To be honest there is so much variability that it's hard to call the US extreme. For example, in The Netherlands (at least at my previous university) for Compu

To be honest there is so much variability that it's hard to call the US extreme. For example, in The Netherlands (at least at my previous university) for Computer Science, BSc is 3 years, MSc is 2 years, PhD is 4 years. Non-research programs ("HBO") are 4 years for bachelors, 1 year for masters. In Japan (at least at my university) for Computer Science, Bachelor of Engineering is 4 years, Master of Engineering is 2 years, PhD is 3 years.