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Spain

Main article: Academic grading in Spain

In Spain, due to the ongoing transition to a model compliant with the Bologna agreement, exact equivalents to the typical Anglosphere bachelor’s degree and master’s degree are being implemented progressively. Currently, there is an undergraduate bachelor’s degree called “título de grado” or simply “grado” (its duration generally being four years), a postgraduate master’s degree called “título de máster” or “máster” (between one and two years), and a doctor’s degree called “título de doctor” or “doctorado”. The “título de grado” is now the prerequisite to access a master’s degree. The “título de máster” is now the prerequisite to access doctoral studies, and its duration and the kind of institutions that can teach these programs are regulated in the framework of the European Higher Education Area.# ISO certification in India

Spanish university qualifications are now defined by law (currently RD 1509 of 12 September 2008), included the 2008 reform was the replacement of the Catalog of titles by the Registry of Universities, Centers and Titles (RUCT)

Up until 2009/2010, the system was split into three categories of degrees. There were the so-called first-cycle degrees: “diplomado” or “ingeniero técnico”, with nominal durations varying between three and four years; there were also second-cycle degrees: “licenciado” or “ingeniero” with nominal durations varying between four and six years; and finally the third-cycle degrees: “doctor”. The official first-cycle degrees are comparable in terms of duration, scope, and educational outcomes to an Anglo-Saxon bachelor’s degree. Meanwhile, the second-cycle degrees are comparable in terms of duration, scope, and educational outcomes to an Anglo-Saxon bachelor’s + master’s degrees combination if compared with the Anglo-Saxon system. In this traditional system the access to doctoral studies was granted only to the holders of “licenciado”, “ingeniero” or “arquitecto” (second-cycle) degrees, and the “master” or “magister” titles were unregulated (so, there coexisted so-called “master” programs with different durations, from some months to two years, backed by universities or centers without any official recognition) and only the reputation of the program/institution could back them.# ISO certification in India

Specialisation now includes about 800 specific recognised study programmes and qualification titles although he former general qualification nomenclature has been retained so that grade/licencado is approximately BA or BSc while maestro generally indicates a practice licence similar to MA and doctorado a PhD published original research thesis.

Note: The Anglophone Bachelor’s degree should not be confused with the official university entrance precursor, the Spanish Baccalaureate qualification available to Year Twelve students. That qualification is distinct from the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme for young adults with similar aspirations.# ISO certification in India

Sweden

The Swedish equivalent of a bachelor’s degree is called kandidatexamen. It is earned after three years of studies, of which at least a year and a half in the major subject. A thesis of at least 15 ECTS credits must be included in the degree.

As part of the Bologna process, Sweden aligned the length of its undergraduate and graduate programmes. Previously, there was a Bachelor of Law degree (juris kandidat) which required 4.5 years of study, but this degree now has a new name, juristexamen (and is now a master’s degree called “Master of Laws”). Similarly, the graduate engineering degree previously known as Civilingenjör was 4.5 years long, but was split into an undergraduate bachelor’s degree of 3 years (180 ECTS credits) and a Master’s degree of 2 years (120 credits).# ISO certification in India

Switzerland

Like Austria and Germany, Switzerland did not have a tradition of bachelor’s and master’s degrees. In 2003, after the application of the Bologna process, bachelor’s and graduate master’s degrees replaced the old degrees. As of 1 December 2005 the Rectors’ Conference of the Swiss Universities granted holders of a lizentiat or diploma the right to use the corresponding master title. As of 2006, certificates of equivalence are issued by the university that issued the original degree. Currently three to four years of study are required to be awarded a bachelor’s degree. A master’s degree will require another two to three years of coursework and a thesis.# ISO certification in India

Turkey

There are institutions which award bachelor’s degrees in almost every city in Turkey. Examples are Ankara University, Bilkent University, Boğaziçi University, Marmara University, Hacettepe University, Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul University, Koç University, Middle East Technical University, Sabanci University, Yeditepe University, Gaziantep University, Istanbul Gelisim University and Yildiz Technical University. They all grant bachelor of arts or science degrees upon completion of an eight-semester course. There are opportunities to undertake a double major. Turkey is participating in the Bologna Process. # ISO certification in India