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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:

• the list of recognised awards

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:

• the list of recognised awards

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].

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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