Candidate is the name of various academic degrees, which are today mainly awarded in Scandinavia and Eastern Europe. The degree title was phased out in much of Europe through the 1999 Bologna Process,
A Candidate of Law (Candidatus juris) diploma from the University of Oslo
A fresco from Pompeii depicting a candidate for office, or perhaps an elected official, wearing the white toga candida while distributing bread.
A Candidate of Science of Law diploma (Ukrainian: Диплом к.ю.н.) awarded by Uzhhorod National University in 2015
A Doctor of Philosophy is a terminal degree that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of graduate study and original resear
Doctor of Philosophy degree certificate of Columbia University
A new PhD graduate from the University of Birmingham, wearing a doctor's bonnet, shakes hands with the chancellor.
A South African PhD graduate (on the right, wearing a ceremonial gown)
A PhD gown at the University of Cambridge. Reflecting the status of the PhD as a lower doctorate, it uses a black Master's gown with scarlet facings rather than the scarlet Doctor's gown of the higher doctorates at Cambridge.