Willy A. Kirkeby

Norsk-Engelsk Stor Ordbok

Then you state which subject, if appropriate
Hope that helps!

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Note added at 5 hrs 6 mins (2005-04-20 19:50:02 GMT)
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The corect way to write it is MSc - no full stops unless our sentence ends with MSc.

I must admit I\'m not a specalist in Norwegian, so please note what the others say too.

But older people would still hold their older titles, and universities have traditionally respected each other\'s degrees and qualifications through the centuries. Your Norwegian text says the title was in use until 2003, so there are still plenty of graduates with a cand.real. around.

You probably have to point out that this is a rough equivalent, but a Master of Science has been awarded for many generations by English-speaking universities (and covers many different degrees from many different universities). In general it is at a higher level than the three-year Bachelor, taking four or usually five academic years to complete, and it includes a thesis or dissertation on some major topic where the candidate has carried out original research or studied the area in depth.

It is always difficult to give a good equivalent, so in principle Richard is right and degrees should not be translated, but if you don\'t have space to explain in a translation, then \'about the level of an MSc\' does give an idea of what is meant.

I have frequently seen degrees from universities outside the UK referred to as \'Master\'s Degrees\' in English in all kinds of literature, so it is an acceptable convention there.

Whether you can transfer it to other languages is a good question, but you have a little to think about here.

I would probably write something like
cand.real (approx. MSc)
if it appeared on a CV or application for a job or university post.