Original sentence: 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
Edited sentence: 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 – e.licentiatus philosophiae for Master of Arts – or Lizentiat/in) for doctoral studies