honours degree
Superior university qualification
An honours degree is a British and Commonwealth university qualification representing a higher level of study than an ordinary or pass degree.
It typically involves more rigorous coursework, deeper specialization, or a final-year thesis.
Graduates receive a classification: first class, upper second, lower second, or third.
She graduated with a first-class honours degree in chemistry.
Often shortened to honours: He read history with honours at Oxford.
- firstPosition number one
- first classHighest quality or rank
- baccalaureateFirst college degree
- viva voceSpoken academic examination
- graduation ceremonyFormal academic completion event
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- British universitiesOxford, Cambridge, university, college, undergraduate
- Oxbridge academiaMA, PhD, DPhil, matriculation, finals
- degree honorsthird class, cum laude, magna cum laude, summa cum laude, distinction
honours degreefail
Be unsuccessful
incomplete · dropped out · dropout · certificate · diploma
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