Vocational Education

School EducationInstitution Types

Training focused on specific trades and practical skills for direct entry into employment.

Vocational Education is training focused on specific trades and practical skills for direct entry into employment.

Related Terms
Polytechnic
An institution offering vocational and technical diploma-level education.
Diploma
A qualification below a bachelor's degree, often vocational or technical in focus.
Micro-credential
A short, focused certification of a specific skill or competency.
Affiliation
An arrangement in which a college operates under the academic authority of a parent university, which sets the curriculum, conducts examinations and awards degrees.
Autonomous College
An affiliated college granted the freedom to design its own curriculum and conduct its own examinations while remaining linked to a university.