Victoria University of Technology Act 1990 - SECT 26 Awards of the University
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Victoria University of Technology Act 1990 - SECT 26
Awards of the University26. Awards of the University (1) Subject to the Statutes and regulations, the Council may, after appropriate assessment, confer any degree or grant any diploma, certificate or other award. (2) The Statutes may provide- (a) for the admission without examination to any degree, diploma, certificate or other award of any person who has graduated at any other University, at an Amalgamating Institute or at a prescribed institution; and (b) for the admission honoris causa to any degree, diploma, certificate or other award of any person whether or not the person has graduated at a University. (3) The persons on whom degrees are conferred or diplomas, certificates or other awards granted under subsection (2) are entitled to the same rights and privileges as those to which persons who have graduated after appropriate assessment in the University are entitled. (4) All degrees conferred and diplomas, certificates and other awards granted by the University must be evidenced by a certificate given under the common seal of the University. (5) If the Statutes so provide, the Council may, in prescribed circumstances and in the manner prescribed, revoke any degree, diploma, certificate or other award conferred or granted by the University or by an Amalgamating Institute, whether before or after the commencement of section 54(1) of the University Acts (Further Amendment) Act 1995. _______________