privatdozent

Noun

Meaning

privatdozent (plural privatdozents or privatdozenten)

In some European countries, an academic who holds all formal qualifications (doctorate and habilitation) to become a tenured university professor.

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Academic career With the completion of his habilitation thesis, Planck became an unpaid private lecturer ( Privatdozent ) in Munich, waiting until he was offered an academic position. Source: Internet

In 1887 Ehrlich became an unsalaried lecturer in internal medicine (Privatdozent für Innere Medizin) at Berlin University, and in 1890 took over the tuberculosis station at a public hospital in Berlin-Moabit at Koch’s request. Source: Internet

Hegel secured a position at the University as a Privatdozent (unsalaried lecturer) after submitting a Habilitationsschrift (inaugural dissertation) on the orbits of the planets. Source: Internet

Hilbert remained at the University of Königsberg as a Privatdozent (senior lecturer) from 1886 to 1895. Source: Internet

The mid-1930s: further work and visits to the US Gödel earned his habilitation at Vienna in 1932, and in 1933 he became a Privatdozent (unpaid lecturer) there. Source: Internet

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