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A doctorate is a degree earned by passing a doctoral dissertation. Usually, it refers to a Ph.D., but it can also be an Doctor of Medicine or an Juris Doctor. Colleges often give honorary doctorates to famous people who speak there.
Academic doctors gather before the commencement exercises at Brigham Young University (April 2008).
The cover of the thesis presented by Claude Bernard to obtain his Doctor of Medicine degree (1843).
In 1861, Yale University awarded the first Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree in the United States.