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For other uses, see Doctor (disambiguation). 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). A doctorate (from Latin docere , "to teach") or doctor's degree (from Latin doctor , "teacher") or doctoral degree (from the ancient formalism licentia docendi ) is an academic degree awarded by universities that is, in most countries, a research degree that qualifies the holder to teach at the university level in the degree's field, or to work in a specific profession. There are a variety of doctoral degrees, with the most common being the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), which is awarded in many different fields, ranging from the humanities to the scientific disciplines. In the United States and some other countries, there are also some types of vocational, technical, or professional degrees that are referred to as d...