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Swedish term or phrase:
doktorand
English translation:
doctoral student
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Charlesp
Mar 29, 2016 15:36
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Swedish term
doktorand
Swedish to English
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my question here specifically is if a licentiate student can be called a doktorand. Does the term incompass both licentiate andPhD students - i.e. are both called doctoral students - in Swedish higher education?
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| 2 +1 | doctoral student |
Diarmuid Kennan
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| 5 | forskarstuderande |
Sophie Påhlsson
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doctoral student
As I understand it, a postgraduate student and a licentiate student are the same, i.e. they already have a university degree, but the level of the degree is not specified and can vary from country to country and institution to institution. However, a "doktorand" is always a doctoral (PhD) student.
I have 2 glossaries from Lund University, one uses post-graduate and the other uses doctoral.
I always suspected that a post-graduate student could originally have been a student with a bachelor, studying for a masters, but it has now come to mean a student with a masters, studying for a PhD. But all of this is really just guessing - hope it helps.
I have 2 glossaries from Lund University, one uses post-graduate and the other uses doctoral.
I always suspected that a post-graduate student could originally have been a student with a bachelor, studying for a masters, but it has now come to mean a student with a masters, studying for a PhD. But all of this is really just guessing - hope it helps.
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| Thanks Diarmuid . That is exactly! what I what I was looking for. Thanks for your input, it is very helpful. |
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Comment: "There doesn't seem to be any consensus on this in actual (but as the question needs to be closed....), however my conclusion is that "doctoral student" (or PhD candidate) is what it is, and that it does not refer to a lower degree than a PhD.
HOWEVER, it seems that it is used to generally refer to graduate students, i.e. both at the doctoral and masters level. "
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forskarstuderande
Having worked at a Swedish university, I would agree with Daniel. I would suggest using "forskarstuderande" since it covers both.
Discussion
As mentioned before, however, very few would enter "forskarutbildning" with a two-year study plan, actively pursuing a licenciate degree. Most licenciate degrees are probably awarded to PhD students as a half-time milestone or following a decision to shorten the "forskarutbildning".