honorary degree
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degree awarded to honour an individual, waiving requirements
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Vinony files it under Doctoral degrees and Honorary degrees.
Its subject is documented across 32 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- academic degree
- Subclass of
- title of honor
- Image
- César Zumaeta Doctorado Honoris Causa de "U" Garcilazo.jpg
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- Commons category
- Honoris causa
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- female form of label
- doutora honoris causa
- male form of label
- doutor honoris causa
- different from
- honours degree
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Encyclopedic overview
The honoris causa doctorate received by Jimmy Wales from the University of Maastricht in Netherlands (2015)
An honorary degree is an academic degree for which a university (or other degree-awarding institution) has waived all of the usual requirements. It is also known by the Latin phrases honoris causa ("for the sake of the honour") or ad honorem ("to the honour"). The degree is typically a doctorate or, less commonly, a master's degree, and may be awarded to someone who has no prior connection with the academic institution or no previous postsecondary education. An example of identifying a recipient of this award is as follows: Doctorate in Business Administration (Hon. Causa).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “honorary degree” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.