Practical training performed during the last section of the study or during the master’s course can be taken into account up to 12 months. The special practical training for architects and chartered engineering consultants of surveying must be performed after graduation with a master’s degree or diploma. Practical training must take place under an employment relationship including quasi-freelance agreements ( freier Dienstvertrag) or by being a personally active professional in a regulated tradeGerman text or in public service.