The Doctor of Modern Languages degree (D.M.L.), like other doctorates, is an academic degree of the highest level. It is similar to the Ph.D. and the Doctor of Arts degree in Foreign Languages.
Currently, the D.M.L. degree is unique to one school in the United States: Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont. The degree prepares teacher-scholars in two modern languages, with additional focus on their respective literatures and cultures. It is a flexible degree that encourages depth of research, but differs from the Ph.D. in the variety of subject matter studied as part of the doctoral thesis.
For a list of doctoral designations, see doctorate.
While the title Doctor (abbreviated Dr) is used in the United States, the UK and Germany for most people holding a doctorate, in some other countries, such as France, it is generally not used except for physicians and thus has become a synonym for "physician".
In Roman Catholicism, a Doctor of the Church is an eminent theologian (e.g.
A Doctor blade is a knife blade pressed to a moving surface to smoothen the surface or remove an unwanted substance from the surface.
Traditionally, the award of a doctorate implies recognition of the candidate as an equal by the university faculty under which he studied.
The minimum term for a first-professional doctorate is 3 years past secondary education, the same minimum term required for a research doctorate.
Minimum periods for research doctorates vary considerably: In the UK and USA the minimum time for completing a Ph.D. is usually 3 years from time of enrollment (which usually takes place after the award of a bachelor's or master's degree).
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