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Bachelor, Bachelor with Honours, Master, Doctorate, Professional
Doctorate The organisation of university courses in Australia is quite
different from in Germany, despite the fact that Germany is moving across to a
bachelor/master system!
For example there is a "bachelor with honours"
degree in Australia. This degree - and not a master degree, as in Germany - is
the prerequisite for doctoral studies, and in Australia it is usually more
highly regarded than a master degree.
Even master degrees in Australia
can be quite different than Germans expect. Some master degrees are so called
conversion degrees. For example the Master of Business Administration (MBA)
which is so highly regarded in Germany is a conversion degree, not only in
Australia but also in the USA and in Great Britain.
There are also master
degrees without a teaching component, which one can consider as a "second class
doctoral degree". (The Australian Doctor of Philosophy does not have a graduated
mark, and is comparable with a German first class doctoral degree.)
Before you apply for admission to an Australian course, it should be
quite clear to you what kind of a degree you are really applying for.
australien-studium.org can help you to clarify this.
As an
oversimplification one can say that there are the following kinds of degrees in
Australia:
Bachelor (3 years in many subjects, e.g. humanities and social sciences,
mathematics, computer science, business, natural sciences)
Bachelor with honours (1 year after a 3 year bachelor degree, for students
with good results)
Bachelor/bachelor with honours (4 years in engineering and some other
professional subjects)
Postgraduate certificate (normally 1 semester after the 3 year bachelor
degree)
Postgraduate diploma (normally 2 semesters after the 3 year bachelor degree)
Master (advanced study, in only a few areas, 2 to 4 semesters, normally
following a 3 or 4 year bachelor degree)
Master (conversion degree, three to four semesters, normally after a third
year bachelor degree)
Master (Research degree, without courses and lasting about 3 years)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD in almost all subject areas, always a full-time
course over at least three years)
Professional doctorate (in a few subjects, can possibly be studied part-time
in Germany)
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