Higher Education

education at universities or similar educational establishments, especially to degree level. Higher education, post-secondary education, or third level education is an optional final stage of formal learning that occurs after secondary education. Often delivered at universities, academies, colleges, seminaries, and institutes of technology, higher education is also available through certain college-level institutions, including vocational schools, trade schools, and other career colleges that award academic degrees or professional certifications. Tertiary education at non-degree level is sometimes referred to as further education or continuing education as distinct from higher education. उच्च शिक्षा (higher education) सामान्य रूप से सबको दी जानेवाली शिक्षा से ऊपर किसी विशेष विषय या विषयों में विशेष, विशद तथा शूक्ष्म शिक्षा। यह शिक्षा के उस स्तर का नाम है जोविश्वविद्यालयों, व्यावसायिक विश्वविद्यालयों, कम्युनिटी महाविद्यालयों, लिबरल आर्ट कालेजों एवं प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थानों आदि के द्वारा दी जाती है। प्राथमिक एवं माध्यमिक के बाद यह शिक्षा का तृतीय स्तर है जो प्राय: ऐच्छिक (non-compulsory) होता है। इसके अन्तर्गत स्नातक, परास्नातक (postgraduate education) एवं व्यावसायिक शिक्षा एवं प्रशिक्षण आदि आते हैं।