Master of Research or MRes is a postgraduate research program for graduates, men and women or young professional considering a career in research or in a commercial area where research is a key focus but a PhD is not specifically required. Master of Research or MRes programs are different from taught Master's degrees by placing particular emphasis on a large dissertation. These paths are geared to boys and girls with bachelor's degree and have a duration of one year fulltime.
The second semester is usually the starting period of university master programs. Those postgraduate courses are attended by graduates and young professionals after graduation, bachelor or master degree, to complete their specialization. These programs are addressed to men and women, boys and girls interested in a course starting in September or October, more rarely in November or December, and almost never in the summer, in July or August. The students of these master prgorams follow the lectures from the second half of the year, because very often in the months before they took part in a preparatory course.