Last July, Regent's College was granted degree-awarding powers by the British government.
A registered charity, it was granted degree-awarding powers last year and is best known for management and business degrees.
It has been awarded both Highly Trusted Sponsor and University status, and, in 2007, was granted degree-awarding powers.
It was granted degree-awarding powers in January 2010 and is the only professional body in the UK to have this distinction.
Then there is the fact that, under the existing arrangements, thirty-six dinstitutionstitutions have been granted degree-awarding powers in the UK – about 20% of the current total.
It was granted degree-awarding powers in 2007 and two years later was acquired for £335m by Apollo Group, a joint venture between the US-based for-profit educator Apollo Group and The Carlyle Group, a private equity firm.
The non-profit institution announces on Monday that it has received confirmation from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills that it meets the criteria for the university title – having last year been granted degree-awarding powers by the Privy Council.
The Boston program has thus far granted degrees to 218 students.
The school granted degrees in buffoonery to more than 1,200 performers, including a MacArthur fellow, Bill Irwin, and Penn Gillette of the comedy illusionist team Penn and Teller.
According to the National Science Foundation, about 27,000 people were granted degrees in the physical sciences in 2009, at all degree levels, including associate's degrees.
Bath Spa University was first granted degree-awarding powers in 1992 as a university college, before being granted university status in August 2005.
