Sub auspiciis imperatoris
The Promotio sub auspiciis Imperatoris ( Latin: under the supervision of the emperor ) or in the Hungarian half of the empire sub auspiciis Regis (Latin: under the supervision of the king ) was a particularly solemn form of doctorate that had existed at Austrian universities since the time of the Counter Reformation .
This form of graduation ceremony was originally introduced in the 17th century, when the Jesuits played a dominant role at the University of Vienna . At first it was limited to the philosophical faculty and there to exclusively high nobility candidates. In any case, the prerequisite was the approval of the emperor upon request, after which a representative of the emperor took part in the celebration, who then also presented the gift of honor, usually a heavy gold chain or a medallion with a portrait of the emperor. It was not until 1735 that such a doctorate was first given at the law faculty, and in 1749 for the first time at the medical faculty. In the course of the 18th century, doctoral candidates from the petty aristocracy and the bourgeoisie were also honored. On December 27, 1771, the procedure was reorganized. In the 19th century, the award was initially only rarely awarded (not once between 1841 and 1878), but more frequently after the decree of 1888.
As such, it was possible until the end of the Habsburg Empire in 1918. A doctoral candidate who had passed the high school diploma and all university exams with excellent results was entitled, according to the decree of the Imperial and Royal Ministry of Cultus and Teaching of August 28, 1888, to apply for such a particularly solemn doctoral act, in which the emperor usually went through the The governor of the crown land concerned was represented and the newly created doctor was presented with a diamond ring with the imperial initials. Each year such a doctorate was allowed to be completed a maximum of three times at the faculties of the University of Vienna, and only once at the other universities, whereby the award had to alternate between the faculties. The promotion sub auspiciis Imperatoris was accordingly a very special award.
In 1952 it was reintroduced as the Promotio sub auspiciis Praesidentis rei publicae , with the Federal President taking over the role of the emperor.
literature
- History of the University of Vienna from 1848 to 1898. Celebration of the 50th anniversary of the reign of his Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty Emperor Franz Josef I. Ed. from the Academic Senate of the University of Vienna. Vienna 1898. Digitized
Individual evidence
- ^ History of the University of Vienna from 1848 to 1898, pp. 394ff