or Section 54 BBiG do not contain the new qualification, graduates will not acquire a Bachelor's degree after January 1, 2020 -Professional / Master Professional designation.
In 2003, the NRW Economics Minister Harald Schartau tried to establish the title or translation aid Bachelor Professional for the specialist economist with the support of the chamber organizations ( DIHK, ZDH ), parts of the trade unions ( IG Metall ), the Conference of Economic Ministers and specialist associations ( IMV ).
Despite Section 132a Paragraph 2 of the Criminal Code, around which the discussion ultimately revolves, translation assistance became very widespread on career networks on the Internet and was widely used there, unhindered, like an academic degree.
However, implementation was not uniform, as in some federal states, such as Lower Saxony and Baden-Württemberg, the supervisory authorities had explicitly prohibited the use of the Bachelor Professional translation aids.
[5] However, the University Rectors' Conference and the Association of German Engineers (VDI) registered protests and warned of the consequences, as there was a risk of confusion with the internationally recognized academic degrees of Bachelor and Master .
[6] [7]The Federal Council also initially rejected the idea of introducing names that are similar to university degrees, in all variants discussed.
[8] Despite loud protests from universities right up to the end and a critical assessment through a protocol declaration by the states of Bremen, Berlin, Hamburg and Baden-Württemberg on Top 14 “Law to Strengthen and Modernize Vocational Education” of the 983rd meeting of the Federal Council, [ 9 ], the Federal Council decided on November 29, 2019, among other things, to introduce the degrees “Bachelor Professional in” and “Master Professional in” on January 1, 2020.