Traditionally in Germany, students graduated after four to six years either with a "Magister" degree in Social Sciences, Humanities, Linguistics and the Arts or with a "Diplom" degree in Natural Sciences, Economics, Business Administration, Political Science, Sociology, Theology and Engineering. Those degrees were the first and at the same time highest non-PhD/Doctorate-title in many disciplines before its gradual replacement by other Anglo-Saxon-inspired master's and bachelor's degrees under the Bologna process. The "Magister" and "Diplom" awarded by universities, both of which require a final thesis, are considered equivalent to a master's degree, although the "Diplom" awarded by a "Fachhochschule" (university of applied sciences) is at bachelor's degree level.