Editing Engineer's degree (section)

=== Netherlands ===
In the [[Netherlands]], somebody holding an engineer's degree is an ''ingenieur''. There are two types of engineers with different abbreviations:
* ''ir.'' is obtained by university graduates (''Wetenschappelijk onderwijs'' or WO). It is at academic level and the highest engineer qualification. - five years study (3 B.Sc. + 2 M.Sc.), or 6 years for engineers that graduated prior to the Bologna agreement.
* ''ing.'' is obtained by graduates from polytechnics (''hoger beroeps onderwijs'' or HBO). - four years study (4 B.Eng. or B.ASc.)

Names are traditionally prefixed with the ''ir.'' or ''ing.'' titles. Use of these titles is regulated and protected by Dutch law.<ref>[http://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0001854/DerdeBoek/TitelII/Artikel435/geldigheidsdatum_07-05-2013 "Artikel 435 lid 3 Wetboek van strafrecht"] (in Dutch)</ref> Under the Bologna agreement, the titles are increasingly interchanged with the English-language degrees (B.Sc. for ing., M.Sc. for ir.).

Completion of Dutch engineering qualifications has historically demanded much effort and talent. On average the four-year course takes 4.5 years to finish.<!--PAGE NOT FOUND ANYMORE <ref>[http://www.studenten.net/studieleven/nieuws/17783/uitwonende_studenten_doen_langer_over_studie "Opleidingen met een zogenoemd 'zwaar wiskundig profiel' als Bouwkunde, Econometrie en Elektrotechniek zorgen voor de meeste vertraging bij wo-studenten"] (in Dutch)</ref> --> <ref>[http://www.cbs.nl/nl-NL/menu/themas/onderwijs/publicaties/artikelen/archief/2010/2010-3078-wm.htm "Vooral bij techniek, industrie en bouwkunde is de wo-studieduur veel langer"] (in Dutch)</ref>