Definition
a degree: a qualification, diploma given to a student who has completed a course of study at university
a first class degree, a "first" (UK): the top classification for a course of university study
a 2:1 (UK): the second-best classification for a course of university study
a 2:2 (UK): the third-best classification for a course of university study
- "Well we don't use that system in Britain, but I can tell you that I graduated top of my class in Oxford, with a first class degree."
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