 In Germany the "Diplom" (first degree after (usually) 4–6 years - from either a "Universität" (University), a "Technische Hochschule" or a "Kunsthochschule" with university status) and the "Magister" had traditionally been equivalated to the master's degree, the Magister being a degree after the study of two or three subjects (one main and one or two subsidiary subjects), as common in Humanities or Liberal Arts, whereas the "Diplom" is awarded after the study of one subject, commonly found in Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, Formal sciences and some Applied Sciences.The Fachhochschulen or Universities of Applied Sciences conferred the "Diplom (FH)", whose length of study is between the bachelor's and master's degree.Under the harmonised system there is no legal academic difference between the bachelor's and master's degrees conferred by the "Fachhochschulen" and "Universitäten".