What is a dual degree? What are the advantages of pursuing the same?

Difference between Double Major and Double Degree: Double Major allows a student to get one degree, but with specialization in two different disciplines. Example: BA in History and Anthropology. The student gets only one degree, but have specialization in two disciplines. Double Degree allows students to simultaneously pursue two different degrees either in the same domain of specialization or two different domains. The courses such as B.Tech + M.Tech and B.Tech +MBA are examples of double degrees of different types. The term Double Degree is synonymously used with Dual Degree. Difference between Integrated Course and Dual Degree. In both integrated courses and dual degree, the students save 1 year. Yet, there are differences between the two. In integrated courses, the students get both the Bachelor's degree and Master’s degree after 5 years duration. In case of Engineering, the Bachelor's degree is for 4 years and Masters are for 2 years duration. In the integrated course, a student saves 1 year. At the end of the course, the students will be given both the degrees at once. In dual degree courses, the students get their Bachelors after 4 years duration and the Masters after one year. The degrees are not awarded at once as in integrated courses. Advantages of Integrated courses and Dual Degrees: 1) The obvious advantage is that it saves 1 year. The students get employment and start earning a year ahead of others. 2) The cost of education also reduces with the reduction in one year. There is no need to prepare for a separate entrance exam for doing the Masters course. 3) B.Tech +MBA programme gives management skills to an engineering student. It is an added advantage. 4) B.Tech + M.Tech programme gives in-depth knowledge in the engineering domain, which is demanded in many industries. The students can directly go to Ph.D after the integrated or dual course in B.Tech + M.Tech/ B.Sc+M.Sc.

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Dual degree courses are those which provide you the knowledge and skills of two courses. There are various advantages of dual courses. They also help you in saving time of your life.

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