So this bachelor and master was just combined in one single 5-year program in my case.
Research, being teaching assistant, and writing papers was done by those who went for a PhD at my university, that is, after those 5 years, those who chose to do a PhD after receiving your master diploma.
Do you think it says something about the quality of the university, when master students were not teaching/writing papers/doing research, but simply doing exams as usual...? (Ok there was the thesis in the last year, but that was really more like a larger final project)
Most top universities in the world are indeed not in Europe, but in my country at least is was considered a good one.