Bethel indicated that all institutions conducting courses at degree level in all countries except the United Kingdom conferred their own awards.

In addition, many non-profit organizations, educational institutions, partnerships, and sole proprietorships also confer corporate titles.

The institution conferred its first four-year degrees in 1978.

The University of Houston System has four separate and distinct institutions; each institution is a stand-alone university and confers its own degrees.

A.S.U.'s president explained that his institution no longer confers honorary degrees on "sitting politicians."

It was Mark Twain's second Yale degree, and it was the highest rank that an American institution of learning could confer.

The institution is separately accredited, offers its own academic programs and confers its own degrees, and has its own administration.

The term "university" is used to describe higher-education institutions offering locally conferred degrees.

However, it is currently believed that the institution of high-kingship of Ireland did not confer authority over the whole island on its possessor.

Some institutions confer the title on the class member chosen to deliver the final graduation address, regardless of the speaker's academic credentials.