BATCHELORS, in an university-sense, are persons that have attained to the baccalaureate, or who have taken the first degree in the liberal arts and sciences. Before a person can be admitted to this degree at Oxford, it is necessary that he study there four years; three years more may intitle him to the degree of master of arts; and in seven years more he may commence bachelor of divinity. At Cambridge the degrees are usually taken much the same as at Oxford, excepting in law and physic, in either of which the bachelor's degree may be taken in six years. In France, the degree of bachelor of divinity is attained in five year's study; that is, in two years of philosophy, and three of divinity.