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Privatdozent (for men) or Privatdozentin (for women), abbreviated PD, P.D. or Priv.-Doz., is an academic title conferred at some European universities, especially in German-speaking countries, to someone who holds certain formal qualifications that denote an ability (facultas docendi) and permission to teach (venia legendi) a designated subject ...
Privatdozent (Priv.-Doz. or PD): a member of a faculty who has passed the Habilitation; this title may also be awarded to a former Juniorprofessor and - in terms of academic achievement - is comparable to that of Associate Professor (North America), Senior Lecturer (United Kingdom), or maître de conférences (France).
In German-speaking countries it allows the degree holder to bear the title PD (for Privatdozent). In a number of countries there exists an academic post of docent, appointment to which often requires such a qualification. The degree conferral is usually accompanied by a public oral defence event (a lecture or a colloquium) with one or more ...
PD (i.e., Privatdozent) A doctor who has achieved a Habilitation and subsequently applied for and been granted venia legendi , but not (yet) given the office or honorary title of professor. Etiquette demands their being called Doktor , with the PD only in use in the said very formal occasions, but sometimes - especially when specific to their ...
Academic rank (also scientific rank) is the rank of a scientist or teacher in a college, high school, university or research establishment.The academic ranks indicate relative importance and power of individuals in academia.
In Finland, Sweden, Estonia, and Latvia, docent (Finnish dosentti, Swedish docent, Estonian dotsent, Latvian docents) is an academic title conferred to a person fulfilling requirements similar to that of a German Privatdozent. Such persons are usually expected to give lectures on their specialties if their professional activities permit this.
Since 2004, the honorary title of "Privatdozent" (before this, completing the habilitation resulted in appointment as a civil servant). In many Central and Eastern Europe countries, the degree gives venia legendi, Latin for "the permission to lecture", or ius docendi, "the right to teach", a specific academic subject at universities for a lifetime.
Privatdozent, Juniorprofessor, Wissenschaftlicher Assistent, Akademischer Rat (W1, C1, A13) Assistant lecturer, demonstrator, seminar leader Research Associate, lecturer, researcher, instructor Privatdozent, Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter ohne eigenständige Lehrbefugnis Attaché temporaire d'enseignement et de recherche (ATER) Adjunct professor