualifying program (third cycle)'.

12 - Professional degree program

This category includes undergraduate degree and post-baccalaureate non-graduate degree programs in the following fields of study (based on CIP Canada 2016, 6-digit classes): 22.0101 Law (LLB, JD, BCL); 51.1201 Medicine (MD); 51.0401 Dentistry (DDS, DMD); 51.2401 Veterinary medicine (DVM); 51.1701 Optometry (OD); 51.2001 Pharmacy (PharmD, BS, BSc, BPharm).

13 - Health-related residency program

This category includes health-related residency programs.

14 - Master's-level program

This category includes graduate programs that normally require a bachelor's degree for admission. Educational activities in these programs may be counted towards a master's degree. Degrees from these programs normally allow entry into doctoral-level programs. 'Master's-level program' is also referred to as 'Graduate program (second cycle)'.

15 - Doctoral-level program

This category includes graduate programs that normally require a master's degree for admission. Educational activities in these programs may be counted towards a doctoral degree. This category also includes post-master's-level programs. 'Doctoral-level program' is also referred to as 'Graduate program (third cycle)'.

16 - Post-doctoral program

This category includes graduate programs that normally require a doctoral degree for admission. Post-doctoral activities that do not meet the definition of a ''program,'' such as those in the labour market, are excluded from this category. 'Post-doctoral program' is also referred to as 'Graduate program (above the third cycle)'.

17 - Other postsecondary programs

This category includes any postsecondary program leading to a recognized credential that is not classified in any other category.