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unusual facts about Doctoral degree



Cape Peninsula University of Technology

In 1993, the Technikons Act was promulgated, which allowed technikons to offer Bachelor's degrees (B.Tech), Master's and Doctoral degrees in Technology.

Chihchun Chi-sun Lee

Dr. Lee is originally from Kaohsiung, Taiwan, and is currently on the faculty of the University of South Florida, in Tampa, USA, She received a doctoral degree from the University of Michigan, two masters’ degrees from Ohio University, and a bachelor’s degree from Soochow University in Taiwan.

Saša Toperić

He earned his doctoral degree at the Music Academy in Lovran, Croatia, where he studied with Marina Ambokadze.


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Adikanda Mahanta

He is awarded Doctoral degree from Ranchi university for his research work on the folk culture of Odisha for his research thesis "Odishara Kurmali Lokagita" ( Kurmali Folk Songs of Orissa ).

Adolf Muschg

Adolf Muschg studied German studies, English studies and philosophy at the universities of Zürich and Cambridge and earned his doctoral degree with a work about Ernst Barlach.

Anatoly Vershik

Vershik studied at Leningrad State University, receiving his doctoral degree in 1974; his advisor was Vladimir Rokhlin.

Andrew Clausen

After leaving a graduate program at The University of Melbourne, he is pursuing a doctoral degree in economics at the University of Pennsylvania.

Ba Maw

In 1924 Ba Maw obtained his doctoral degree from the University of Bordeaux, France.

Chang King-yuh

Chang obtained his bachelor's degree in law from National Taiwan University, master's degree in diplomacy from National Chengchi University, master's degree in comparative law and doctoral degree from Columbia University in the United States.

Committee for a Nuclear Free Island

They even went so far as to contact the colleges and universities that authors of the Environmental Impact Statements claimed to have attended, and broke up one public hearing with a letter from the University of Michigan disavowing a claim of a doctoral degree.

Daniel Tse

He obtained bachelor degree in Mathematics and master degree in Physics at the Baylor University, and obtained doctoral degree at the University of Pittsburgh.

Don Eigler

Eigler graduated from the University of California, San Diego with a bachelors degree in 1975 and a doctoral degree in 1984.

Eduardo García de Enterría

Born in Ramales de la Victoria, Cantabria, he studied law at the Universities of Barcelona and Madrid, where he obtained his Doctoral Degree, cum laude.

Frank B. Jewett

He graduated from the Throop Institute of Technology (later the California Institute of Technology) in 1898, and received the doctoral degree in physics in 1902 from the University of Chicago (IL).

George Yuri Rainich

Marjorie Lee Browne (9 September 1914-19 October 1979) was the second African-American woman to receive a doctoral degree in the U.S.

Henryk Cioch

In 1996, the Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Gdańsk received doctoral degree (based on the trial in terms of the Foundation of the Polish law on comparative legal background).

Hung Meng-chi

He went further for his master and doctoral degree in East Asian Studies from National Chengchi University.

Jacquelyn Grant

A graduate of Bennett College and Turner Theological Seminary, she became the first black woman to earn a doctoral degree in systematic theology at Union Theological Seminary.

Javier Sologuren

Javier Sologuren received a doctoral degree in Hispanic literature at the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos and also made postdegree studies at the Colegio de México an the University of Leuven, Belgium.

Jose Ricardo L. Manapat

In 2005, he began his studies in Historical Sociology towards a doctoral degree at La Trobe University in Australia.

Jovan Krkobabić

Krkobabić graduated from the University of Belgrade's Faculty of Political Sciences, where he also earned his doctoral degree.

Kesho Y. Scott

After receiving her doctoral degree she became Distinguished American Studies Scholar in Residence at Pennaylvania State University in Harrisburg (1989), visiting professor at Nanjing University in China (1994), and Fulbright visiting professor at Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia (2001–2002).

Knightsbridge University

In 2000, Coleman Nyathi, an official of the South African province of Mpumalanga, was forced to resign after it was revealed that he had lied about his citizenship and that his academic credentials, including his Knightsbridge University doctoral degree in business administration, were "mail order" distance learning degrees from unaccredited institutions.

L. W. Sumner

Sumner received his bachelor's degree from the University of Toronto in 1962 and his doctoral degree from Princeton University in 1965, with a thesis supervised by Stuart Hampshire and Joel Feinberg.

Manfred Stahnke

He also holds a doctoral degree in musicology, with a thesis on the subject of Pierre Boulez' Third Piano Sonata (1979, under Constantin Floros in Hamburg).

Nicolai V. Krylov

Krylov studied at Lomonosov University, where he in 1966 under E. B. Dynkin attained a doctoral candidate title (similar to a PhD) and in 1973 a Russian doctoral degree (somewhat more prestigious than a PhD).

Nikola Moravčević

After three years of service in the U.S. Army, he continued his Graduate studies, obtaining a magisterial degree in Theatrical Directing from the School of Theatre Arts at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1961, and in 1964 a doctoral degree in Comparative Literature from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Peng Ming-min

After receiving his bachelor’s degree, Peng went on to pursue a Master’s degree at the Institute of International Air Law at the McGill University in Montreal, later a doctoral degree in law at the University of Paris in 1954.

Ragavendra R Baliga

Baliga received an MBBS, from St. John's Medical College, Bangalore in 1984 and post-doctoral degree Doctor of Medicine, from Bangalore Medical College/Bangalore University in 1988.

Ruby Cohn

After the war she returned to Europe and competed a doctoral degree at the University of Paris.

Samuel M. Nabrit

Samuel M. Nabrit, (February 21, 1905 – December 30, 2003) became the first African-American to be awarded a doctoral degree from Brown University, the first Morehouse College graduate to earn a Ph.D. and the first African-American appointed to the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (now the Nuclear Regulatory Commission).

Samuel Totten

Samuel Totten earned a master's degree and a doctoral degree at Teachers College, Columbia University.

Sensorimotor psychotherapy

Graduate credit for doctoral degree in Somatic Psychology or Clinical Psychology can be obtained at Santa Barbara Graduate Institute as part of their Professional Specialty Program by attending Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Trainings.

Shih-Hui Chen

Chen Shih-hui (陳士惠) was born in Taipei, Taiwan, and came to the United States in 1982 to study for a master's degree from Northern Illinois University and a doctoral degree from Boston University.

Thomas Heberer

He was then appointed research fellow at the Institute of Geography of the University of Bremen and conducted a research project on the private economic sector in China funded by the Volkswagen Foundation, which was followed by his habilitation (post-doctoral degree) thesis on the role of the individual (“informal”) economic sector for urban and social development.

Vijoy S Sahay

After having secured First position in First Class in both, B.A. (Honors) and M. A. in Anthropology, Professor Sahay was awarded doctoral degree in Anthropology from Ranchi University, Ranchi in 1979 for his research work in the Nicobar Archipelago.

Virtual Library of Virginia

Members include all of the 39 state-assisted colleges and universities (the six doctoral degree-granting universities, nine four-year institutions, and 24 community and two-year branch colleges), as well as 34 of the independent (private, nonprofit) institutions and the Library of Virginia.