ENEB Master Thread

[eLearner]

I would just like to point out that a legitimate Masters degree earned from a different country is still a legitimate Masters degree. Authorities in Germany, for instance, do not recognize Masters degrees from Western Governors University, but it's still a legitimate Masters degree regardless of that even if it has utility limits somewhere on the planet.

Can you please expand and clarify your comment "Authorities in Germany, for instance, do not recognize Masters degrees from Western Governors University"?

1. How is the masters degree from WGU not recognized by German authorities?
a) German Government - job qualification
b) German University - job qualification
c) German University - education qualification

2. What are your sources for this information where German authorities do not recognize a masters degree from WGU?

3. If German authorities do not recognize a masters degree from WGU, then why would they accept a bachelors degree?

I am simply trying to understand how different countries operate toward advanced degrees.

Thorne beat me to it. But here is something straight from the Anabin database on WGU:

Caution is advised as this facility offers on-line courses that credit life experience. Recognition is therefore only to be carried out in individual cases with precise documentation, frequent rejection is to be expected.

https://anabin.kmk.org/no_cache/filter/i...ionen.html

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I would just like to point out that a legitimate Masters degree earned from a different country is still a legitimate Masters degree. Authorities in Germany, for instance, do not recognize Masters degrees from Western Governors University, but it's still a legitimate Masters degree regardless of that even if it has utility limits somewhere on the planet.

Can you please expand and clarify your comment "Authorities in Germany, for instance, do not recognize Masters degrees from Western Governors University"?

1. How is the masters degree from WGU not recognized by German authorities?
a) German Government - job qualification
b) German University - job qualification
c) German University - education qualification

2. What are your sources for this information where German authorities do not recognize a masters degree from WGU?

3. If German authorities do not recognize a masters degree from WGU, then why would they accept a bachelors degree?

I am simply trying to understand how different countries operate toward advanced degrees.

https://www.reddit.com/r/WGU/comments/ij...on_of_wgu/
https://www.nomadenberlin.com/blog/anabin

Basically, because WGU offers credits "for life experience" (German education is NOT competency-based, it has a strict time limit), the government has the right to refuse any and all qualifications from the school but may also accept them (H+/- status). H+ means the school is recognized, H- means it isn't, and H+/- means its discretionary. WGU was H- less than 6 months ago, only recently got updated.

Speaking generally, if someone wasn't a hyper-accelerator and got the degree at a normal pace with few transfer credits, they might be evaluated positively. Funny enough, Universidad Isabel I is H+, so someone could try to use this degree for official purposes in Germany, lol.

Good catch on the status update.

I don't know why they are using the term "credit for life experience". I thought WGU only offered competency-based education. The two things are completely different.