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Candidatus medicinae
Introduction
Candidatus medicinæ (male), Candidata medicinæ (female), abbreviated cand. med. is a academic degree awarded in Denmark and Norway following a six year medical school education. The education is offered at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, University of Bergen, University of Oslo and University of Tromsø.
Following the education, candidates are permitted to work as rotation doctor, first at a hospital for one year and then six months as a general practitioner. After the rotation service, the candidate may receive formal qualifications as a medical doctor.
The first Norwegian to receive this degree was Carl Schultz in 1817. Along with the cand. med. vet., cand. psychol. and cand. theol. it is the only Latin title to survive the “Quality Reform” in Norway.