Professional doctorate

Professional doctorate is the name given to an academic title. People who studied certain branches get a degree of Dr. at the end of their regular studies. This is mostly the case in branches such as medicine and law. This is not comparable to someone spending years writing and defending a thesis. It is more like a Master's degree, which people get after studying 4 to 5 years.

Professional Doctorate Media

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  Cover of the thesis presented by Claude Bernard to obtain his Doctor of Medicine degree (1843)

• Man and woman wearing Durham and Glasgow PhD gowns, respectively

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  American academic doctors gather before the commencement exercises at Brigham Young University (April 2008). The American code for academic dress identifies academic doctors with three bands of velvet on the sleeve of the doctoral gown.

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  The ancient ceremony of bestowing Complutense's Doctoral biretta

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  Traditionally, the friends of a new doctor honored him painting a victor on the walls (in this case, the Seville Cathedral).

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  Ph.D. Gown, University of Cambridge

• In 1861, Yale University awarded the first Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree in the United States.