classes: first, second (broken into upper second, or 2.1, and lower second, or 2.2) and third class.

History

Emergence of the doctor's and master's degrees and the licentiate

The doctorate (Latin: doceo, "I teach") first appeared in medieval Europe as a license to teach (Latin: licentia docendi) at a medieval university. Its roots can be traced to the early church when the term

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