Candidate of Sciences
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junior scientific degree in Soviet Union and post-Soviet countries; somewhat comparable to the PhD
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- academic degree
- Subclass of
- candidate
- Country
- Belarus
- Followed by
- Doctor of Sciences
- Follows
- master's degree
- Image
- DiplomKandidata.jpg
- Said to be same as
- candidate
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- female form of label
- candidate ès sciences
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- WikiProject Ukraine
- male form of label
- candidat ès sciences
- topic's main category
- Category:Candidates of Sciences
- applies to jurisdiction
- Soviet Union
- category for recipients of this award
- Category:Candidates of Sciences
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Encyclopedic overview
Cover of a Soviet Candidate of Sciences diploma
A Candidate of Sciences is a PhD-equivalent academic research degree established by the Soviet Union. Since the 1990s, it has been replaced by a Doctor of Philosophy degree in many post-soviet Central and Eastern European countries, but is still offered in others, particularly Russia. It is officially classified by UNESCO as ISCED level 8: doctoral or equivalent. In countries that confer a Candidate of Sciences degree, a more advanced degree, Doctor of Sciences, is usually conferred as a higher doctorate.
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