Habilitation

How it is used

Requirements and career implications vary by country and institution.

Example sentences

1. Her habilitation assessed a body of research completed after the doctorate.

   The assessment concerns work beyond the doctoral degree.

2. The department explained that habilitation was not required for this appointment.

   The credential is not a universal appointment requirement.

Common collocations

• complete a habilitation
• habilitation procedure

Related terms

• PhDDoctor of Philosophy: the highest university research degree, awarded after several years of original research and a thesis.
• facultyIn American English, the teaching and research staff of a university; in British English, also a group of related departments, such as the Faculty of Arts.

More terms: Graduate Study and Supervision

• supervisor
• postgraduate
• research proposal
• thesis defense
• grant
• thesis committee
• research assistant
• qualifying exam
• coursework
• doctoral candidate
• graduate student
• doctoral supervision