Check if your university or college can award a degree

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1. Overview

You can check if a degree you鈥檙e studying for is officially recognised. If your degree is not officially recognised, employers or universities might not accept it.

Not all colleges that teach degrees can award them. Your degree might be awarded by a higher education institution that鈥檚 different from the place you鈥檙e studying.

If you鈥檙e not sure who awards your degree, ask your college or check their website or prospectus. You can double check this with the higher education institution you鈥檙e told awards your degree.

How you check if your degree is officially recognised depends on where you study.

If you study in England

Your degree will be officially recognised if:

  • the higher education institute can award degrees - you can check on
  • it鈥檚 on the list of recognised awards
  • it鈥檚 awarded by
  • it鈥檚 awarded by

If you have any questions

Email OfS providerverification@officeforstudents.org.uk.

If you study in Northern Ireland

Your degree will be officially recognised if it鈥檚 on either:

If you have any questions

Email the Northern Ireland Executive hepolicy@economy-ni.gov.uk.

If you study in Scotland

Your degree will be officially recognised if it鈥檚 on either:

If you have any questions

Contact the .

If you study in Wales

Your degree will be officially recognised if it鈥檚 either:

If you have any questions

Email the Welsh Government at customerhelp@gov.wales.

2. Recognised bodies in Wales

Recognised bodies are higher learning institutions that can award degrees.

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3. Recognised awards

Certain bodies or institutions can award their own unique degrees. These are known as 鈥榬ecognised awards鈥�.

Recognised award Institution or body
Mastership in Clinical Biochemistry Awarded jointly by the , the , the and the
Degree of Barrister-at-Law
Degree of the Utter Bar
Master of Horticulture
Mastership in Chemical Analysis
Mastership in Food Control Awarded jointly by the , the and the