Master of Philosophy
Indian universities offer M.Phil degrees mostly in the streams of arts, science and humanities. The duration is typically two years long. Several universities offer enrolment in their integrated M.Phil-Ph.D program and M.Phil degree holders are usually exempted from doctoral coursework requirement.
Bachelor's degree
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.