In this link there is text regarding a "super doctorate" or "agrege en Philosophie" from Louvain. http://www.catholicleague.org/research/fultonsheen.htm Anyone, know what this degree is? First time I have heard of it. John
Louvain still offer it. http://www.ucl.ac.be/etudes/programmes/theo3a.html Playing around with google's translation function and the Louvain degree regulations pages shows that you have to have a doctorate for admission, and that it's a thesis-based defence of a body of work carried out over a number of years. http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.ucl.ac.be/etudes/2002/libres/rg360.html&prev=/search%3Fq%3D%2522Agr%25C3%25A9gation%2Bde%2Bl%2527enseignement%2Bsup%25C3%25A9rieur%2522%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8%26sa%3DG Angela
The agrégé is the French equivalent of the German habillation, a sort-of post-doctoral thesis required for a professorship. jon
Nosborne wrote: So it's like a "higher doctorate" in the UK system? Rather more like a postdoctoral Oxford Junior Research Fellowship or the Licenciate in Mediaeval Studies at U Toronto (the new postdoctoral version). A higher doctorate usually comes near the end of a career, not towards the beginning. jon
Back when this thread was originally started I wrote to the university seeking an answer to the above question. Well, by now the question has been answered but I thought I'd share the answer that just arrived from Michel Dupuis, Dean of the Institute: "Dear Sir, this degree confered after the doctorate in Philosophy is the level of the German Habilitation...The Institute confers this degree of "agregation de l'enseignement superieur" and the degree of "maitrise de l'ecole de saint Thomas". You can consult our web site ("reglement") and you'll find all the information about these degrees." So that's the deal, more or less what's written by others above. Jack
All, thanks for the follow-up. Jack, thanks for contacting the university directly. Now we know. John
It’s better to describe this degree as “post doctorate” or “professorial doctorate” rather than "super doctorate". I think that “super doctorate” is a misnomer in this case. Ike Okonkwo, PhD