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Germany

Historically, the bachelor’s degree, called “Bakkalaureus“, existed in Germany since the late Middle Ages. But it was abolished by the educational reforms undertaken in 1820. The Abitur degree – the final degree received in school after a specialized ‘college phase’ of two years – replaced it, and universities only awarded graduate degrees.

The magister degree, a graduate degree, was awarded after five years of study. In 1899, a second graduate degree, the diplom, was introduced when the Technische Hochschulen (TH) received university status. With the introduction of the universities of applied sciences, a shortened version of the latter, referred to as Diplom (FH) and designed to take three to four years, was phased in between 1969 and 1972.

However, in 1998, in order to comply with the European Bologna process, a new educational law reintroduced the bachelor’s degree (first degree after three years of study) in Germany. Today, these degrees can be called either “Bakkalaureus” or “bachelor” (in accordance with federal law), but the English term is more common. According to the Bologna model, the bachelor is followed by the post-graduate master’s degree of another two years. The traditional degrees of diplom and magister were mostly abolished in 2010, although the diplom still persists in a few subjects and universities and has been reintroduced as alternative degree in some places. # ISO certification in India

The traditional degrees have been re-mapped to the new European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) point system to make them comparable to the new bachelor’s degree. Traditional and Bologna process degrees are ranked as follows in Germany:

• Bachelor: 180, 210, or 240 ECTS points required;
• Diplom FH: 240 ECTS;
• Diplom Uni or TH: 300 ECTS;
• Master: 300 ECTS (including bachelor).

Greece

The Greek bachelor’s degree is called πτυχίο (transliterated to “ptychio”; Greek: πτυχίο; ptychio in dhimotiki from 1976–present; or defunct πτυχίον; ptychion in polytonic, katharevousa up until 1976). It is earned after four to six years of undergraduate studies, depending on the field, and is a first cycle qualification in the Bologna Process with 240 or more ECTS credits.is placed at level 6 of the national qualifications framework of Greece which is officially named Hellenic Qualification Framework (HQF),which is referenced to level 6 of the European Qualifications Framework. It is classified as a level 6 qualification in the ISCED. The bachelor’s degree is provided by all Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), including universities, specialist HEIs, formerly technological educational institutes (TEIs) (1983-2019).

In 1995, it changed TEI six-semester-mode of undergraduate degree programme of studies legally equivalent to an ordinary bachelor’s degree (Ord) (3+¹⁄₂-year; 210 ECTS, 1983–1995) into nine-semester-mode (4-year; 240 ECTS, 1995–2019).Technical universities and some universities offer a 5-year (300 ECTS) undergraduate programme leading to a Δίπλωμα (Greek) Diploma (integrated-master-level-granting, Master’s degree equivalent) at Level 7 of the HQF. # ISO certification in India

Hungary

In the classic, pre-Bologna educational system, Hungarian academic programs were not divided into bachelor’s and master’s degrees. However, while an average university (Hungarian: egyetem) degree lasted 5 years, there were undergraduate college (Hungarian: főiskola) degrees obtainable, in either 3 or 4 years of length. These diplomas are today considered to be equivalents of a BA/BSc (undergraduate college) or an MA/MSc (university) degree. # ISO certification in India

The Bologna System was introduced in 2005,and with the last classes graduating in 2009, it is the sole form of higher education in the country. Bachelor’s degrees (Hungarian: alapképzés, “basic degree”) usually last 3 years, but there are degrees in certain areas of education – most notably engineering, economics, and some natural sciences – where an additional semester is required, lengthening the program to 3,5 years. While regular master’s degrees (Hungarian: mesterképzés, “master degree”) are only obtainable with a pre-existing bachelor’s degree, the Hungarian system makes notable exceptions with law degrees, teacher’s degrees, medical degrees, and some unique fields of study (i.e. forestry engineering at the University of Sopron): these degrees are called non-divisional degrees (Hungarian: osztatlan képzés), and while technically being MA/MSc degrees, they have the same entering criteria as BA/BSc degrees, and have a span of 5 or 6 years. # ISO certification in India