What lektor means?

lecturer
a lecturer, a teacher in university/college or (today less common) gymnasium who has a doctoral degree; in universities/colleges a lektor ranks below professor but above adjunkt.

What is a docent in Sweden?

Docent is a postdoctoral qualification. It is not a position, but rather an academic rank/title. It is similar to the habilitation qualification in Germany and elsewhere in Europe and kind of like the American tenure review, but it doesn’t confer a new position or the same job security.

What is docent level competence?

The title docent is not an employment position, but rather a competency level (“habilitation”) required to be the main supervisor of a doctoral student, or to serve as a member of the committee that assesses the defense of a PhD thesis.

What is professor MSO?

As an alternative to full professorship, it used to be possible to get a time limited (usually 5 years) position as professor MSO (professor med særlige opgaver), English: “professor with special responsibilities.” The post of professor with special responsibilities involves fixed-term specific functions as well as …

What is a PhD called in Sweden?

The Swedish licentiate is similar to the Master of Philosophy (MPhil) offered in the UK or other countries and some students initially enrol for this qualification before upgrading to become full PhD candidates.

What is docent diploma?

Docent is the highest academic title in several countries and the qualifying criteria are research output that corresponds to 3-5 doctoral dissertations, supervision of PhD students, and concrete evidence of teaching at undergraduate and graduate level.

Is professor a designation?

There are three faculty ranks “Assistant Professor”, “Associate Professor” and “Professor.” The earlier designations of lecturer (equivalent to junior assistant professor), senior lecturer (equivalent to assistant professor) and reader (equivalent to associate professor) have been abolished from 2009.