What does your Degree/ Masters/ MPhil/ PhD certificate look like?

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My MSc doesn't even say what subject I studied! it just says 'science'. I could make anything up if I wanted!

barnaby-bear

studentphil wrote: »

Is your degree// Masters/ MPhil/ PhD etc. certificate nice looking and classy or is it ugly like public exam ones are?

All of mine look like they were made in word by a 14 year old, cr&ppy mismatched fonts on thin buff paper with a photocopied signature, the gowns were plain and boring and there weren't any mortar boards and the degree ceremony lasted about 10 minutes and was all in Latin and processed in batches of 4 and involved some weird finger holding - 4 students holding one guy's fingers and presented to somebody in a throne - utterly weird....

lhwjud

barnaby-bear wrote: »

All of mine look like they were made in word by a 14 year old, cr&ppy mismatched fonts on thin buff paper with a photocopied signature, the gowns were plain and boring and there weren't any mortar boards and the degree ceremony lasted about 10 minutes and was all in Latin and processed in batches of 4 and involved some weird finger holding - 4 students holding one guy's fingers and presented to somebody in a throne - utterly weird....

Sidney Sussex Collenge, Cantab? I won't complain.....

DrFluffy

My D.Phil certificate looks like it was made by a blind monkey! I was quite surprised at how naff it was! You can pay to "upgrade" to a hand scripted one, but I haven't got around to doing it... Thanks for the reminder!

melancholly

lhwjud wrote: »

Sidney Sussex Collenge, Cantab? I won't complain.....

but surely that would have had hoods to the gowns (white fake fur?) - not quite the 'plain and boring' suggested?! i m confused!

and a 10 minute finger holding bizarre graduation is a lot more interesting than 300 people on a course all walking across a stage in turn.... there's only 30 seconds of that that matter to any individual but it really drags out!

DrFluffy

melancholly wrote: »

but surely that would have had hoods to the gowns (white fake fur?) - not quite the 'plain and boring' suggested?! i m confused!

and a 10 minute finger holding bizarre graduation is a lot more interesting than 300 people on a course all walking across a stage in turn.... there's only 30 seconds of that that matter to any individual but it really drags out!

I got 'hit' on the head with a book... Odd, odd, odd!!!

melancholly

DrFluffy wrote: »

I got 'hit' on the head with a book... Odd, odd, odd!!!

nice!! haven't heard that one before!

SueMaggie

I was also hit on the head with a book and then pushed down the stairs (actually a firm push on the back to make sure I moved off and made room for the next person).

Some pushes were obviously firmer than others as one of my friends did actually fall down the half dozen stairs from the stage and land in a heap at the bottom!

slicence

I remember being pushed up the stairs, but I hated every minute of it anyway. My cert is quite nice though. Thick paper, with my subject, grade, some scrawny signatures and a shiny bit!

Very exciting!!!

full-time-mum

Stompa wrote: »

I could tell you - if only I could remember where I put it! (I don't recall seeing it for at least 10 years!)

ermm... haven't seen mine for considerably longer. It was in a frame so it can't have been that ugly but where it is now and whether it is of any use/relavence to me anymore is a totally different matter!