Original sentence: According 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 as the current 'Master' grade.In Switzerland most of the first University degrees are called the licentiate
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 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