Original sentence: According to the Swiss University Conference, the joint organization of the cantons and the Confederation for university politics, and the Rectors' Conference of the Swiss Universities, the old licentiate is considered as equivalent to the current 'Master' grade.At French-speaking Swiss universities, however, the first university degrees are called the licentiate.At the universities of German-speaking Switzerland until the adoption of the Bologna Convention the licentiate was the equivalent of a Master's degree (there being no prior degrees) and qualified the holder for doctoral studies.The licentiate is in the process of being relieved by the 'Master' grade (with the 'Bachelor' grade being newly introduced).The licentiate will be progressively changed for the 'Bachelor' grade three years of study and the 'DEA & DESS' for the 'Master' grade two years of study, due to the Bologna Convention
Edited sentence: According to the Swiss University Conference, the joint organization of the cantons and the Confederation for university politics, and the Rectors' Conference of the Swiss Universities, the old Lizentiat/licence is considered as equivalent to the current 'Master' grade.At French-speaking Swiss universities, however, the first university degrees are called the licence.At the universities of German-speaking Switzerland until the adoption of the Bologna Convention the Lizentiat was the equivalent of a Master's degree (there being no prior degrees) and qualified the holder (called 'licentiatus/a' or 'Lizentiat/in') for doctoral studies.The Lizentiat is in the process of being relieved by the 'Master' grade (with the 'Bachelor' grade being newly introduced).The licence will be progressively changed for the 'Bachelor' grade three years of study and the 'DEA & DESS' for the 'Master' grade two years of study, due to the Bologna Convention