A jubilee doctor (, , ) or golden doctor ({{langx, de, Goldene Doktor) is in some countries a person who has held a
doctorate
A doctorate (from Latin ''doctor'', meaning "teacher") or doctoral degree is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism '' licentia docendi'' ("licence to teach ...
for 50 years or more. When 50 years have passed, the doctor is invited again by his or her university to the ceremony where the doctorates are conferred and is made ''jubilee/golden doctor'' and celebrated as a guest of honour. This custom is common in
Germany
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,
Sweden
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and
Finland
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. In Germany, this ceremony is referred to as the "Golden Promotion" (''Goldene Promotion''). In Sweden, a person so honoured who holds, for instance, a doctorate of philosophy, may use the academic title ''fil.jubeldr'' instead of the regular ''fil.dr''.
References
Swedish National Agency for Higher Education - Swedish-English dictionary: Jubeldoktor/Jubilee doctor(with definitions in Swedish)
Doctoral degrees