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HONORARY DOCTORATE [5 records]

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Record 1 2022-09-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Degrees and Diplomas (Educ.)
CONT

The rank of honorary doctorate... is an honorific title granted by an exceptional procedure. Originally a university would confer the dignity of doctor honoris causa in order to distinguish a learned person whose knowledge and wisdom were considered exemplary...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Grades et diplômes
CONT

Le titre de docteur ou docteure honoris causa est conféré à des personnes dont le mérite exceptionnel justifie un témoignage public d'appréciation et d'estime. Les personnes qui se sont démarquées au cours de leur carrière universitaire, professionnelle ou scientifique dans quelque domaine que ce soit ou par leur œuvre sociale, culturelle, artistique ou humanitaire peuvent mériter cette plus haute distinction universitaire.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Grados y diplomas (Educación)
CONT

Los candidatos a doctor o doctora honoris causa pueden ser propuestos por juntas de centro, consejos de departamentos o por el rector o rectora de la universidad.

OBS

honoris causa: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, indica que la locución "honoris causa" se escribe en minúscula y, por ser un latinismo, también en cursiva.

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Record 2 2022-09-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Degrees and Diplomas (Educ.)
CONT

The rank of honorary doctorate... is an honorific title granted by an exceptional procedure. Originally a university would confer the dignity of doctor honoris causa in order to distinguish a learned person whose knowledge and wisdom were considered exemplary...

Key term(s)
  • honourary doctorate

French

Domaine(s)
  • Grades et diplômes

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Grados y diplomas (Educación)
CONT

El doctorado honoris causa es la máxima distinción que la Universitat de València concede a una persona en reconocimiento a su trayectoria en el ámbito académico, científico o cultural, a sus valores, así como a su especial vinculación con la universidad.

OBS

honoris causa: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, indica que la locución "honoris causa" se escribe en minúscula y, por ser un latinismo, también en cursiva.

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Record 3 2012-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Degrees and Diplomas (Educ.)
  • School and School-Related Administration
DEF

A person who has completed a program of study at a university and has received a degree attesting to this fact.

CONT

The MBA [Master of business administration] program enables the degree holder to provide organizations with a business management skill set such that it raises the competitiveness of the entity and leads not only to a comparative advantage but retains higher skilled and thus higher income jobs within the province.

PHR

bachelor's, master's, doctorate, honorary degree holder.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Grades et diplômes
  • Administration scolaire et parascolaire
DEF

Personne qui a terminé un programme d'études universitaires et qui a reçu un grade.

CONT

L’AUCC [Association des universités et collèges du Canada] soutient depuis longtemps que les diplômés universitaires gagnent en moyenne au cours de leur vie un million de dollars de plus que les diplômés du secondaire. Des déclarations semblables ont été faites aux États-Unis, sauf que dans ce pays, les coûts croissants de l’éducation ont grugé la valeur nette du diplôme.

Spanish

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Record 4 2011-06-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Degrees and Diplomas (Educ.)
DEF

The highest academic degree in a faculty.

CONT

Broadly speaking... doctorates may be loosely classified into the following categories... Research doctorates. [They] are awarded in recognition of academic research that is in principle publishable in a peer-refereed context(such as a research journal or monograph) and represents at least a modest contribution to human knowledge... Higher doctorates. In some countries, especially the United Kingdom, Ireland, Scandinavian and some Commonwealth countries there is a higher tier of research doctorates, awarded on the basis of a formally submitted portfolio of published research of a very high standard... Professional doctorates. [They] are awarded in certain fields where most holders of the degree are not engaged primarily in scholarly research and academic activities, but rather in a profession, such as law, medicine, music or ministry... Honorary doctorates. When a university wishes to formally recognize an individual' s achievements and contributions to a particular field, it may choose to award him or her a degree(usually a doctorate) honoris causa("for the sake of the honour").

OBS

[Abbreviations of] academic degrees may appear with or without periods.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Grades et diplômes
DEF

Grade universitaire le plus élevé.

CONT

Il existe actuellement dans le monde principalement quatre types de doctorat : le doctorat de recherche, qui est l’aboutissement d’un premier travail de recherche original, suivi de la rédaction d’une thèse et de sa soutenance devant un jury académique, le doctorat supérieur de recherche, qui est conféré suite à la réalisation de plusieurs travaux de recherches au cours d’une carrière de chercheur, le doctorat d’exercice ou doctorat professionnel, dont l’obtention n’est pas lié à un travail de recherche mais à l’aboutissement d’un cycle de formation à un métier, généralement dans les disciplines de la santé ou du droit, et le doctorat honorifique.

OBS

D. : Le mot «doctorat» s'abrège en ne conservant que la première lettre du mot (en majuscule), suivie d'un point abréviatif. L'abréviation de la discipline ou de la spécialité commence aussi par une majuscule, par exemple «doctorat en théologie» s'écrira D. Th.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Grados y diplomas (Educación)
Key term(s)
  • grado de doctorado
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Record 5 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Degrees and Diplomas (Educ.)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Grades et diplômes

Spanish

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