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unusual facts about Masters Degree



Abdul Ilah Khatib

Married, and the father of three children, Khatib graduated with his Masters degree in International economics from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, a Masters degree in International Communications from the American University in Washington, D.C., and a Bachelor's degree in political science from the School of Political Science in Athens, Greece.

Adam David Miller

He attended university on the G.I. Bill, earning a Masters Degree in English (1953) from the University of California at Berkeley where he also completed post-degree work in drama and helped found the university’s Graduate Student Journal.

Ahmad Motamedi

Motamedi earned his BS in Electronics from Amirkabir University of Technology in 1978 and his MS and PhD, both in Digital Electronics and Informatics Systems, from Pierre and Marie Curie University, France, in 1980 and 1983 respectively.

Benjamin Speed

Growing up in Adelaide, Speed graduated with an honours degree in Music Technology from the Elder Conservatorium of Music at Adelaide University and has a Masters Degree in Screen Composing from the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS) in Sydney.

Deane Montgomery

Born in the small town of Weaver, Minnesota, he received his B.S. from Hamline University in St. Paul, MN and his Masters and Ph.D. from the University of Iowa in 1933; his dissertation advisor was Edward Chittenden.

Emma Edwards

After working for some years as a junior geologist for the Falkland Islands Government, Edwards went to Aberdeen University in 1998 where she gained a Masters Degree in Petroleum Geology.

Isaac Zieman

In Germany after World War II he was trained in psychoanalysis and in 1967 earned a masters degree from New School University.

Julian Kytasty

Julian Kytasty holds a Masters degree in music (Composition, Theory and Voice) from Concordia University in Montreal (his undergraduate studies were in military history).

Kazuo Ishiguro

Ishiguro obtained his Bachelor's degree from the University of Kent in 1978 and his Master's from the University of East Anglia's creative writing course in 1980.

Macquarie University Faculty of Science

The Faculty offers postgraduate awards in the form of master's degrees, as coursework and research degrees, doctoral studies and postgraduate diplomas or certificates.

Margaret Finlay

Finlay, currently serving on the Duarte City Council, graduated from St. Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Indiana, earning a Bachelor's degree in marketing, and received her Masters degree in Public Administration from Cal State Long Beach in 2000.

Mark Krikorian

Krikorian studied two years at Yerevan State University in then-Soviet Armenia, after which he returned to the United States and obtained a Bachelors Degree from Georgetown University followed by a Masters Degree from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.

Surya Kant

Sury received his Masters in Electrical Engineering with a specialization in Computer Technology from Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT), Delhi, in 1978, and his Bachelors of Electrical Engineering with specialization in Electronics from Delhi College of Engineering, in 1976, both at the top of his class.

Traian Stoianovich

After serving in the United States Army during World War II, he took a masters degree at New York University and received a doctorate from Université de Paris in 1952, where he became a major figure in the internationally influential Annales School of history.His doctoral mentor was Fernand Braudel.

Western Advanced Central University

WACU has degree programs ranging from high school diplomas up to Bachelor of Education and Masters Degrees in business, religion and philosophy and computer science.

Zenit Đozić

After the war, he finished Academy of Performing Arts (ASU) in Sarajevo and then received masters degree in television production in London.


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Aart de Geus

De Geus graduated with a masters degree in Electrical Engineering (1978) from the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Swiss Federal Institute of technology), EPFL, Switzerland followed by a Ph.D. from Southern Methodist University, Texas, USA.

Abdolkarim Soroush

It was after receiving a Masters degree in Analytical Chemistry from University of London that he went to Chelsea College, (a constituent college of the University of London which was merged with two other constituent colleges: Queen Elizabeth College and Kings College in 1985) for studying history and philosophy of science.

Andrew Byrnes

Byrnes is a 2005 graduate of Bates College in Maine, where he rowed for the Bates Rowing Team and earned a masters degree in engineering from University of Pennsylvania in 2006.

Anne Zerr

Following high school Zerr attended Lindenwood University, earning a Bachelors degree in Human Resource Development, and later an MBA and a Masters degree in Human Service Agency Management.

Annette Pehnt

After her masters degree and the first national examination in 1994, graduation followed in 1997 at the University of Freiburg with a work on Irish literature.

Åslaug Haga

She has a Masters degree in political science from the University of Oslo.

Ayesha Bakhsh

Later on she studied at Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi and was granted masters degree in Communication Sciences.

Badruddin Ajmal

A Fazil-e-Deoband (Equivalent to Masters Degree in Islamic Theology and Arabic) from Darul Uloom Deoband, Moulana Badruddin Ajmal is an industrialist, a businessman and a social worker.

Bantu Mwaura

Bantu undertook his PhD in Performance Studies at the New York University and also had a Masters degree in Theatre Studies from Leeds University (UK) and another Masters in African-American and African Studies from the Ohio State University (US).

Carál Ní Chuilín

She later received a Masters Degree in Management from Queen's University Belfast.

Clayborne Carson

His daughter Temera, who is employed by the County of Santa Clara, graduated from San Jose State University with a masters degree in social work, and lives with her three children in East Palo Alto, California.

Dick Roche

Roche was born in Wexford and was educated at Wexford Christian Brothers School and University College Dublin (UCD) where he received Bachelor of Commerce Degree and a Masters Degree in Public Administration.

Donna Vakalis

She received a professional masters degree in architecture from the University of Toronto, and began PhD studies there in 2012.

Doug Zohrab

He was a newspaper copyholder and junior reporter on Wellington's Evening Post newspaper from 1934, then graduated from Victoria University of Wellington with a masters degree in History in 1937 and became an assistant librarian at Parliament’s General Assembly Library.

Elisabeth Pate-Cornell

She holds a BS in mathematics and physics from Aix-Marseille University in 1968, MS and Engineering degrees in applied mathematics and computer science from the Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble, France, in 1970; a Masters degree in Operations Research from Stanford in 1972 and a Ph.D. in Engineering-Economic Systems, also from Stanford, in 1978.

Frank Dawson Adams

He received a Masters degree from McGill in 1884, and his Ph.D. from Heidelberg University in 1892.

Hassan Arero

He was educated at the University of Nairobi (BA, Anthropology, 1995), and won the Chevening Scholarship to pursue his Masters Degree at the University of East Anglia.

Jacquelyn Ford Morie

She next received a Masters degree in Fine Art from the University of Florida in 1984, studying with noted photographer Jerry Uelsmann.

James J. Rhoades

Rhoades graduated from East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania in 1963 with a bachelor's degree in education and later earned a masters degree in education from Lehigh University in 1966.

Jasmine Cresswell

Cresswell received a Bachelor's degree in history and philosophy from Melbourne University, a degree in history from Macquarie University, and a Masters Degree in history and archival administration from Case Western Reserve University.

Jeffrey Gedmin

He earned his Masters degree in German Area Studies (Literature concentration) from American University in Washington, D.C. He completed his Bachelor of Arts degree in Music from American University and also studied musicology for a year at the University of Salzburg in Austria.

Ji-Tu Cumbuka

After Texas Southern he moved to California to pursue his acting career and continued his education at Columbia College in New York City, earning a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and a Masters Degree in Cinematography.

Joseph Lekuton

He taught at The Langley School in McLean, Virginia, before leaving for Harvard University where he earned a Masters degree in International Education policy at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

LOT-EK

Ada Tolla and Giuseppe Lignano each have a Masters Degree in Architecture and Urban Design from the Universita’ di Napoli, Italy (1989), and have completed post-graduate studies at Columbia University, New York (1990-1991).

Luis Viracocha

He studied the restoration of architectural monuments in Venice, and earned a masters degree in Sculpture in Carrara, Italy.

Mansur Muhtar

He earned an Masters degree in Economics and Politics of Development from the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom in 1983, and a Phd in Economics from the University of Sussex, Brighton in February 1988.

Michael DiMercurio

DiMercurio was a 1980 honors graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy with a B.S. in mechanical engineering, a 1981 National Science Foundation Scholarship fellow at MIT with a masters degree in mechanical engineering, and an officer in the U.S. Navy’s attack submarine force.

Mohammed Hasan Kamaluddin

He then received a masters degree in History from the University of Mysore in India.

Monica Oliphant

She has a Masters Degree in Physics from the University of London and worked for almost 20 years as an Energy Research Scientist in the Electricity Trust of South Australia, but since 2000 has been an independent consultant specialising in residential energy efficiency and renewable energy.

MP Joseph

M. P. Joseph holds a Masters Degree in Human Resources Development from the Victoria University of Manchester, UK and a Masters Degree in Solid State Physics from the Cochin University of Science and Technology.

Muthui Kariuki

Muthui Kariuki holds a degree in B.Education(Hons) from Kenyatta University,Post Graduate Diploma in Mass Communication from University of Nairobi and a Masters Degree in Communication from University of Nairobi.

Mylswamy Annadurai

He has obtained a Bachelors in Engineering degree at 1980 from Government College of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India and completed his Masters Degree in Engineering on 1982 from PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore and Ph.D from Anna University of Technology, Coimbatore Tamil Nadu in India.

Nagasamy Ramachandran

Nagasamy Ramachandran (born 1975) is a contemporary artist born in Paramakudi, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, Received his bachelor’s degree (distinction) and masters degree in painting and printmaking from the Government College of Fine Arts, Chennai, University of Madras in 1999.

Naissance Capital

He graduated with a masters degree from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and International Institute for Management Development, Lausanne.

Oliver Everett

Everett was educated at St Aubyn's Preparatory School Woodford Green Essex having been Captain of the 1st XVFelsted, the Western Reserve Academy in Hudson, Ohio and at Christ's CollegeCambridge, and he has a masters degree in international relations from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, and did post-graduate work in international relations at the London School of Economics.

Pansy Kidd Middle School

In 1912, Pansy Ingle came to Poteau, a graduate of Indiana University with a Masters' Degree in English and Library Science.

Paul Haston

Haston was born in London, England and graduated in 1980 with a Masters Degree in English Literature from Emmanuel College, Cambridge University.

Peter Fahy

Fahy holds a degree in French and Spanish from the University of Hull, and a Masters degree from the University of East Anglia.

Pierre Rigal

He studied mathematics and economics at the University of Barcelona and graduated with a masters degree in cinema from École Supérieure d'Audiovisuel de Toulouse in 1997, but became interested in dance after meeting choreographers and directors.

Poetry Records

He holds a masters degree from the New England Conservatory of Music (Boston), where he studied with great guitarist Maestro Eliot Fisk.

Radwin

After receiving a degree in a degree in mathematics and physics from Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and a masters degree in electronic engineering from Tel Aviv University, he went to found RADWIN in 1997.

Rajiv Chilaka

Chilaka obtained a BE in Electronics and Telecommunications engineering from Osmania University, Hyderabad in 1995 and went on to the University of Missouri - Kansas City for his Masters Degree in Computer Science.

Ramachandra Naidu Galla

He did his bachelors in Electrical Engineering at Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Anantapur, then took a masters degree at the Regional Engineering College, Rourkela and a second masters degree at Michigan State University.

Satinder Satti

Satinder Satti did her graduation from RR Bawa DAV College, Batala and then Masters degree in law from Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar.

T. Michael Kerr

Kerr graduated from Tufts University and holds a Masters Degree in City Planning from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Thérèse Brisson

After the Olympics, she pursued a Masters Degree at York University in Toronto.

Tim Leavitt

He graduated from Fort Vancouver High School, then attended Clark College and Washington State University, where he received a masters degree in environmental engineering and was a member of Alpha Kappa Lambda Fraternity.

Tone Åse

After completing teacher education, she studied classical vocals at the Trondheim Musikkonservatorium and Tromsø Musikkonservatorium, and got a Masters degree on the Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonservatorium (2007), where she is still working as an assistant professor.

Vivien Kellems

She went on to earn a masters degree in economics, and worked towards a PhD at Columbia University and the University of Edinburgh.