Other Doctoral Degrees
- Doctor of sciences (Doctor scientarum – DSc) - highest appreciation of scientific work, granting from the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
- Honorary Doctorate (Doctor honoris causa – Dr.h.c.) – honorary degree, usually it is not in use
These degrees are written after the name.
Both Czech and Slovak orthography state that the 'philosophiae doctor' is abbreviated as 'PhD.' in analogy to all of the other degrees, however, perhaps under influence of international use of 'Ph.D.', this foreign form is used in the Czech Law of the Academic and Scientific Degrees. In fact, Czech lawgivers have enacted an orthographical mistake.
Read more about this topic: List Of Doctoral Degrees Awarded By Country, Czech Republic and Slovakia
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