Editing Master of Engineering (section)

===Germany===
In [[Germany]], the local engineer's degrees (Diplomingenieur (Dipl.-Ing.), a first degree after five years of study at a university and Dipl.-Ing. (FH), the engineering degree offered by Fachhochschulen after four years of study) were abolished in most universities and "Fachhochschulen" in 2010 and were replaced by postgraduate master's degrees (M.Sc. and M.Eng.).

The first Master of Engineering courses were introduced in Germany in 2000 as result of the [[Bologna process]]. This type of master's degree is usually offered by ''[[Fachhochschulen]]'' ([[Universities of Applied Sciences]]) and a few smaller German universities<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.zfuw.uni-kl.de/en/distance-learning-courses/science-engineering/software-engineering-for-embedded-systems/#zielsetzung |title=Software Engineering for Embedded Systems |publisher=www.zfuw.uni-kl.de |language=en|access-date=2017-01-20}}</ref> and is typically a two-year program (fachhochschulen and universities) with application-oriented coursework and an applied or research thesis.

The entry requirement is the successful completion of a bachelor's degree or an equivalent from before the Bologna process, with good marks.

The nine leading German [[technical universities]] (Group of [[TU9]]), like most European universities of technology, prefer awarding the Master of Science degree for completing engineering science studies in a master's program.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.tu9.de/graduate/master.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111112233918/http://www.tu9.de/graduate/master.php |archive-date=12 November 2011 |title=TU9.de - englischsprachige Masterkurse - German Institutes of Technology}}</ref>