@CHOULO19, USA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineer%27s_degree#United_States Europe: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineer%27s_degree#Europe.2C_according_to_the_Bologna_Process As you can see, Lebanon followed the Bologna Process. However, the top European Universities and alll American Universities continue to use the basic three-way degree (5 year Bachelor, 2 year Master and 1-2 year Doctorate). I really wonder how you can do a PhD in some countries with only 5 years of study, but there must be a reason why they allow it...