Doctor of Dentistry (professional doctorate)
The academic degree of Doctor of Dentistry (or Doctor of Stomatology ) is a so-called professional doctorate in some countries . This degree is awarded upon completion of the course without additional doctoral work . Formally, it corresponds to the state examination in dentistry in Germany. In Germany the so-called Dr. med. dent. not awarded as a professional doctorate. In order to obtain the doctoral degree in dentistry, a recognized doctorate is required, which is stipulated in the respective doctoral regulations of the supervising university. The doctorate includes both a dissertation in normal or publication-based form as well as a disputation (oral examination) to be taken before the examination board. The doctoral grade is derived from these achievements.
In Germany, Austria and Switzerland, it is only permitted to carry out professional doctorates in the original form, e.g. B. the Austrian Dr.med.dent. , the Czech and Slovak MDDr. or the Dr-medic stom. from Rumania.
Professional doctorates from the countries of the European Economic Area may, however, be conducted without reference to the original form awarded, which corresponds to an indirect designation of origin.
Individual evidence
- ↑ anabin: Information portal for the recognition of foreign qualifications.
- ↑ Doctoral Regulations of the Faculty of Medicine at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main. University of Frankfurt, accessed on March 3, 2018 .
- ^ Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Austria and the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany on equivalencies in the higher education sector (NR: GP XXII RV 12 AB 180 p. 28 BR: 6827 p. 700.) StF: Federal Law Gazette III No. 6/2004
- ^ Resolution of the Conference of Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of September 21, 2001 i. d. F. of May 15, 2008 (PDF; 439 kB)