Check if your university or college can award a degree
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 [email protected].
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 [email protected].
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:
- awarded by an institution on the list of recognised bodies in Wales
- on the list of recognised awards
If you have any questions
Email the Welsh Government at [email protected].