''Très honorable avec félicitations du jury'', meaning "Very Honorable, with Committee Praise", was the highest academic distinction awarded in the French

academic An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of tertiary education. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 386 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the go ...

university system. The doctoral academic distinctions were, in ascending order, ''honorable'', ''très honorable'', ''très honorable avec félicitations du jury''. They are entirely distinct from bachelor's and master's distinctions, which are ''Assez bien'', ''Bien'' and ''Très bien'', as they are awarded by the Thesis Committee right after the thesis' Defense. The ''félicitations du jury'' were an exceptional distinction, requiring a positive secret vote by the Committee and a special memo to be written by the Committee Chairperson to justify this honor. Due to the disparity of treatment –some universities delivering it systematically, others very infrequently– many universities ruled out the mention of ''félicitations du jury'' in the report. Since a 2016 ruling, in France, the title of Doctor is no longer assorted with a distinctive mention or accolade.

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