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D.Sc., Sc.D., S.D., or
Dr.Sc. are common abbreviations for the
Latin Scientiae Doctor, meaning
Doctor of Science.
North America
In the
United States, the Doctor of Science is a
doctorate degree equivalent to the
Ph.D.. The first North American Sc.D. was inaugurated by
Harvard University in 1872 - when graduate studies first began at Harvard and the Ph.D. degree first introduced there . The Doctor of Science degree is earned with the approval of a committee on the basis of original research and publications, and it is awarded predominantly in doctoral-level science programs, such as engineering, information systems, medical and health sciences, and neuro- and health economics.
Although much rarer than the Doctor of Philosophy, the Doctor of Science degree has long been awarded by major institutions, such as
Harvard University, The Johns Hopkins University,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Tulane University,
Washington University in St. Louis,
The George Washington University, Boston University, and
Queen's University.
In effort to standardize doctoral degree conferral at these large research institutions, the Ph.D. has often replaced the Sc.D. For instance, the doctoral degree in biostatistics at Harvard recently changed from Sc.D. to Ph.D. - even though the doctoral-degree structure, requirements, and doctoral academic regalia have remained identical. As well, doctoral programs at
The Johns Hopkins University and
Massachusetts Institute of Technology that offer the Sc.D degree also offer the Ph.D. degree - and requirements for obtaining the two degrees are identical. Currently, doctoral-level research programs that offer the Sc.D. but not the Ph.D. degree include several doctoral programs at
Harvard University and Boston University, as well as the engineering programs at the Washington University in St. Louis and The George Washington University.
In everyday lay usage, it is commonplace and acceptable to refer to an Sc.D. as a Ph.D. Distinction is made in formal professional academic settings.
==The Commonwealth of Nations and Ireland== In
Ireland and the countries of the
Commonwealth of Nations, such as the United Kingdom and
India, the degree of Doctor of Science is one of the
Higher doctorate#Higher Doctorates in the United Kingdom.2C Ireland and the Commonwealth, typically having precedence after Divinity, Laws or Civil Law, Medicine, and Letters, and above Music. The degree is conferred on a member of the university who has a proven record of internationally recognised scholarship. A candidate for the degree will usually be required to submit a selection of their publications to the board of the appropriate faculty, which will decide if the candidate merits this accolade. The degree will only exceptionally be awarded to a scholar under the age of forty. The status of the degree has declined because it is not widely understood, but in former times the doctorate in science was regarded as a greater distinction than a professorial chair and hence a professor who was also a D.Sc. would be known as Doctor. The Doctor of Science may also be awarded as an honorary degree, that is, given to individuals who have made extensive contributions to a particular field and not for specific academic accomplishments. It is usual to signify this by adding (h.c.) for
honoris causa after D.Sc.
German language areas
In
Switzerland, the Dr.Sc. is a doctoral degree awarded by the two
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, only. The Swiss Dr.Sc., like the D.Sc. in the US, is equivalent to the Ph.D, is earned with the approval of a committee on the basis of original research, publications, and extensive applied professional contributions and is awarded in doctoral level science and technology programs. Since 2004 the Dr.Sc. is the only doctoral degree awarded by the ETH Zurich. In the French-speaking part of Switzerland the Dr.Sc. is called
Doctorat ès sciences techniques, abbreviated dr. ès. sc. and awarded by the
École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne. Despite the somewhat different name it is considered to be the same degree since Dr.Sc. is the formal name of the degree in the German language and English language languages.
In
Austria,
Germany and the German-speaking part of Switzerland, there are some doctoral degrees with very similar names, these are the:
- Dr.sc.agr. - Doctor scientiarum agrariarum, Doctor of Agricultural science
- Dr.sc.hum. - Doctor scientiarum humanarum, Doctor of Humanities
- Dr.sc.inf.med. - Doctor scientiarum informaticarum medicæ, Doctor of Science in Medical Informatics
- Dr.sc.inf.biomed. - Doctor scientiarum informaticarum biomedicæ, Doctor of Science in Biomedicine Informatics
- Dr.sc.math. - Doctor scientiarum mathematicarum, Doctor of Mathematics
- Dr.scient.med - Doctor scientiæ medicæ, Doctor of Medicine Sciences
- Dr.sc.mus. - Doctor scientiae musicae, Doctor of Musicology
- Dr. rer. nat. or Dr.sc.nat. - Doctor rerum naturalium or Doctor scientiae naturalis, Doctor of Natural Sciences
- Dr.sc.oec. - Doctor scientiarum oeconomicarum, Doctor of Economics
- Dr.sc.pol. - Doctor scientarium politicarum, Doctor of Political Sciences
- Dr.sc.soc. - Doctor scientiae socialis, Doctor of Social Sciences
All these doctoral degrees are equivalent to the Ph.D but are considered to be separate degrees and should not be confused with the actual Dr.Sc.. Until German Reunification, universities in
East Germany also awarded the Dr.Sc.. However, the East German Dr.Sc. wasn't equivalent to the Ph.D since it was adopted to replace the German
Habilitation and therefore was equivalent to this German qualification. After reunification the Habilitation was reintroduced at universities in eastern Germany.
Brazil
Despite many countries, most of doctorate title given in Brazil could be classified in two large group: 1. Doutor em (Doctor in) field studied such as: Doutor em Medicina (Doctor in Medicine), Doutor em Teologia (Doctor in Teology), Doutor em Farmácia (Doctor in Pharmacy). 2. Doctor in Science (D.Sc.) followed the concentration area (Program field). Both kind of doctorate is equivalente and obtained in Graduate School after satisfactory evaluation of knowledge, research accomplishment and thesis defense. This doctorate could be compared as PhD program found in other countries. In the state of Sao Paulo, the doctorate title is the second highest academic title given by states Universities (University of Sao Paulo -USP, State University of Campinas - UNICAMP and Sao Paulo State University - UNESP).
D.Sc., Sc.D., S.D., or
Dr.Sc. are common abbreviations for the Latin
Scientiae Doctor, meaning
Doctor of Science.
North America
In the United States, the Doctor of Science is a doctorate degree equivalent to the
Ph.D.. The first North American Sc.D. was inaugurated by Harvard University in 1872 - when graduate studies first began at Harvard and the Ph.D. degree first introduced there . The Doctor of Science degree is earned with the approval of a committee on the basis of original research and publications, and it is awarded predominantly in doctoral-level science programs, such as engineering, information systems, medical and health sciences, and neuro- and health economics.
Although much rarer than the Doctor of Philosophy, the Doctor of Science degree has long been awarded by major institutions, such as Harvard University, The Johns Hopkins University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Tulane University,
Washington University in St. Louis,
The George Washington University, Boston University, and Queen's University.
In effort to standardize doctoral degree conferral at these large research institutions, the Ph.D. has often replaced the Sc.D. For instance, the doctoral degree in biostatistics at Harvard recently changed from Sc.D. to Ph.D. - even though the doctoral-degree structure, requirements, and doctoral academic regalia have remained identical. As well, doctoral programs at
The Johns Hopkins University and
Massachusetts Institute of Technology that offer the Sc.D degree also offer the Ph.D. degree - and requirements for obtaining the two degrees are identical. Currently, doctoral-level research programs that offer the Sc.D. but not the Ph.D. degree include several doctoral programs at
Harvard University and Boston University, as well as the engineering programs at the Washington University in St. Louis and The George Washington University.
In everyday lay usage, it is commonplace and acceptable to refer to an Sc.D. as a Ph.D. Distinction is made in formal professional academic settings.
==The Commonwealth of Nations and Ireland== In Ireland and the countries of the
Commonwealth of Nations, such as the United Kingdom and
India, the degree of Doctor of Science is one of the
Higher doctorate#Higher Doctorates in the United Kingdom.2C Ireland and the Commonwealth, typically having precedence after Divinity, Laws or Civil Law, Medicine, and Letters, and above Music. The degree is conferred on a member of the university who has a proven record of internationally recognised scholarship. A candidate for the degree will usually be required to submit a selection of their publications to the board of the appropriate faculty, which will decide if the candidate merits this accolade. The degree will only exceptionally be awarded to a scholar under the age of forty. The status of the degree has declined because it is not widely understood, but in former times the doctorate in science was regarded as a greater distinction than a professorial chair and hence a professor who was also a D.Sc. would be known as Doctor. The Doctor of Science may also be awarded as an honorary degree, that is, given to individuals who have made extensive contributions to a particular field and not for specific academic accomplishments. It is usual to signify this by adding (h.c.) for
honoris causa after D.Sc.
German language areas
In Switzerland, the Dr.Sc. is a doctoral degree awarded by the two Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, only. The Swiss Dr.Sc., like the D.Sc. in the US, is equivalent to the Ph.D, is earned with the approval of a committee on the basis of original research, publications, and extensive applied professional contributions and is awarded in doctoral level science and technology programs. Since 2004 the Dr.Sc. is the only doctoral degree awarded by the
ETH Zurich. In the French-speaking part of Switzerland the Dr.Sc. is called
Doctorat ès sciences techniques, abbreviated dr. ès. sc. and awarded by the
École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne. Despite the somewhat different name it is considered to be the same degree since Dr.Sc. is the formal name of the degree in the German language and English language languages.
In
Austria, Germany and the German-speaking part of Switzerland, there are some doctoral degrees with very similar names, these are the:
- Dr.sc.agr. - Doctor scientiarum agrariarum, Doctor of Agricultural science
- Dr.sc.hum. - Doctor scientiarum humanarum, Doctor of Humanities
- Dr.sc.inf.med. - Doctor scientiarum informaticarum medicæ, Doctor of Science in Medical Informatics
- Dr.sc.inf.biomed. - Doctor scientiarum informaticarum biomedicæ, Doctor of Science in Biomedicine Informatics
- Dr.sc.math. - Doctor scientiarum mathematicarum, Doctor of Mathematics
- Dr.scient.med - Doctor scientiæ medicæ, Doctor of Medicine Sciences
- Dr.sc.mus. - Doctor scientiae musicae, Doctor of Musicology
- Dr. rer. nat. or Dr.sc.nat. - Doctor rerum naturalium or Doctor scientiae naturalis, Doctor of Natural Sciences
- Dr.sc.oec. - Doctor scientiarum oeconomicarum, Doctor of Economics
- Dr.sc.pol. - Doctor scientarium politicarum, Doctor of Political Sciences
- Dr.sc.soc. - Doctor scientiae socialis, Doctor of Social Sciences
All these doctoral degrees are equivalent to the Ph.D but are considered to be separate degrees and should not be confused with the actual Dr.Sc.. Until German Reunification, universities in East Germany also awarded the Dr.Sc.. However, the East German Dr.Sc. wasn't equivalent to the Ph.D since it was adopted to replace the German
Habilitation and therefore was equivalent to this German qualification. After reunification the Habilitation was reintroduced at universities in eastern Germany.
Brazil
Despite many countries, most of doctorate title given in Brazil could be classified in two large group: 1. Doutor em (Doctor in) field studied such as: Doutor em Medicina (Doctor in Medicine), Doutor em Teologia (Doctor in Teology), Doutor em Farmácia (Doctor in Pharmacy). 2. Doctor in Science (D.Sc.) followed the concentration area (Program field). Both kind of doctorate is equivalente and obtained in Graduate School after satisfactory evaluation of knowledge, research accomplishment and thesis defense. This doctorate could be compared as PhD program found in other countries. In the state of Sao Paulo, the doctorate title is the second highest academic title given by states Universities (University of Sao Paulo -USP, State University of Campinas - UNICAMP and Sao Paulo State University - UNESP).