The Doctorate of Letters is a graduate degree issued by universities. It can also be awarded as an honorary degree, with the mention honoris causa.
To pursue a Doctorate of Letters, you must have completed a master’s degree or its equivalent. The student will have to issue a thesis that will be supervised by a professor who has agreed to collaborate, who will be his/her thesis director.
The duration of this is from three to six years, on average. With respect to education, the student will have to take five quarterly courses, including doctoral seminars 1 and 2. These courses must be completed in the first academic year.
In France, the Doctorate of Letters is the name of the highest existing doctorate between 1808 and 1984 in the disciplines related to languages, letters and human sciences. Commonly called the State Doctorate, it was different from and superior to the postgraduate doctorate.
Although it was replaced by the “new regime” doctorate of 1984, some universities still use the Doctorate of Letters degree for their graduates. The qualification to supervise research has taken over certain functions of the doctor of letters.
Oxford University
England, United Kingdom.
https://www.ox.ac.uk/students/academic/higher-doctorates?wssl=1
https://www.unil.ch/fdi/fr/home/menuinst/doctorat/doctorat-es-lettres.html
https://www.unine.ch/lettres/en/home/doctorat_en_sciences_humaines.html
The Doctorate of Letters is a postgraduate education and represents the highest degree awarded by the Faculty of Letters. It consists of new and original research that should not have resulted in obtaining a doctorate or a degree considered equivalent at another university.
https://www3.unifr.ch/lettres/fr/etudes/doctorat/programmes-doctoraux/
https://www.uqar.ca/etudes/etudier-a-l-uqar/programmes-d-etudes/3136
https://www.usj.edu.lb/admission/dipl.htm?cursus=352
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