Editing Master of Advanced Studies (section)

{{short description|Master's degree}}
{{Other uses|MAS (disambiguation)}}

A '''Master of Advanced Studies''' ('''MASt'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Master of Advanced Study {{!}} Postgraduate Study |url=https://www.postgraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/courses/qualifications/mast |access-date=2024-10-21 |website=www.postgraduate.study.cam.ac.uk}}</ref> or '''MAS'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Master of Advanced Studies (MAS) {{!}} Computer Science |url=https://cse.ucsd.edu/graduate/degree-programs/master-advanced-studies-mas |access-date=2024-10-21 |website=cse.ucsd.edu}}</ref>), or '''Master of Advanced Study''', is a postgraduate degree awarded in various countries. Master of Advanced Studies programs may be non-consecutive programs tailored for "specific groups of working professionals with well-defined needs for advanced degree work"<ref>University of California Academic Initiatives [http://www.ucop.edu/acadinit/mas.html "Master of Advanced Study"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990222142812/http://www.ucop.edu/acadinit/mas.html |date=1999-02-22 }}</ref> or advanced research degrees.<ref>Example of Research Master of Advanced Studies at the University of British Columbia {{cite web |url=http://www.sala.ubc.ca/programs/landscape-architecture/masla |title=Master of Advanced Studies in Landscape Architecture &#124; Ubc Sala |access-date=2012-02-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120911104607/http://www.sala.ubc.ca/programs/landscape-architecture/masla |archive-date=2012-09-11 }}</ref> With the exception of the several schools in the UK, advanced studies programs tend to be interdisciplinary and tend to be focused toward meeting the needs of professionals rather than academics.<ref name=autogenerated2>{{cite web|url=http://www.ond.vlaanderen.be/hogeronderwijs/bologna/links/National-reports-2009/National_Report_Liechtenstein_2009.pdf|title=Vlaams Ministerie van Onderwijs en Vorming - Onderwijs - databanken|website=www.ond.vlaanderen.be|access-date=19 April 2018}}</ref><ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web|url=http://www.aic.lv/bolona/2005_07/Nat_reps/LiechtensteinNationalReport.pdf |title=National report |publisher=www.aic.lv/ |access-date=2020-02-20}}</ref>
The Master of Advanced Studies is also often referred as Executive Master because it is aimed at working professionals (see the LSE in the UK programs for example or INSEAD and HEC programs in France)