what's M.Phil.?

Fri Feb 28 11:09:22 UTC 2003

The "licenciate degree" (often abbreviated "fil.lic", "tekn.lic", etc.) exists at least in Sweden, Finland and Czech Republic. It is intermediate between a Masters and a Doctors degree (I have seen the definition "50% of doctorate studies completed). Note that "faculty of philosophy" when talking about Swedish universities contains both "humanities" and "sciences", so you can be "fil.lic" of statistics, latin, nuclear physics, or whatever.
Jan Ivarsson

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> A related question if I may: I have often wondered what L.Ph. (sometimes
> Ph.L.) stands for in the States. I know it is common in Canada; it's in the
> list of abbreviations at the end of Canadian Who's Who, U. of T. Press,
> which also has M.Ph.,  though no M.Phil., but the full form of L.Ph. is
> given as Licence en Philosophe (probably from Laval U.) whereas Ph.L. is
> "Licentiate in Philosophy" (no idea from where).
> Tom Paikeday
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