 These take a year to complete, after which some students apply to university or stay on for S6, where other Highers are gained, or Advanced Highers are studied.Due to the nature of schooling in Scotland, undergraduate honours degree programmes are four years long as matriculation is normally at the completion of Highers in S5 (age 16–17), which compares with three years for the rest of the UK.As well as instruction through the English language, there's also Gaelic medium education at some schools.