Engineer's degree

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Jump to: navigation, search This article is about a specific type of postgraduate degree. For the education of engineers in general, see Engineering education. An engineer's degree is an advanced academic degree in engineering that is conferred in Europe, some countries of Latin America, and a few institutions in the United States. In Europe, the engineer degree is ranked at the same academic level as a master's degree, and is often known literally as an "engineer diploma" (abbreviated Dipl.-Ing. or DI). In some countries of Latin America and the United States, the engineer's degree can be studied after the completion of a master's degree and is usually considered higher than the master's degree but below the doctorate in engineering (abbreviated Dr. Ing.) in Europe. In other countries of Latin America, there is no proper engineer's degree, but the title of Ingeniero(engineer, abbreviated Ing.) is used for bachelor's graduates in the context of an undergraduate degree At most countries of continental Europe, universities specializing in technical fields have traditionally awarded their students an engineer's degree lasting 5 years. This degree was typically the first university-awarded degree after finishing secondary education, and completing it granted qualifications to further pursue a doctorate. Following German custom in higher education, the engineer's degree is called Diplom. In addition to Germany itself, this system was common in states like Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Finland, Greece, Hungary, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, R. Macedonia and Ukraine.
Romania

Romania followed the German system until 2009. The engineering degree was called Diploma de inginer, and the graduate was called a Inginer diplomat. This 5 years of studies was equivalent to a Master/Bachelor's degree (BSc/B.Eng/M.Sc/M.Eng). The five year course concludes with a comprehensive set of specialising exams (examen de diploma). Marks 9 or 10 are considered exceptional. The master degree, called Inginer Master was obtained after following a one year post-graduate program. Some universities had called Diploma de Subinginer which is was 3 year course equivalent with a college degree. Following the Bologna process the graduates obtain the Inginer licentiat degree, after following a 4 years program. In this case the Inginer Master degree is obtained after an additional 2 years graduate program.