Editing Master of Science (section)

==South America==
In [[Argentina]], [[Brazil]], [[Colombia]], [[Ecuador]], [[Mexico]], [[Panama]], [[Peru]], [[Uruguay]] and [[Venezuela]], the Master of Science or Magister is a postgraduate degree lasting two to four years.<ref>{{cite web |title=CONEAU: Graduate Courses |url=http://www.coneau.gov.ar/CONEAU/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=92%3Anormas-especificas-para-la-evaluacion-de-carreras-nuevas&Itemid=58 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221221410/http://www.coneau.gov.ar/CONEAU/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=92%3Anormas-especificas-para-la-evaluacion-de-carreras-nuevas&Itemid=58 |archive-date=2014-02-21 |access-date=2014-02-10 |publisher=Ministerio de Education Republica Argentina}}</ref> The admission to a master's program (Spanish: ''[[Licenciatura]]''; Portuguese: ''Mestrado'') requires the full completion of a four to five year long [[undergraduate degree]], [[bachelor's degree]], [[engineer's degree]] or a [[Licentiate (degree)|licentiate]] of the same length. Defense of a research thesis is required. All master's degrees qualify for a doctorate program. Depending on the country, one ECTS credit point can equal on average between 22 and 30 actual study hours. In most of these cases, the number of required attendance hours to the university classes will be at least half of that (one ECTS will mean around 11 to 15 mandatory hours of on-site classes).<ref>{{cite web |date=2018-11-21 |title=VlSTO la Resolucion (CD) No 2512118 de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales por la que solicita la aprobacion del plan de estudios de la carrera de Licenciatura en Ciencias Biologicas |url=https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/79541a_f284512137d04aeab48bcc2db3370c93.pdf |access-date=2022-02-21 |website=Docs.wixstatic.com}}</ref>