Mag. phil.

English translation: Mag. phil.

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German term or phrase:	Mag. phil.
English translation:	Mag. phil.
Entered by:	Orla Shanaghy

11:01 Feb 19, 2007

German to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Education / Pedagogy / Austrian academic title

German term or phrase: Mag. phil.

I'm wondering is this the same as just "Magister" on its own? LEO gives the EN equivalent as "PhD" but I have my doubts about that. The person to whom this refers does not have a PhD. TIA, Orla

Orla Shanaghy

Mag. phil.

Explanation:
leave, this is the (old) equivalent of an MA, not a PhD. So this person has a Magister in philologie, usually a teacher.

Selected response from:

Edith Kelly
Switzerland
Local time: 13:36

Grading comment

Thanks Edith. Also thanks Petra and monbuckland for the info. I decided to stick with the original DE term as you suggest, especially as the translation will be used in a German-speaking setting.
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3 +2

Mag. phil.

Edith Kelly

4 +1

M.A.

Petra Raspel (X)

MPhil

monbuckland

Discussion entries: 2

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9 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

Mag. phil.

Explanation:
leave, this is the (old) equivalent of an MA, not a PhD. So this person has a Magister in philologie, usually a teacher.

Edith Kelly
Switzerland
Local time: 13:36
Native speaker of:

German,

English
PRO pts in category: 103

Grading comment

Thanks Edith. Also thanks Petra and monbuckland for the info. I decided to stick with the original DE term as you suggest, especially as the translation will be used in a German-speaking setting.

8 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

M.A.

Explanation:
... maybe with the studied subject in brackets. Here in the UK, we have M.A. for the phil. side and M.Sc. for the sciences (plus M.Ed. for Education).

PhD seems wrong to me, this would be Dr. phil.

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Note added at 11 mins (2007-02-19 11:12:38 GMT)
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Note: phil. can be everything from languages to philosophy to social science, it's just standing for the humanities.

Petra Raspel (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:36
Works in field
Native speaker of:

German

4 hrs confidence:

MPhil

Explanation:
Plenty of universities offer MPhil degrees. e.g.
Newcastle Univeristy:
MPhil (Master of Philosophy)
Duration

Full-time normally one year. Part-time normally two years.

Example sentence(s):

The M.Phil in Art & Design in Organisational Contexts ...

Reference: http://www.gsa.ac.uk/degreeshow2000/mphilorg/index.html
Reference: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/degreeoptions/mph...

monbuckland
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:36
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English

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