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The dottorato di ricerca (doctorate of
research) is the highest
Italian
academic degree, the equivalent of a
Ph.D..
The dottorato is a relatively recent addition to the
Italian academic landscape, having been instituted in
1980.
Until recent times, no title matching the Bachelor degree
existed in the Italian education system and the
laurea (the equivalent of a Master's degree) was granted
after a single educational program of four, five or six years,
including a final research thesis work. Nowadays, with the new
system that introduced the Bachelor degree (laurea triennale),
a (laurea specialistica) is required to enter doctoral
studies.
Students are admitted to the doctoral program via public
concourses offered by individual universities, which set their
own standards for admission. The program is from three to five
years in length.
Because of the relatively recent introduction of the
dottorato, the term dottore is officially used in
Italy to refer to any person with a university degree: today,
even a person with just a Bachelor-equivalent "laurea triennale"
use the title "dottore". Therefore, holders of the dottorato
acquire the title of dottore di ricerca ("doctor of
research").
Links
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Associazione dottorandi e dottori di ricerca italiani
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Ministero dell'universitΰ e della ricerca
Categoria:Universitΰ
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