Status awarded for completion of a academic program of study and having an exam at the end

A physician thinking that a cobbler's use of the title "D.M." means that he is a Doctor of Medicine. Coloured etching.

Surgery: a doctoral candidate defending a thesis in surgery at the Académie Royale de Chirurgie, Paris. Etching by P.F. Tardieu after C. Eisen, 1751.

Doctors receiving their degrees in a degree ceremony, Edinburgh. Wood engraving, 1845.

Academical dress of British universities / by G.W. Shaw.

Science and engineering degrees, 1966-93 / Susan T. Hill, project officer.

362 pages, 8 pages of photos : illustrations, portrait, facsimiles ; 24 cm

Het album promotorum van de Academie te Harderwijk / bew. door O. Schutte.

The diploma disease : education, qualification and development / Ronald Dore.

Science and engineering degrees, by race/ethnicity of recipients, 1977-90 : detailed statistical tables / project director, Susan T. Hill.

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Degrees, Academic

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Academical dress of British universities / by G.W. Shaw.

Science and engineering degrees, 1966-93 / Susan T. Hill, project officer.

Het album promotorum van de Academie te Harderwijk / bew. door O. Schutte.

The diploma disease : education, qualification and development / Ronald Dore.

Science and engineering degrees, by race/ethnicity of recipients, 1977-90 : detailed statistical tables / project director, Susan T. Hill.

Degrees, Academic

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Academical dress of British universities / by G.W. Shaw.

Science and engineering degrees, 1966-93 / Susan T. Hill, project officer.

Het album promotorum van de Academie te Harderwijk / bew. door O. Schutte.

The diploma disease : education, qualification and development / Ronald Dore.

Science and engineering degrees, by race/ethnicity of recipients, 1977-90 : detailed statistical tables / project director, Susan T. Hill.

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