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The honoris causa doctorate received by Jimmy Wales from the University of Maastricht (2015) An honorary degree is an academic degree for which a university (or other degree-awarding institution) has waived all of the usual requirements. It is also known by the Latin phrases honoris causa ("for the sake of the honour") or ad honorem ("to the ...
Name Post-nominal Reference Doctor Honoris Causa: Dr.h.c. [11]Doctor of the University: D.Univ. [1] [10]Honorary Doctor of Arts: Hon. D.A. [12]Honorary Doctor of Arts and Humane Letters
Since 1974, the French Government has authorised Sciences Po to award the title of doctor honoris causa.. The decree specifies that the title of doctor honoris causa is bestowed by the President of Sciences Po to individuals of foreign nationality in instances where outstanding contributions have been made to the arts, to literature, to science and technology, in France or to Sciences Po.
The doctor of law as an honorary degree is called "doctor iuris honoris causa" (Dr. iur. h.c.). The German academic system also knows a form of higher doctorate in law which is awarded after completion of a second dissertation (Habilitation) and is a prerequisite to teach law at (German) universities. The completion of the habilitation is ...
A doctorate (from Latin doctor, meaning "teacher") or doctoral degree is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism licentia docendi ("licence to teach"). In most countries, a research degree qualifies the holder to teach at university level in the degree's ...
September 20, 2010. "Degrees of parochialism". Hindustan Times. August 26, 2010. Noam Chomsky was awarded an honorary doctorate by Calcutta University in 2001. "Distinción Doctor Honoris Causa" (in Spanish). Universidad de Chile. n.d. Retrieved August 8, 2019. "El Nuevo Orden Según Chomsky".
Doctor of paedeutics (Paedagogiæ doctor – PaedDr., no longer used in the Czech Republic) Doctor of theology (Theologiæ doctor – ThDr.) Doctor of economy (Rerum commercialum doctor – RCDr., no longer used) Doctor of social sciences (Rerum socialium doctor – RSDr., deprecated – used by the Czechoslovak communist regime) These degrees ...
It is also often awarded honoris causa to public figures (typically those associated with politics or the law) whom the university wishes to honour. In most British universities, the degree is styled "Doctor of Laws" and abbreviated LLD; however, some universities award instead the degree of Doctor of Civil Law, abbreviated DCL, or Doctor of ...