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Table 28: Does institutional management think it is desirable for Bachelor graduates to enterinto the labour market? By sector, number and percentage given.Yes, generally desirable 15(27%)No, generally not desirable; graduates should normally continuedirectly into a Master programmeFH Uni TU2(4%)Neutral 24(43%)Large differences between subject areas 12(21%)10(18%)7(13%)9(16%)28(50%)1(6%)4(25%)4(25%)7(44%)Note: 5% of respondents in the FH sector and 4% of respondents in the university sector did not answer the question.Source: CHEPS/CHE Survey data.4.3.11 Consecutive vs. independent degreesOur survey asked respondents to indicate whether Bachelor and Master courses are beingdesigned as consecutive (conceived of as two parts of a whole) or independent degrees. Accordingto our respondents, the consecutive model is more popular in the university and TUsectors, while the independent model is more popular in the FH sector.Table 29: Respondents indicating independent and consecutive model of Bachelor and Masterdegrees, number and percentageIndependent consecutive Differences between subjectareasFH 22 (39%) 17 (30%) 14 (25%)Uni 13 (24%) 25 (46%) 16 (29%)TU 3 (19%) 7 (44%) 6 (38%)Total 38 (30%) 49 (38%) 36 (28%)Note: 2 or 5% of FHs, and 1 or 2% of universities did not answer this question, thus totals do not add up to 100%. Totalnumber of institutions here 128 (three main sectors). Source: CHEPS/CHE Survey data.This data can be compared to Jahn (2002) which sorts the total of 1093 officially recognisedB/M into independent Bachelor programmes, independent Master programmes and consecutiveprogrammes.42
Table 30: B/M that received official recognition (September 2001)Type of institution1093 programmesdegreesBachelor onlyBachelor and Master(two cycles)University 64% 36% 28% 36%Fachhochschule 36% 31% 20% 49%Total 100% 34% 25% 41%Source: Jahn (2002), data from the 16 Länder Ministries in charge of recognition.Master onlyAccording to this data, 41% of programmes were independent Master programmes, and59% of which were either independent Bachelor (34%) or consecutive Bachelor and Masterprogrammes (25%). Thus, independent Master programmes are the most popular programme,especially with FHs. Interestingly, the consecutive model is the least popular withuniversities (28%) as well as FHs (20%).Jahn’s results are at odds with the survey data according to which nearly half of universitiesand 30% of FHs plan consecutive programmes. A possible explanation is that after a firstphase of innovation dominated by independent degree programmes, institutions are nowmoving towards restructuring their traditional degree programmes into two phases.4.3.12 Entry Requirements for Master studiesIn its 1997 plenary decision (HRK 1997), the HRK demanded that entry into Master programmesupon completion of a Bachelor degree should not be automatic, but be dependentupon criteria to be specified by departments/faculties. The KMK (1999) guidelines alsoallow institutions to require additional qualifications apart from the Bachelor degrees. It istherefore interesting to see to what degree institutions make use of this possibility.According to our survey, a greater percentage of FHs and TUs than universities requiremore than just a Bachelor degree for entrance into a Master degree programme. The tablebelow summarises the findings for the three main sectors. In addition, both of the privateinstitutions who responded to our survey indicated that they require additional qualificationsfor Master programmes.Table 31: Additional qualifications for Master degree programmes, by sector; numberand percentage givenNo additional qualificationsAdditional qualificationsAdditional qualificationsfor some Masterdegree programmesNo responseFH 10 (18%) 36 (64%) 3 (5%) 7 (13%)Uni 17 (30%) 22 (39%) 9 (16%) 8 (14%)TU 5 (31%) 6 (38%) 4 (25%) 1 (6%)Source: CHEPS/CHE Survey data.43
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