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Also known as licence, licenciate, licenciature, licentiate rank, Licenciatura

thumb|Licentiate dissertation (note text on cover) of [[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (University of Strasbourg, 1771)]]A licentiate (abbreviated Lic.) is an academic degree awarded in many countries, by a variety of types of educational (usually tertiary) institutions, after a variety of courses of study. It can represent completion of study at different educational levels, in Europe it is commonly for postgraduate studies program.

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Followed by
master's degree
Said to be same as
bachelor's degree
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different from
master's degree
applies to jurisdiction
Poland
next higher rank
master's degree
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Contents
  • Etymology<!--'Licentia docendi', 'Licentia doctorandi', 'Licentia ad practicandum', and 'Licentia practicandi' redirect here-->
  • History
  • Ecclesiastical Licentiate (Theology)
  • General and other licentiates: regional variants
  • Argentina
  • Australia
  • Belgium
  • Bolivia
  • Brazil
  • Canada
  • Costa Rica
  • Denmark and Norway
  • Dominican Republic
  • Finland and Sweden
  • France
  • Germany
  • Haiti
  • Hong Kong
  • India
  • Mexico
  • New Zealand
  • Nicaragua
  • Panama
  • Peru
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Romania
  • Serbia
  • Spain
  • Switzerland
  • United Kingdom
  • Uruguay
  • Venezuela
  • Licentiates in heraldry
  • Licentiates in medicine, surgery and obstetrics
  • Canada
  • Great Britain
  • Finland
  • Hong Kong
  • Ireland
  • Theology, canon law, history, and cultural patrimony
  • European consolidation: the Bologna Process
  • See also
  • References

thumb|Licentiate dissertation (note text on cover) of [[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (University of Strasbourg, 1771)]]A licentiate (abbreviated Lic.) is an academic degree awarded in many countries, by a variety of types of educational (usually tertiary) institutions, after a variety of courses of study. It can represent completion of study at different educational levels, in Europe it is commonly for postgraduate studies program.

The ecclesiastical licentiate is also a postgraduate degree preparatory to a ecclesiastical doctoral degree when issued by pontifical universities and certain other universities in Europe. The ecclesiastical licentiate in the civil system is considered similar to the coursework and exams of a Doctor of Philosophy program.

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