What does 1st cycle degree programme mean?

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First cycle: LaureaThe new Laurea (180 ECTS credits), a first cycle degree that is equivalent to a bachelor's degree, includes bachelor-level courses, simpler than those of the old laurea, and its normative time to completion is three years (note that Italians normally graduate from scuola secondaria superioreor Lyceum in Italian Liceo, high school, at nineteen or eighteen). To earn a laurea, the student must complete a thesis, but a less demanding one than required for the old laurea. Second cycle: Laurea MagistraleThe new Laurea Magistrale, also known as Laurea Specialistica (120 ECTS credits in addition to the Laurea), a second cycle degree equivalent to a master's degree, can be earned in a two-year programme after the laurea, and requires an experimental thesis.