International Master John L. Watson has dubbed the line 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4 the " Nimzo-English ", employing this designation in Chapter 11 of his recent book Mastering the Chess Openings, Volume 3.

* Honorary Master of Arts, Business Communication from Jones International University

FIDE calculates the Elo ratings of players and uses these as the basis on which it awards titles for achievement in competitive play: FIDE Master, International Master, International Grandmaster, and women's versions of those titles.

In chess literature it is usually abbreviated to GM ( similarly, FM stands for FIDE Master and IM for International Master ).

It is awarded to women who attain a level of skill between that of a FIDE Master and an International Master.

A player must meet or surpass the relevant score to demonstrate that they had performed at Grandmaster ( GM ) or International Master ( IM ) level.

She holds the title of International Master ( IM ), and has one of three tournament results ( norms ) necessary to qualify for the International Grandmaster ( GM ) title.

Polgár and her two older sisters, Grandmaster Susan and International Master Sofia, were part of an educational experiment carried out by their father László Polgár, in an attempt to prove that children could make exceptional achievements if trained in a specialist subject from a very early age.

Susan Polgár, when she was a 15-year-old International Master, said in 1985 that it was due to this conflict that she had not been awarded the Grandmaster title despite having made the norm eleven times.

One evening Susan was studying an endgame with their trainer, a strong International Master.

She first defeated an International Master, Dolfi Drimer, at age 10, and a Grandmaster, Vladimir Kovacevic, at age 11.

In 1988, she made her first International Norm in the International B section of the New York Open and by November 1988 she was awarded the International Master title, at the time the youngest ever to have achieved the distinction.

* Master of Management programmes in International Management, Project Commercial Management and Project Leadership

In 2004, he received the Master of Cinema Award of the International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg.

Wallace was honored with the PEN / Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award as a Master American Dramatist in 2005.

* January 11 – Nigel Short, 14, becomes the youngest chess player to be awarded the degree of International Master.

On April 17, 2010, he was awarded the Master of Cinema Award at the 12th Annual RiverRun International Film Festival.

* Business qualifications: Master of Business Administration ( MBA ), Master of Management ( MM ), Master of Commerce ( M. Comm ), Master of Science in Management ( MSM ), Doctor of Business Administration ( DBA )

These include a Master of Business Administration, a Masters of Science in Organizational Leadership, Masters of Education in Reading or Special Education, and Masters of Arts in Counseling or Higher Education.

Lynch earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of New Hampshire in 1974, a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School, and a Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center.

The Institute offers graduate programs leading to academic degrees such as the Master of Science ( SM ), various Engineer's Degrees, Doctor of Philosophy ( PhD ), and Doctor of Science ( ScD ); professional degrees such as Master of Architecture ( MArch ), Master of Business Administration ( MBA ), Master of City Planning ( MCP ), Master of Engineering ( MEng ), and Master of Finance ( MFin ); and interdisciplinary graduate programs such as the MD / PhD ( with Harvard Medical School ).

The Harvard Business School offered the first Master of Business Administration degree ( MBA ) in 1921.

* Master in Business and Management ( with sub-specialties in Management and Marketing & Media Management, Economics, Finance )

Some electrical engineers choose to pursue a postgraduate degree such as a Master of Engineering / Master of Science ( M. Eng ./ M. Sc.

The two research based postgraduate degrees are a Master of Science ( MSc ) and Doctor of Philosophy ( PhD ).

The subject is usually taught at a postgraduate level ; see Master of Financial Economics.

Prerequisite to apply for this specialized curriculum is to already hold a Master or an equivalent postgraduate degree in a different scientific field.

The St. Mary's University School of Law features full-and part-time postgraduate studies toward the attainment of the degree of juris doctor and the Master of Laws.

In 1990 as part of his postgraduate thesis for his Master of Arts in Political Science Duffy interviewed senior politicians, one of whom was the then Tánaiste, Brian Lenihan.

* M. S., or Master of Science, a postgraduate university master's degree

Rhodes Scholars may study any full-time postgraduate course offered by the University, whether a taught Master ’ s programme, a research degree, or a second undergraduate degree ( senior status ).

The postgraduate Master of Arts in Creative Writing, founded by Sir Malcolm Bradbury and Sir Angus Wilson in 1970, is regarded as the most respected in the United Kingdom, and admission to the programme is competitive.

In Oxford, the degree of Bachelor of Civil Law ( BCL ) is a taught postgraduate degree in English law, occupying a similar position as the Master of Laws ( LLM ) programmes of other British universities, but specifically for common law degree holders.

For the degree at other universities, please see Master of Arts ( postgraduate )

A Master of Science (; abbreviated M. Sc., MSc, M. Sci., M. Si., Sc. M., M. S., MSHS, MS, Mag., Mg., Mgr, S. M., or SM ) is a postgraduate academic master's degree awarded by universities in many countries.

In Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay, the Master of Science or Magister is a postgraduate degree of two to four years of duration.

In Bangladesh, all universities, including Dhaka University and Rajshahi University, have Master of Science courses as postgraduate degrees.

It is the world's only wholly postgraduate university of art and design, offering the degrees of Master of Arts ( M. A.

AUT offers a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate ( both PhD and Master ) degrees, as well as sub-degree qualifications such as diplomas and certificates.

Institutes of higher learning that specialize in music or have a music department include Universidad de las Artes, whose music department is the former Instituto Universitario de Estudios Musicales ; Universidad Central de Venezuela, which gives diplomas in music performance and postgraduate degrees in musicology, including doctorates ; Universidad Simón Bolívar, whose music department awards Master of Music degrees in several areas including composition, conducting, and music education ; and Universidad de los Andes.

* Master of Science, or Scientiæ magister, an academic postgraduate degree

He went on to take a Bachelor of Arts ( BA ) in Philosophy, Politics and Economics at The Queen's College, Oxford and a Master of Business Administration ( MBA ) at Warwick Business School, University of Warwick ( 1989 – 1990 ) on police scholarships ; and also studied for a postgraduate Diploma in Policing and Applied Criminology at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge.

It houses parts of the postgraduate program, the Faculty of Law ( Master of Law Science and Law Science Doctoral Program ), Faculty of Economics ( Extension and Master of Management programs ) and the Faculty of Engineering ( laboratories ).

After graduation she continued her studies at the University of Manchester, carrying out postgraduate research into the care of people with schizophrenia, for which she was awarded a Master of Science degree in 1978.

There is also a similar advanced professional degree to the postgraduate MD: the Master of Surgery ( usually ChM or MS, but MCh in Scotland, Ireland, Wales and at Oxford and MChir at Cambridge ).