Editing Associate degree (section)

===Brazil===
{{further|Higher education in Brazil#Degrees}}
In [[Brazil]], undergraduate degrees are known as {{lang|pt-br|graduação}} ('graduate') while graduate degrees are known as {{lang|pt-br|pós-graduação}} ('postgraduate'). Brazil follows the major traits of the continental European system; free public schools are available from kindergarten up to postgraduate degrees, both as a right established in Article 6, caput of the [[Brazilian Constitution]] and as a duty of the State in Article 208, Items I, IV, and V, of the Brazilian Constitution.<ref name="BrasilConstituicao">{{cite web |title=Constituição da República Federativa do Brasil de 1988 |url=http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/constituicao/constituicao.htm |website=www.planalto.gov.br |access-date=1 April 2020 |language=pt-br}}</ref>

In 2001, Brazil added {{lang|pt-br|tecnólogo}} ('technologist') as a form of undergraduate degree ({{lang|pt-br|graduação}}). A technologist's degree varies between two and three years of full time studies to complete. This degree takes a shorter time period to obtain than a bachelor or teaching degree (some of which may take between four and six years to complete), and it aims to provide highly specialized knowledge (e.g., [[agribusiness]] technical degree, [[Hospitality management studies|tourism management]] degree, [[web development]] technical degree, etc.).<ref name="CatalogoCursosSupBrasil">{{cite web |title=Marco legal e normativo / Catálogo Nacional de Cursos Superiores de Tecnologia |url=http://portal.mec.gov.br/catalogos-nacionais-de-cursos-superiores-de-tecnologia/legislacao-e-atos-normativos-cncst |website=portal.mec.gov.br |access-date=1 April 2020 |language=pt-br}}</ref> There is also official recognition for a type of course called {{lang|pt-br|sequencial}} ('sequential' - students receive this associate degree like in [[junior college]].<ref>{{cite journal | last=Filho | first=Naomar Almeida | title=A universidade brasileira num contexto globalizado de mercantilização do ensino superior: colleges vs. Vikings | journal=Revista Lusófona de Educação | volume=32 | issue=32 | date=2016-07-01 | issn=1646-401X | url=https://revistas.ulusofona.pt/index.php/rleducacao/article/view/5508 | language=pt-br }}</ref><ref>{{cite report |url=https://ianas.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/livro_-_educac_a_o_superior.pdf |last=Davidovich |first=Luiz |title=Repensar a educação superior no Brasil: análise, subsídios e propostas |publisher=Academia Brasileira de Ciências |year=2018 |language=pt-br}}</ref>