What's the correct order of writing for a MSc. and a Dipl.-Ing. degree? (e.g. on a business card)

Question

I finished my (german) Dipl.-Ing. (FH) degree after 4 1/2 years of studying. After that I started to work and studied parallel via a correspondence course. I'll now shortly (hopefully ;-) ) have the additional title of a MSc. That took me 2 1/2 years but only in part time, so the amount of time I invested was much less, than that for my Diploma.

So in order to reflect the increase in qualification I'd put the degrees like that:

Dipl.-Ing. (FH), MSc. Firstname Lastname

But as the Master is sometimes regarded as a higher form of qualification than the Diploma, it might be correct like this:

MSc., Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Firstname Lastname

What's the correct order?

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edit:
Like it was pointed out the MSc. is written after the name. So the choice is between:

Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Firstname Lastname, MSc.

Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Firstname Lastname

Firstname Lastname, MSc.

Answer 1

You should notice that in Germany academic titles such as Dr., Dipl.Ing, Mag are writen in front of the name, whereas titles such as M.Sc., B.Sc., M.A., etc., a written behind the name (see here). So if it all I would say the correct order is

Dipl.Ing (FH) Firstname Lastname, M. Sc.

However, I would just ignore the Dipl.Ing (FH).

Answer 2

It seems there are not strict rules for this (speaking about Germany). There are few ways to deal with this:

• do not use titles at all except for documents like your CV. Why to list them anyway, isn't it just vanity issue at play here?
• if you want to use titles still (well, it's Germany, right?) list only the highest title you achieved as if it superseded all the lower-grade ones. In the case you have several on the same level, choose one. Should be good enough to get all the respect you are after (since you decided to use titles)
• if you should list the titles of different academic levels, then list them in the order of importance/level: [honorary titles] [prof equivalents] [dr. equivalents] [MSc. equivalents] [BSc. equivalents] [whatever else] Name [whatever comes after the name]
  • well, now it comes to my mind, that how the ordering "after the name" should look like is even more confusing.
• if you live in Austria, list everything you want and need in any arbitrary order (half-joke, of course)

For references check also here, or here, or here (part Anrede).