academic degree

status awarded for completion of a academic program of study and having an exam at the end
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Summary

academic degree ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,337 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: qualification[2], award[3], intangible asset[4], credential[5], academic degree[6]
  • Part of: academic achievement[7]
  • Commons category: Academic degrees[8]
  • Has cause: certification[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Academic degrees[10]
  • Described by source: The Encyclopedia Americana[11]
  • Topic has template: Template:Academic degrees[12]
  • Stack Exchange tag: https://academia.stackexchange.com/tags/degree[13]
  • Has effect: academic title[14], licentiate[15]
  • Manifestation of: academic achievement[16]
  • Main Wikidata property: P512[17], P5460[18], P1027[19], P13338[20]
  • Equivalent class: https://purl.org/ctdl/terms/Degree[21]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C25354[22]
  • Different from: academic rank[23], academic title[24], degree program[25], academic degree[26], occupation[27], certificate[28]
  • Uses: diploma[29]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: concrete/abstract disjunction anomalies[30]
  • P14541: 3PmbTi[31]
  • P14864: korkeakoulututk[32]

Why It Matters

academic degree has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 75 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · Zache · 2026-09-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14864 → korkeakoulututk
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14864: korkeakoulututk, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1789688721844"
  2. 5w ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → qualification, award, intangible asset +2
    Nci thesaurus id → C25354
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Subclass of: academic degree"
  3. 6w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-09-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Umls cui → C0542560
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Umls cui: C0542560"
  4. 8w ago · Infovarius · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jstor topic id (archived) → academic-degrees, academic-rank
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Jstor topic id (archived): academic-rank, Moving from list of academic ranks"
  5. 11w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → degrees, degrees-academic
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: degrees-academic, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289919191|degrees academic (#289919191)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harpe"
  6. 12w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → degrees, degrees-academic
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: degrees, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289919190|degrees (#289919190)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'm"
  7. 12w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Albert, 4th duc de Broglie
    P14541 → 3PmbTi
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q434932, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  8. 17w ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project → concrete/abstract disjunction anomalies
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/36807|batch #36807]]: tag for concrete/abstract disjunction anomaly"
  9. 18w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0400136-akademicke-tituly
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0400136-akademicke-tituly, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259576|batch #259576]]"
  10. 21w ago · Charp238 · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Stack exchange tag → https://academia.stackexchange.com/tags/degree
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Stack exchange tag: https://academia.stackexchange.com/tags/degree"
  11. 24w ago · GeertivpBot bot · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → qualification, award, intangible asset +2
    Different from → academic rank, academic title, degree program +3
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||et, tr, sv, mk */ #pwb Copy label"
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