"MAGISTER" OR "MASTERS DEGREE" - ARE THEY THE SAME?

The old matura or the new?


You could say the same about any graduates anywhere in the world. Some universities are good and some are bad - so?

Old. I have no idea whether the same crap can be pulled with the new one.


Not to such a wide extent as here.

Actually with old matura it was a bit different, despite passing the matura exam you still had to do your university entrence exams which usually were much harder (depending on the uni).

And although the old matura was more "fraud" prone it was much harder than the matura now. And now the new matura gives you the right to get into any uni if your score is high enough...

I wish you would take your rose-tinted glasses off.
The Poles learnt all their dirty tricks in the area of private education from the so-called West. There are tons of colleges and universities all over Europe and the US which specialise in "teaching" "students" AKA manufacturing graduates on a purely "you pay, you pass" basis.

My son has just taken his matura exams and I was surprised to find out that they are not as crappy and easy as they are made out to be by some. I think my own matura exams were a lot easier and less stressfull overall.

I think the basic level is a bit of a joke - I've seen the requirements to get a pass at the basic level and it's completely shocking as to how easy it is.

But to get three advanced passes at 80%+ ? That's completely different - and easily on par with the UK.

Delph, do you have a Masters? Just curious!

Hey,

Just out of curiosity if I have a 2:1 BA from the University of London - where does that put against a Polish Magister? Field of study was Geography.

wyddo

A BA degree in Poland is known as a Licencjat. In Poland they don't really have BSc degree they have parellel diploma/honours for Engineering in Technical Universities, but a licencjat is used for all courses whether scientific or humanistic -- and the MA which is a Magister is an extension of studies previously undertaken in Poland that can take the studing upto 5 years in total ... so i am told by polish friends :)

No. Some bullsh1t. My brother is on PhD course and he had to propose his thesis when applying

No. The UK has licentiate degrees as well.
In terms of hours of study and academic attainment a Polish Magister degree is rather like a BA from a traditional British university.

As far as I know most Unis in Poland follow the ECTS system and a 5 years day course usually has ~2000 hours. According to wikipedia 1800 is a standard for British Unis as a requirement for the Master. I had between 1900 and 2000 as part of my Magister. I suppose the weekend courses have less. Maybe that's what you are thinking of.

I want to say it my way. The Magister Degree is because of the Magistration Freedoms that the Kingdom of Poland libertizes. A Masters Degree is a French thing, so anywhere other than France where they ain't got a Magister Degree to get, they're a *****.

"Magister" is simply the European equivalent of a US-Master's Degree.
In certain countries, the word is used as the corresponding term of art when referring to a like diploma.

Be apprised that an American Master's is NOT parallel with a European Magister any more than a European PhD is the same as one from an Ivy League university, not by a long shot!

Quite a few countries use that term to describe masters degrees. Nothing to do with the old Kingdom of anywhere.

Is 'libertises'' even a word?

That's unvirtuous adjutant behavior, of you. Thats good, though, since you don't know how to duel... probably a smuck dictator til I've gotten to you. Rejoice Bure-******.