[DanielHB]

Universities in Europe have bachelor's be 3 years and Universities in the US are 4 years but students need to take a lot of non-major-related classes. In Europe it is almost a given you will be doing a 2 year masters after bachelor if you are going to any STEM degree.

In Brazil bachelor is usually 4 years (sometimes 5) and it is hardcore STEM all the way through with higher workload than EU Unis per semester. Masters in Brazil are like you said, you might take ~12-16 credits over 2 years, you are actually expected to be doing research and writing your thesis the rest of the time. From what I talked with friends it is like that in India and China as well (maybe Japan too?).

I don't have a masters myself, but I hear masters in Brazil are pretty chill, while in the EU it can be quite demanding. In EU you need to write a thesis and handle the class workload that is not minimum like it is in Brazil during the masters. But Bachelor in Brazil is waaaay more intense and lasts longer too.

It is quite annoying when sending CVs in Europe people see I only have a bachelor and I think I don't know deeper Computer Science/Math concepts.

[physicsguy]

England and Netherlands are 3 years for a BSc but that’s not the case for all other European countries. Even in Scotland it’s 4 years for a BSc.

Even in the U.K. they realised 20 years ago that that wasn’t enough so they introduced ´integrated masters’ as a preparation for additional study, where you spend another year and come out with a single MSci or MEng degree instead of a BSc at the end of it.

[DanielHB]

In Sweden almost everyone I meet while working have a masters while in Brazil it is the opposite. Very few people go for masters in Brazil, the companies simply don't care about it at all so it is mostly just people who want to get PhDs afterwards.

Funny thing is, most people in Brazil who do Masters usually get an stipend too and it is much more chill than the bachelor. Yet most still go to private sector because the money is better.

In Sweden people actively look down on your CV if you only have a bachelor.