ORDINARY DEGREE OF M.D.

I. The Degree of Doctor of Medicine may be conferred on any Candidate who has obtained the Degree of Bachelor of Medicine and Master in Surgery and is of the age of twenty-four years, and has been engaged, subsequent to his having obtained the Degree of Bachelor of Medicine and Master in Surgery, for at least two years in attendance on a Hospital, or in the Military or Naval Medical Service, or in Medical and Surgical practice: Provided always, that the Degree of Doctor of Medicine shall not be conferred on any person, unless he be a Graduate in Arts, or unless he shall before, or at the time of his obtaining the Degree of Bachelor of Medicine and Master in Surgery, or within three years thereafter, have passed a satisfactory examination in Greek, and in Logic or Moral Philosophy, and in one, at least, of the following subjects—namely, French, German, Higher Mathematics, Natural Philosophy, and Natural History.

II. Every Candidate for the Degree of Doctor of Medicine who has previously obtained the Degree of Bachelor of Medicine and Master in Surgery, shall pay, in addition to the fees paid by him as a Candidate for the Degree of Bachelor of Medicine and Master in Surgery, a fee of £5, 5s., exclusive of any stamp duty which may for the time be exigible.

DEGREE OF M.D. FOR REGISTERED MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS.

I. The Degree of Doctor of Medicine may be conferred by the University of St Andrews on any registered Medical Practitioner above the age of forty years, whose professional position and experience are such as, in the estimation of the University, to entitle him to that Degree, and who shall, on examination, satisfy the Medical Examiners of the sufficiency of his professional knowledge: Provided always, that Degrees shall not be conferred under this section on a greater number than ten in any one year.

II. Any person presenting himself as a Candidate for the Degree of Doctor of Medicine without having previously obtained the Degree of Bachelor of Medicine and Master in Surgery, shall, on so presenting himself, pay a fee of fifty guineas, inclusive of the stamp duty. Successful Candidates must also pay to the Registrar a Registration Fee of £1 before being admitted to the Degree.

III. Candidates for graduation must lodge, with the Professor of Medicine, the following certificates, and deposit, along with their application for admission to examination

1. Certificate of age from parish registrar, or by affidavit before a magistrate.

2. At least three certificates from medical men, of such acknowledged reputation in the profession, or of such standing in the medical schools, as shall satisfy the Senatus of the Professional Position and Experience of the Candidate.

3. A certain portion (viz., £10, 10s.) of the Graduation Fee. This sum shall be forfeited should the Candidate fail to appear at the time appointed for examination, or should he fail to graduate. Should the Candidate withdraw his name from the Register before being cited for Examination, he shall forfeit £3, 3s. of the sum deposited.

IV. Candidates who have complied with the above-mentioned regulations, and whose certificates are approved of by the Medical Faculty, are enrolled for examination in order of application. V. The examination is conducted both in writing and vivâ voce, and includes the following subjects :

(1.) Materia Medica and General Therapeutics.

(2.) Medical Jurisprudence.

(3.) Practice of Medicine and Pathology.

(4.) Surgery.

(5.) Midwifery, and Diseases of Women and Children.

The Medical Examinations are held yearly in the middle of April.

GRADUATION

IN DIVINITY.

DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF DIVINITY.

The following are the provisional regulations adopted by the Senatus Academicus for the Degree of B.D.:

1. Masters of Arts of this or of any other University (or Bachelors of Arts of Oxford, Cambridge, Dublin, London, and Victoria Universities) who have completed their Theological course at this or any other Scottish University, shall be admitted to examination for the Degree of B.D., on producing satisfactory evidence to the above effect.

2. Masters or Bachelors of Arts as above who have completed a regular course of Theological study in connection with the denomination to which they belong, shall be admitted to examination for the Degree, on producing satisfactory evidence to that effect.

3. Each Candidate for the Degree shall, before admission to the examination, pay a fee of £3, 3s. to the Secretary of the University; and, before being admitted to the Degree, a Registration Fee of £1 to the Registrar, unless he is already a member of the General Council of the University.

4. The examination shall be conducted by the Professors of the Theological Faculty, with the assistance of two Professors of the Faculty of Arts.

5. The examination may be taken at two separate periods, the first of which shall not be earlier than the commencement of the Candidate's third Session of regular attendance, provided he shall have concluded his attendance on the classes of the Professor in whose department he proposes to be examined.

6. The examinations shall embrace the subjects taught in the several classes in the Theological Faculty, in accordance with the following programme:—

I. THEOLOGY.

1. Apologetic Theology.

1. Theistic and Anti-Theistic principles and arguments. 2. Evidences of Christianity, the Supernatural, the Mythical. 3. The New Testament Canon (Westcott's Survey of the History of the Canon. Reuss's History of the Canon).

2. Systematic Theology.

1. Trinitarianism, Arianism, and Socinianism (Clarke's Scripture Doctrine of the Trinity. Hagenbach's History of Doctrines. Dorner's Doctrine of the Person of Christ, Division I.)

2. Calvinism and Arminianism (Hill's Lectures. Whitby on the Five Points).

3. Creeds. Augsburg Confession; the Thirty-nine Articles ; the Westminster Confession-their origin and contents.

II. BIBLICAL CRITICISM.

1. The first seven chapters of the Gospel of Mark, compared with the parallel sections in Matthew and Luke.

2. Introduction to the Pauline Epistles. Questions will also be asked on the life and doctrine of the Apostle Paul.

3. The theory and practice of the Textual Criticism of the New Testament; description and character of the principal manuscripts and versions; the History of the Greek Testament since the invention of printing; and recent systems of Text-construction.

4. The Ignatian Epistles (Gebhardt & Harnack's edition).

III.-CHURCH HISTORY.

1. Scripture History. 2. Controversies in the fourth and fifth centuries regarding the Natures and Person of Christ. 3. The Causes and Principles of the Reformation in the sixteenth century, and History of the Reformation (Kurtz, vol. ii.)

IV.-HEBREW AND ORIENTAL LANGUAGES.

1. Isaiah, chaps. xl.-lxvi. 2. Chaps. xxvi.-xxviii. of St Matthew's Gospel in the Syriac version of the New Testament; or, as an alternative, the Book of Ecclesiastes in Hebrew. With grammatical and exegetical questions; and Hebrew prose composition.

The examinations take place on the first Friday of April and second Friday of November. Candidates may take their examination partly in April and partly in November. They are required to give in their names, together with evidence of their being qualified, in terms of the regulations, on or before the 1st of March for the examinations in April, and on or before the 16th of October for the examinations in November.

SPECIAL REGULATIONS FOR STUDENTS OF DIVINITY
IN AUSTRALIA AND CAPE COLONY.

Students of Divinity in Theological Colleges or Halls in Australia and Cape Colony, if otherwise qualified according to the regulations above laid down, will be admitted to examination for the Degree of B.D. In the case of such students, the following special rules will be observed :

1. Sealed examination papers shall be sent to such Colleges or Divinity Halls as shall have given intimation that they have students desirous of being examined for the Degree.

2. These papers shall be intrusted to a Principal or Professor who has given a promise of strict secrecy and fidelity.

3. The examinations on the same subject shall take place on the same day, and at the same hour, in all the Colleges or Halls presenting Candidates for examination.

4. The sealed envelope containing the examination papers shall be opened in the presence of the Candidates, and at the expiry of the time allotted the answers of the Candidates shall be sealed up, and forwarded by the first post to St Andrews.

5. A responsible person shall be in the room while the Candidates are writing their papers to see that no book or other help is used, and that no Candidate copies from another.

6. The subjects of examination in the several departments, and the books to be studied by the Candidates, shall be those prescribed for the examination at St Andrews.

7. Each Candidate for the Degree shall, before admission to examination, pay a fee of £3, 3s., and before receiving his diploma, a further fee of £2, 2s., in addition to the Registration Fee of £1. 8. The examination may be taken in two divisions, at two separate periods.

DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF DIVINITY.

All Bachelors of Divinity of this University shall be at liberty to offer themselves for the Degree of D.D. eighteen years after they have obtained the Degree of B.D., on writing such a thesis as may be prescribed by the Faculty of Divinity.

Honorary Degrees.

The Degrees of Doctor of Laws and Doctor of Divinity are conferred honoris causâ tantum, on such persons as may be selected by the Senatus Academicus for distinguished eminence in the Professions to which they belong.

For each of these Degrees there is a Diploma fee of £10, 10s.

Ceremonial of Graduation.

All Candidates for Graduation who are proposed by the Faculties as qualified, must before their admission to Degrees be present at the ceremonial of Graduation. The Degrees in the several Faculties are publicly conferred by the Chancellor or the ViceChancellor of the University, in name of the Senatus Academicus.

The annual ceremonial of Graduation takes place in the middle of April. Candidates presented for Graduation are expected to appear in gowns, and to provide themselves with the hoods of their respective degrees.

No person shall be allowed, after examination, to graduate until he has paid, as a registration fee, the sum of £1 to the General Fund of the University. This payment entitles the graduate to enrolment as a life member of the General Council of the University.

Academic Costume.

1. For Masters of Arts. A gown of black silk or inferior stuff, still worn by the Professors in several of the Faculties in the University of France, with cincture or belt of black silk, and