42. Award of degrees and diplomas

Terms defined in s 2

• branch campus

  branch campus

  Defined · s 2

  “branch campus” means a branch of a higher educational institution having the status of a university or university college, and includes a foreign branch university or university college established under this Act;

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• degree

  degree

  Defined · s 2

  “degree” means an academic qualification at the undergraduate or graduate level or at a doctorate level awarded by a higher educational institution that has a university or college university status, or a branch campus of such institutions, to a person after that person has successfully completed a course of study designed to lead to the award of a degree or the equivalent thereof;

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• diploma

  diploma

  Defined · s 2

  “diploma” means an academic qualification at the diploma level or advanced diploma level awarded to a person after that person has successfully completed a course of study designed to lead to the award of a diploma or the equivalent thereof but does not include an extension education course;

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• higher educational institution

  higher educational institution

  Defined · s 2

  “higher educational institution” means an educational institution providing higher education leading to the award of a diploma, degree or the equivalent thereof;

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