The university was authorized to confer the bachelors, licentiate, masters, and doctorate degrees. The institution offered bachelor, licentiate and doctoral degrees. They focus on vocational education and do not grant licentiate or doctorate degrees. Finland also has a two-year doctoral level licentiate degree, similar to Sweden's. A University education was not considered finished until the licentiate diploma is obtained. After that there are two types of post graduate theses&colon; licentiate thesis and PhD dissertation. It is the licentiate that licences faculty to teach in seminaries. Especialista (Specialist) is usually a 1-year program with the licentiate degree required for admission. It was not until much later that the licentiate and the DEA became intermediate degrees. In the meantime, Teilhard earned a licentiate in literature in Caen in 1902. Besides these degrees, there was the licentiate. Master's degree qualifies for further study into Licentiate or doctorate. He topped the class in his First Licentiate in Medicine and Surgery(equivalent of MBBS) examination. The term is also used for a person who holds a licentiate. He later received his Licentiate and Fellowship FCP diplomas from the College.