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Nature 398, 745 (29 April 1999) | doi:10.1038/19615

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Some PhDs are more equal than others

Leonor Cruzeiro-Hansson1

  1. Mathematics Department, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, UK

One important aim of the European Union (EU) is to allow the free circulation of people among the different countries. In spite of this, countries such as Portugal demand that a PhD awarded abroad must be 'recognized' in Portugal before a researcher can have a university job.