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==Academia== <!-- This section is linked from [[Ecclesiastical court]] -->
:''National examples of the licentiate are listed at [[licentiate (degree)]]''

A [[Licentiate (degree)|licentiate]] is an [[academic degree]] that traditionally conferred the license to teach at a university or to practice a particular profession. The term survived despite the fact that nowadays a [[doctorate]] is typically needed in order to teach at a university. The term is also used for a person who holds a licentiate.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140821224611/http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/licentiate?region=uk&q=Licentiate Oxford Living Dictionaries] Accessed September 16, 2012</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Definition of LICENTIATE |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/licentiate |access-date=April 15, 2018 |website=www.merriam-webster.com}}</ref> In English, the degree has never been called a license. In France, the ''licence'' is the first degree awarded in Universities.

In [[Education in Sweden|Sweden]], Finland, and in some other European university systems, a 'licentiate' is a postgraduate degree between the master's degree and the doctorate.  The licentiate is a popular choice in those countries where a full [[doctorate|doctoral degree]] would take five or more years to achieve.