Candidatus scientiarum (male), or candidata scientiarum (female), abbreviated as cand.scient., is an academic degree currently awarded in

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and formerly awarded in

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...

. In Denmark, cand.scient. is a higher-level degree awarded as a ''

Kandidat Candidate of Sciences (russian: кандидат наук, translit=kandidat nauk) is the first of two doctoral level scientific degrees in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States. It is formally classified as UNESCO's ISCED level 8, "d ...

'' (Candidate) degree by Danish universities to graduate students in the mathematics and natural sciences. The study requires 120 ECTS, and normally requires two years study in addition to a completed bachelor's degree. The title is officially translated to English as ''Master of Science''. In Norway, cand.scient. was a higher-level degree awarded in the fields of mathematics and natural sciences. It was introduced in 1985, replacing the more rigorous

cand.real. Candidatus realium or candidata realium (abbreviated cand. real.) is a former academic degree used in Norway, and conferred in mathematics and natural sciences. It was abolished in 1985. There was originally no set duration for the completion of th ...

degree. Completion required 1.5–2 years study in addition to a completed cand.mag. degree of 3.5 year. In 2003, the cand.scient. degree was replaced in Norway by the ''Master of Science'' degree as part of the adoption of the Bologna Process.Candidatus: akademisk grad. (2012, 21. mai). I Store norske leksikon. Hentet 10. mai 2016 fra https://snl.no/candidatus%2Fakademisk_grad.

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