Types of higher education institutions include universities/ universities of applied sciences/ colleges.
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They offer Bachelor and Master or one-tier programmes, as well as doctoral programmes either offered as full-time or part-time (evening or correspondence) courses or as distance education.
Bachelor programmes are mainly for 3-4 years; this can be followed by a master programme for 1-2 years. Doctoral courses last for 2+2 years.
There are some fields, where studies do not follow the cyclic system, these are the so-called ‘one-tier’ programmes leading to a master’s degree. These include medical training (6 years), architect training (5 years), legal training (5 years), teacher training (5years) and some agrarian and art courses.
