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49-567: Carlborg was born on 29 March 1913 in Småland Artillery Regiment Parish ( Smålands artilleriregementes församling ), Jönköping , Sweden, the son of lieutenant colonel Nils Gustaf Carlborg och Elisabeth Hugoson. Carlborg passed studentexamen in Skövde in 1931. Carlborg graduated from Military Academy Karlberg in 1934 and was commissioned as an officer the same year and was assigned to Svea Artillery Regiment as

98-528: A matriculation register, making the practice the closest in format to that conducted by Oxford and Cambridge colleges of any university in North America. "F!rosh Week" at the University of Toronto's Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering also begins with a distinct Matriculation ceremony held at the university's Convocation Hall ; though, there is no matriculation register to be signed, and

147-655: A reasonable level. The proposal was heard and a trial course in parachute service was held under his leadership in 1951. This in turn led to the formation of the Swedish Army Paratroop School in 1952. Carlborg was promoted to major in Boden Artillery Regiment this year and was the school's first head from 1952 to 1953. He was transferred to Småland Artillery Regiment in 1954 and served in the Army Staff from 1955. In 1957 he

196-699: A second lieutenant, where he was promoted to underlöjtnant in 1936, and to lieutenant in 1938 and to captain in 1942. He attended the General Artillery Course at the Artillery and Engineering College from 1936 to 1938 and studied at the Royal Swedish Army Staff College from 1940 to 1942. He entered the General Staff Corps in 1944 and served for the next few years in staffs, among other things in

245-476: A specific high-school track, the pre-university education ( Voorbereidend Wetenschappelijk Onderwijs ). This track is concluded by the Central Exam (matriculation examination) regulated by Dutch law. After three years of the pre-university education program, high-school students select one of four directions (roughly corresponding to languages, humanities and economics, biology and medicine, and hard sciences),

294-461: A speech by the Principal, typically held at Molson Stadium , to the incoming class is still a ritualized annual tradition. In Ontario during the era with grade 13 , satisfactory completion of grade 12 was considered junior matriculation and satisfactory completion of grade 13 was senior matriculation. In Nova Scotia , at the present time, Junior matriculation is grade 11 and senior matriculation

343-577: A university. The education reforms of Hong Kong in the 2000s have replaced the fourth- and fifth-form education, which prepared students for the HKCEE, and the sixth-form education with a three-year senior secondary education, which leads to the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education Examination. The last sixth-form students graduated and took the A-level examinations in 2012; in the same year

392-631: A very young age, accompanied by a private tutor . Although these were not actually supposed to be allowed to graduate, this rule was not always strictly upheld. Attempts at a reform of the system led to the proposition in 1828 of the so-called Large Commission on Education, allowing students who had not completed a studentexamen to matriculate but disallowing them both from taking a degree or receiving any form of scholarship. The proposition also defined nine disciplines: Latin , Greek , Hebrew , Modern languages , Theology , Philosophy , Mathematics , History with Geography and Natural history , of which

441-500: Is the examination taken at the end of Secondary education to qualify for entry into University . In practice the test also constitutes the high school's final exams, although there is a separate diploma on graduating from high school, based not on the exam, but on the grades of individual courses. Since 1919, the test has been arranged by a national body, the Matriculation Examination Board. Before that,

490-669: Is completion of grade 12. At Charles University in Prague , the oldest and most prestigious university in the Czech Republic, matriculation is held at the Great Hall ( Magna Aula ). The ceremony is attended by students commencing their studies. It is intended as a demonstration of the adoption of student's duties and obtaining of student's rights. The ceremony itself involves students taking the Matriculation Oath of

539-505: Is generally the Abitur , which is the standard matriculation examination in Germany, for regular universities and Fachhochschulreife for Fachhochschulen (Universities of Applied Sciences). Both Abitur and Fachhochschulreife are school leaving certificates which students receive after passing their final examinations at some types of German secondary schools. In Hong Kong, the term

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588-566: Is the main examination which is also called "Iron gate" in Nepal. Although SLC and 10+2 are widely used, some educational institutions follow the British system with O' or Ordinary Level Examinations (now called GCSE) and A' or Advanced Level Examinations respectively. In the Netherlands high school is vertically segregated into several levels of education. Most students enter university after

637-535: Is used interchangeably with the completion of sixth-form . After sitting for the Certificate of Education examinations , eligible students receive two years of sixth-form education, upon completion, they sit for the A-level examinations . Most secondary schools offer the sixth-form programme, and there are also a few sixth-form colleges. Students obtaining good grades in the A-level examinations will be admitted to

686-810: The College of St John the Evangelist within the University of Sydney and new students at Campion College Australia sign the college register during a formal ceremony whilst wearing academic dress. In Bangladesh, the "Matriculation" is the Secondary School Examination (SSC) taken at year 10, and the Intermediate Exams is the Higher Secondary Examination (HSC) taken at year 12. Bangladesh, like

735-568: The New College of the Humanities , the term is used for the ceremony at which new students are entered into the register (in Latin matricula ) of the university, at which point they become members of the university. Oxford requires matriculants to wear academic dress with subfusc during the ceremony. At Cambridge and Durham, policy regarding the wearing of academic dress varies amongst

784-809: The Swedish Embassy in London and in The Hague from 1961 to 1964. Carlborg was head of Military Academy Karlberg from 1964 to 1969 and served as Defence District Commander of Stockholm Defence District and as Commandant of Stockholm from 1969 to 1973. After retiring from the military, Carlborg was national corps commander of the National Association of Volunteer Motor Transport Corps from 1973 to 1975 and as chairman of Stockholm Shooting Federation ( Stockholms skytteförbund ) until 1976. Carlborg married in 1941 to Ann-Mari Eklind (born 1920),

833-410: The University of Saint Mary (Kansas) , Virginia Military Institute , Wabash College , Walsh University , Washington and Jefferson College , and Willamette University . Many medical schools highlight matriculation with a white coat ceremony . This is a relatively recent phenomenon, originating at University of Chicago 's Pritzker School of Medicine in 1989. The first full-fledged ceremony

882-454: The secondary schools . It was thus changed from being primarily an entrance examination to academic studies to being a graduation diploma from the gymnasium or läroverk . In order to retain some academic control over the standard, a system was conceived where the Crown would appoint "censors" from the universities to take part in the examinations, and, if necessary, to fail a student passed by

931-620: The Army Inspectorate ( Arméinspektionen ) in the Army Staff where in 1948 he was given the task of writing regulations for combat against airborne forces . To gain personal insight into an attacker's possibilities and limitations, he underwent parachute training in the United States . The experience from this led him to propose that Swedish airborne ranger units be established, as the costs should be able to be reduced to

980-718: The Higher secondary school. Most students who pass class 12 are 17–18 years old. The CBSE and ICSE boards conduct twelfth standard courses nationally, while state boards operate at the state-level. Although the basic curriculum is prescribed by the CBSE & almost all the competitive exams for entering in various universities in India are based on CBSE syllabus, various scholarships are also provided to students appearing for matriculation exams like NTSE, NSO, NSTSC etc. In Malaysia, matriculation programmes are run by public universities and

1029-738: The Ministry of Education (MoE). Matriculation programmes offered by public universities offer fewer options for further study upon completion of the said program as they are limited to that particular university. The matriculation programme provided by the MoE is a one-year pre-U program sponsored by the Malaysian government. SPM ( Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia or the Malaysian Certificate of Education) holders can apply for MoE Matriculation during their SPM year [Form 5]. Students that are offered

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1078-599: The SSC (or TSC), students may proceed for 11th year of education at a higher secondary school. After successful completion of 11th (HSSC-1) and 12th (HSSC-2) years in college, they get the Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSSC) and become eligible to enter universities in Pakistan or in other countries. Pakistan still uses terms such as Matriculation Exams and Intermediate Exams taken from

1127-569: The United States, matriculation refers to mere enrollment or registration as a student at a university or college by a student intending to earn a degree, an event which involves no special ceremony. Some colleges that have a formal matriculation ceremony and name it as such, while others call this enrollment ceremony for new students a " convocation ". A few colleges, such as Trinity College in Connecticut, use both terms, referring to

1176-475: The administration of the test was the responsibility of the University of Helsinki (which until 1918 was the only university in Finland). The German term Immatrikulation describes the administrative process of enrolling at university as a student. This can happen for winter semester and, depending on the degree program, also for summer semester. It does not involve a ceremony. A prerequisite for matriculation

1225-591: The administrative process of becoming a member of the university. At Oxford and Cambridge, matriculation was formerly associated with entrance examinations taken before or shortly after matriculation, known as Responsions at Oxford and the Previous Examination at Cambridge, both abolished in 1960. University-wide entrance examinations were subsequently re-introduced at both universities, but abolished in 1995. More limited subject-based tests have since been introduced. At most universities and colleges in

1274-564: The colleges. Separate matriculation ceremonies are held by some of the colleges in Durham. Also at Durham, not all students are entered into the register, but one person from each college is selected to sign their own name for the whole college. At the University of St Andrews as well as the other ancient universities of Scotland , matriculation involves signing the Sponsio Academica , a pledge to abide by university rules and to support

1323-426: The completion of secondary school, known as gymnasieexamen , based on grades from cumulative courses. Matriculation Matriculation is the formal process of entering a university , or of becoming eligible to enter by fulfilling certain academic requirements such as a matriculation examination . In Australia, the term matriculation is seldom used now. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, all states replaced

1372-550: The daughter of the engineer Ragnar Eklind and Ruth Berglund. They had three children: Hans (born 1943), Jan (born 1945) and Björn (born 1947). After his retirement, Carlborg moved to Alicante , Spain. Carlborg died on 21 September 2005 in Oscar Parish in Stockholm . Studentexamen Studentexamen (Swedish for "students' examination" or "students' degree"), earlier also mogenhetsexamen ("maturity examination")

1421-478: The days of British rule although in England these terms have been replaced by 'O' or Ordinary Level Examinations (now called GCSEs ) and 'A' or Advanced Level Examinations. English is the standard language for matriculation for science subjects, while regional languages are also an option. Most students who pass matriculation, or class 10, are 15–16 years old. Upon successfully passing, a student may continue onto

1470-408: The days of British rule , although in England itself these terms were replaced with 'O' or Ordinary Level Examinations (now called GCSEs ) and 'A' or Advanced Level Examination. In South Africa , matriculation (or matric ) is the final year of high school and the qualification received on graduating from high school, and the minimum university entrance requirements. The first formal examination

1519-580: The dean to examine students arriving at university before allowing matriculation . According to the school reglement of 1693, a prospective student was to have gone through both a final examination at school and an entrance examination at university. The school reglement of 1724 allowed students without a final examination from school to enroll at university, provided a person known at the university would guarantee their behaviour, which led to it becoming common for students (called sponsionsstudenter or kautionsstudenter ) from wealthy families to be matriculated at

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1568-514: The event is held by the student-run University of Toronto Engineering Society (through their Orientation Committee) rather than officially by the faculty. It is also where first-year engineering students take the "Hardhat Oath," a modified version of the Rifleman's Creed . At McGill University in Montreal , matriculation ceremonies have been substantially stripped down since the 1990s, although

1617-547: The first students studying the new senior secondary curriculum graduated and took the first HKDSE examinations. In India, matriculation is a term commonly used to refer to the final results of the 10th class, which ends at tenth Board (tenth grade), and the qualification consequently received by passing the national board exams or the state board exams , commonly called "matriculation exams". India still uses terms such as Matriculation Exams and Intermediate Exams for Class 10th and Class 12th Board Exams respectively, taken from

1666-951: The gathering as a convocation and the formal signing in as a student as the matriculation. At some institutions, these ceremonies are relatively new. Scripps College's matriculation began only in 1990. Others, like at Trinity College are nearly two centuries old, first occurring in 1826. Colleges that specifically have a "matriculation" ceremony and specifically use this name include: Adrian College , Albion College , Assumption College , Belmont University , Boston College , Boston University , The Citadel , Culver-Stockton College , Dartmouth College , Duquesne University , Jacksonville University , Kenyon College , Lawrence University , Lyon College , Marietta College , McKendree University , Mount Union College , Moravian College , Muhlenberg College , Randolph-Macon College , Rice University , Saint Lawrence University , Scripps College , Trinity College , Tufts University ,

1715-498: The institution. In 2015, Bishop Grosseteste University Lincoln introduced a Matriculation event for all new students. Matriculation was a factor in the creation of UK Examing boards such as the Joint Matriculation Board . At most British universities there is no formal ceremony. The term matriculation is not used by many, with the terms enrolment and registration being more commonly employed to describe

1764-484: The last three years of the pre-university education program is meant to prepare for university education within that direction. In Pakistan , matriculation (usually referred to as matric ) is the term that refers to the final examinations that take place at the end of 9th and 10th grades. These examinations are usually taken up by students aged 14 to 16 years. It results in the issuance of Secondary School Certificate (SSC) or Technical School Certificate (TSC). After

1813-1093: The matriculation examination with either a certificate, such as the Higher School Certificate (HSC) in Victoria and New South Wales , or a university entrance exam such as the Tertiary Entrance Exam in Western Australia . These have all been renamed (except in New South Wales) as a state-based certificate, such as the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) or the Western Australian Certificate of Education (WACE). Some Catholic university colleges in Australia have reintroduced matriculation ceremonies. New students at

1862-701: The matriculation programme will be posted to several Matriculation Colleges within Malaysia. After MoE Matriculation, they can further their studies in local universities within Malaysia. Several universities in United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand recognize the MoE Matriculation as a pre-U qualification. Apart from the matriculation programmes, there is the STPM programme ([Sijil Tinggi Pelajaran Malaysia] or Malaysian Higher School Certificate),

1911-457: The prospective student had to have a grade of approbatur (Latin; in Swedish godkänd ) in six and admittitur (a lower grade, in Swedish called försvarlig ) in the three other to be allowed to enter university. These examinations were all oral, but a few years later, written examinations were introduced in Swedish and Latin. In 1864, the studentexamen was moved from the universities to

1960-423: The rector listing the different faculties, after which the different student, shouts when their respective faculty is mentioned. The rector then delivers a speech, after which the rector and the deans leave the ceremony again in procession, after which a party is held on university grounds, to mark the admission of the new students. In Finland , Matriculation (Finnish: Ylioppilastutkinto , Swedish: Studentexamen )

2009-561: The rest of Indian sub-continent, still uses terms such as Matriculation Exams and Intermediate Exams taken from the days of the British Raj although in England itself these terms were replaced by 'O' or Ordinary Level Examinations (now called GCSEs) and 'A' or Advanced Level Examinations respectively. In Brazilian Portuguese, the word matricular refers to the act of enrolling in an educational course, whether it be elementary, high school, college or post-graduate education. In Canada,

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2058-753: The standardised national examinations taken by Form 6 students. STPM is different from the matriculation programme in terms of its duration (2 years vs. 1 year), syllabus (breadth and depth), marking method (standardised assessment nationwide vs. assessment by matriculation college itself) and passing rate. In Nepal, it refers to the School Leaving Certificate (SLC) before now it is known as Secondary education examination (SEE) (As per new education act 2016) taken at year 10, before Intermediate Exams (Higher Secondary or 10+2) taken in subsequent two years prior to university entry. School leaving certificate (SLC) or Secondary education examination (SEE)

2107-406: The teachers. The name of the examination was changed to mogenhetsprövning or mogenhetsexamen ("maturity examination"), and was known under this name until 1905, when the name studentexamen was restored. With the new secondary school system (the gymnasieskola or "gymnasium school") introduced in 1968, the final examination or studentexamen was abolished, but the word is in colloquial use for

2156-473: The term is used by some older universities to refer to orientation (" frosh ") events, however some universities, including University of King's College , still hold formal Matriculation ceremonies. The ceremony at King's is quite similar to the matriculation ceremonies held in universities such as Oxford or Cambridge. Trinity College at the University of Toronto also holds formal matriculation ceremonies, during which time incoming students are required to sign

2205-520: The university and symbolically touching the faculty mace and shaking the dean's hand. Other Czech universities hold ceremonies similar to the one just described. In Denmark, the University of Copenhagen holds a matriculation ceremony each year. The ceremony is held in the Hall of Ceremony in the main building of the university. The ceremony begins with a procession with the rector and the deans in academic dress and other regalia. The ceremony continues with

2254-750: Was at the Columbia University's Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1993. Universities and colleges in the United States commonly have a category of students known as special students , non-matriculated students or non-matriculating students . Generally these are students who are not merely auditing a class, but receive credit which is potentially transferable, pay full tuition, and often receive benefits that other students receive such as access to facilities and health care. These students typically are enrolled as matriculated students at other institutions and are visiting scholars of some type. However, sometimes students attend classes for

2303-831: Was conducted in South Africa under the University of the Cape of Good Hope in 1858. South African universities do not set their own entrance examinations, although many use standardized entrance tests of linguistic, numerical and mathematical ability, called the National Benchmark Tests, split into the AQL Test (Academic and Quantitative Literacy) and the Mathematics Test. In the British universities of Oxford , Cambridge , Royal Agricultural University , St Andrews , Edinburgh , Durham , and

2352-560: Was promoted to lieutenant colonel at Småland Artillery Regiment and during the same year he served as acting regimental commander of the regiment, after which he served in the regiment until 1960. In 1960 he was promoted to colonel in Småland Artillery Regiment, whereupon he served as Defence District Commander of Kalmar Defence District ( Kalmar försvarsområde , Fo 18) and of Växjö Defence District ( Växjö försvarsområde , Fo 16) from 1960 to 1961 and as army attaché at

2401-451: Was the name of the university entrance examination in Sweden from the 17th century to 1968. From 1862 to 1968, it was taken as a final written and oral exam on graduation from gymnasium (secondary school). In Finland the examination (Finnish: Ylioppilastutkinto ) still exists (Finland parted from Sweden 1809). The exam traces its origin to the academic statutes from 1655 requiring

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