Doctor of Science Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === United Kingdom, Ireland, India, Pakistan and the Commonwealth === <!-- this section is linked to from [[Jack Drummond]] --> In Ireland, the United Kingdom and the countries of the [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]], such as Australia and India (in the [[Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay]]), the degree of Doctor of Science (DSc or ScD) is one of the [[Higher doctorate#Higher Doctorates in the United Kingdom, Ireland and the Commonwealth|Higher Doctorates]]. In some older universities it typically has precedence after Divinity, Laws or Civil Law, Medicine, and Letters, and above Music. The degree is conferred on a member of the university who has a proven record of internationally recognised scholarship. A candidate for the degree will usually be required to submit a selection of their publications that follow a consistent theme to the board of the appropriate faculty, which will decide if the candidate merits this accolade.<ref name=USQ>{{cite web |title=Higher Doctorates Procedure - University of Southern Queensland |url=https://policy.usq.edu.au/documents/13336PL |website=policy.usq.edu.au |publisher=University of Southern Queensland |access-date=1 March 2024|date=18 January 2022}}</ref> Quite often they will need to be a doctoral graduate of at least ten years standing and have a substantial research association with the awarding university.<ref name=USQ/> The first University to admit an individual to this degree was the [[University of London]] in 1860.<ref>Pages xiii and xiv of ''The University of London and the World of Learning, 1836β1986'' by [[Francis Michael Longstreth Thompson]]. Published by Continuum International Publishing Group, 1990 {{ISBN|978-1-85285-032-6}}</ref> In 1893 [[Maria Gordon]] (nΓ©e Ogilvie), was the first woman to receive this degree.<ref>{{cite book|last= Haines|first= Catharine M. C.|author2= Helen M. Stevens|title= International Women in Science|publisher= ABC-CLIO|year=2001|page=[https://archive.org/details/internationalwom00hain/page/115 115]|url=https://archive.org/details/internationalwom00hain|url-access= registration|isbn=1-57607-090-5}}</ref> In former times the doctorate in science was regarded as a greater distinction than a professorial chair and hence a professor who was also a DSc would be known as Doctor. The Doctor of Science may also be awarded as an honorary degree, that is, given to individuals who have made extensive contributions to a particular field and not for specific academic accomplishments. It is usual to signify this by adding DSc h.c. (for ''[[honoris causa]]''). Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page