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#Doctoral degrees

1 (replaced ________ in 1988), and finally Dr., which is the higher doctorate.

2 Some fields of study have their own research doctorates, including the ________, the Doctor of Theology, the Doctor of Juridical Science, among many others.

3 The first stage is named "Kandidat(Кандидат наук) of <...> Sciences" (literal translation means "Candidate of Sciences",) (for instance, ________ of Medical Sciences, of Chemical Sciences, of Philological Sciences, and so on).

4 In ________ doctorate level degrees are offered by the universities or institutions of national level importance deemed to be universities.

5 In ________ the doctorate (doctorado)[19] is the highest academic degree.

6 However, some universities, in order to differentiate between honorary and substantive doctorates, have introduced the degree of ________ (DUniv) for these purposes, and reserve the higher doctorates for formal academic research.

7 Many post-Soviet countries, including ________, have a two-stage research degree obtaining path, generally similar to the doctorate system in Europe.

8 In Egypt, Doctorate degree - abbreviated as MD - is eqivalant to ________ degree.

9 These doctorates are now less common in some countries, and are often awarded ________.

10 Some of these degrees are also termed "________," since they are also the first degree in their field.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • students who finish a doctorate at the Georg-August University of Göttingen traditionally kiss the Gänseliesel, a statue in the center of Göttingen?
  • the Norwegian novelist and editor of Vinduet, Henrik Langeland, wrote a doctoral thesis on Marcel Proust?
  • the University of Cambridge denied Edward A. Irving a PhD when he submitted evidence supporting continental drift?
  • the type of degree offered by a veterinary school (pictured) can vary widely, ranging from the Bachelor of Science to the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine?
  • in 1969, Ivar Orgland was the first foreigner to take a doctorate at the University of Iceland?
  • Richard Arrington, the first African American mayor of Birmingham, Alabama has a doctorate in zoology?
  • Elsa Eschelsson, the first woman both to finish a doctorate in Law and to teach in a university in Sweden, was denied the right to serve even as acting professor because of her sex?
  • Jean Victor de Constant Rebecque (pictured), the tutor of the future William II of the Netherlands, obtained a doctorate honoris causa from Oxford in 1811 while accompanying the young prince there?
  • Ludwig Schwarz, the Roman Catholic bishop of Linz, Austria, has a doctorate in classical philology and archeology from the University of Vienna?
  • Dr. Angel Ramos is one of the few deaf Hispanics in the United States to hold a doctorate?
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