There are several alternatives for the upper secondary education later on, the most common being the four (three until 2017) years of a "liceum" or five (four until 2017) years in a "technikum". Both end with a maturity exam (matura, similar to French baccalauréat), and may be followed by several forms of upper education, leading to Bachelor: "licencjat" or "inżynier" (the Polish Bologna Process first cycle qualification), Master: "magister" (the Polish Bologna Process second cycle qualification) and eventually PhD: "doktor" (the Polish Bologna Process third cycle qualification). The system of education in Poland allows for 22 years of continuous, uninterrupted schooling.