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In Britain, students normally enter University from 18 on-wards and study for an Academic Degree. Apart from a single private university, all undergraduate education in largely state financed and UK students are generally entitled to student loans for maintenance. The state does not control syllabi, but it does influence admission produces.
The typical first degree offered at British universities is the Bachelor’s degree. Students who have completed a first degree are eligible to undertake a postgraduate degree which includes Master’s degree and Doctorate degree. Postgraduate education is not automatically financed by the state, and so admission is in practice highly competitive.
Many institution now offer an undergraduate Master’s degree as first degree, typically lasting four years. During a first degree students are known as undergraduates. The difference in fees between undergraduate and traditional post graduate Master’s degrees makes taking an undergraduate Master’s degree as a first degree a more attractive option, although the novelty of undergraduate Master’s degrees means that the relative educational merit of the two is currently unclear.