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The DPhil is a research degree, modelled on the German and American PhD, that was introduced in 1914. Oxford was the first university in the UK to accept this innovation. Doctor of Clinical Psychology (DClinPsychol) The degree of DClinPsychol is the only professional doctorate at Oxford.
An Oxford Doctor of Civil Law, in Convocation dress, from David Loggan's 1675 engraving Oxonia Illustrata.. Doctor of Civil Law (DCL; Latin: Legis Civilis Doctor or Juris Civilis Doctor) is a degree offered by some universities, such as the University of Oxford, instead of the more common Doctor of Laws (LLD) degrees.
The practice dates back to the Middle Ages, when for various reasons a university might be persuaded, or otherwise see fit, to grant exemption from some or all of the usual statutory requirements for the award of a degree. The earliest honorary degree on record was awarded to Lionel Woodville in the late 1470s by the University of Oxford. [6]
The University of Oxford began to award doctorates for research in the first third of the 20th century. The first Oxford DPhil in mathematics was awarded in 1921. [60] The list of distinguished scholars at the University of Oxford is long and includes many who have made major contributions to politics, the sciences, medicine, and literature.
Mark Twain was awarded an honorary D.Litt. by Oxford University in 1907 for his literary contributions. [8] [9] Nelson Mandela was awarded honorary Doctor of Letters degrees by the University of Natal in 1993 [10] and the Open University of Tanzania in 2000 [11] [12] for his leadership in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa.
Oxford has the largest graduate research programme in Law in the English-speaking world, with a community of about 200 research students engaged in master's and doctoral research across a wide range of legal and interdisciplinary specialisms corresponding to the diverse interests of faculty members.
Doctor of Medicine (DM) [25] (This is more commonly a doctorate by thesis, similar to the PhD; [29] [30] it remains a higher doctorate formally at Oxford but an enquiry in 2016 has recommended that this be changed. [31] Note that the first professional medical degree in the UK is the Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery.)
The University of Oxford has a long tradition of academic dress, which continues to the present day. [1] [2] An Oxford degree ceremony – the pro-vice-chancellor in MA gown and hood, proctor in official dress and new Doctors of Philosophy in scarlet full dress. Behind them, a bedel, another Doctor and Bachelors of Arts and Medicine.