When the Congo received its independence in 1960 there were, among its 13.5 million people, exactly 14 university graduates.

A 2002 randomized controlled UK university study of 93 people with clinically confirmed idiopathic Parkinson's disease found that participants who received Alexander Technique lessons reported sustained improvements in their physical functioning, as well as reporting themselves to be less depressed and to have improved attitudes towards themselves.

In 2001, it achieved high rankings in the annual Maclean's University Rankings, including Best Overall for Primarily Undergraduate University in their opinion survey, and it received the Canadian Information Productivity Award in 1997 as it was praised as the first university in Canada to fully utilize information technology in the undergraduate curriculum.

The university campus received a B grade from the Sustainable Endowments Institute on its College Sustainability Report Card for 2011.

In the 2011 College Sustainability Report Card issued by the Sustainable Endowments Institute, the university received a B grade.

He enrolled at UC Berkeley in 1966 ; he graduated from the university in 1970 with a Bachelor of Arts in Magic, becoming the first and only person to have ever received any kind of academic degree in Magic from an accredited university.

With the support of his mentor Michael Maestlin, Kepler received permission from the Tübingen university senate to publish his manuscript, pending removal of the Bible exegesis and the addition of a simpler, more understandable description of the Copernican system as well as Kepler ’ s new ideas.

In 1376, Wycliffe received a letter from his parents recommending him to join a different university, but he denied the offer.

Though he failed to pass the required swimming test for a bachelor's degree ( a matter that was rectified when Columbia gave him an honorary degree in 1983 ), he stayed at the university and eventually received an instructorship and finally a doctorate in psychology.

According to the Good Universities Guide to Australian universities, starting salaries for Macquarie graduates have been ranked as the highest in Australia for ten consecutive years ( 1998 – 2007 ) and in 2009, the university received 5 star ratings in six different performance categories including non-government earnings, staff qualifications and toughness of admissions.

In 1921 Frisch received a fellowship from the university which enabled him to spend three years studying economics and mathematics in France and England.

In 2012 the university received 3261 applications for the 150 available places on their Master in Science programs.

During the 1970s, severe budget constraints challenged the university's physical development ; but, in the 1980s, the university received increased grants for research in the social and physical sciences.

The university received a stable structure with its constitution of 1626.

Returning in 1654, he received an assistantship in Medicine in 1655, and had already gone to work on a program of improving aspects of the university.

On 27 February 1858 the University received its Royal Charter from Queen Victoria, giving degrees conferred by the university rank and recognition equal to those given by universities in the UK.

The university has a " very high " level of research activity and received $ 463. 7 million in sponsored research from 2008 to 2009.

Taking its name from the historic county of Sussex, the university received its Royal Charter in August 1961.

Leiden, Groningen and Utrecht were the three universities () of the new state, and Leiden received the title of eerste hoge school (" first university ").

Prior to the events, the university received a facelift that included extensive renovations to the Rice – Eccles Stadium, a light rail track leading to downtown Salt Lake City, a new student center known as the Heritage Center, an array of new student housing, and a 134-room campus hotel and conference center.

The University of Manitoba is a non-denominational university, founded by Alexander Morris, that received a charter on February 28, 1877.

Political philosophers Leo Strauss and Hannah Arendt received their university education during the Weimar Republic and moved in Jewish intellectual circles in Berlin, and were associated with Norbert Elias, Leo Löwenthal, Karl Löwith, Julius Guttmann, Hans-Georg Gadamer, Franz Rosenzweig, Gershom Scholem, and Alexander Altmann.

He was rector of the university from 1875 until 1878, when he retired as Emeritus Professor and received the title of verkligt statsråd ( Russian: действительный статский советник ; literally " state councillor ", a Russian honorary title ).

The university was closed for two months in 1905 in the aftermath of Bloody Sunday: Stravinsky was prevented from taking his final law examinations and later received a half-course diploma in April 1906.

He also received a Master of Science degree from Texas A & I College and a Bachelor of Science degree from Southwestern State College, Weatherford, Okla..

He received his medical degree from Université de Lyon, and practiced in France and in the United States at the University of Chicago and the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research.

Thomas Wallace received a law degree, but never actually practiced law.

Lavoisier received a law degree and was admitted to the bar, but never practiced as a lawyer.

He also received an honorary degree from Furman University.

In 1859, he received an honorary Master of Arts degree from Harvard,

He received a medical degree at Würzburg University in 1887.

From 1976 to 1980, Watterson attended Kenyon College and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science, while developing his art skills and contributing cartoons to the college newspaper.

He received his undergraduate degree from the University of California, San Diego, where Apple Macintosh developer Jef Raskin was one of his professors.

In two years, he received his masters degree in Islamic Philosophy.

He received a BA degree in 1932.

He instead received an honorary degree without examination in 1814.

She received a bachelor of science degree in chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1983, and a doctorate in polymer science and engineering from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1991 as a member of the Air Force ROTC.

At the age of 18, Clement received a bachelor's degree from Transvaal University College in Pretoria ( now the University of Pretoria ).

Cessna received a high degree of negative feedback from 162 customers and potential customers regarding this decision.

He received an honorary degree from Oglethorpe University in 1993.

Though not mandatory, many dentists choose to complete an internship or residency focusing on specific aspects of dental care after they have received their dental degree.

He then switched from physics to mathematics, and in 1960 he received his bachelor of science degree, simultaneously receiving his master of science degree by a special award of the faculty who considered his work outstanding.

He received a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Providence College.

In 1903 he received his BA degree in mathematics at Cambridge, converted by payment to MA in 1907.

He received his master's degree in American Studies at the University of Southern California.

Concurrently, McLean attended night school at Iona College and received a bachelor's degree in business administration in 1968.

D. Bayless Lodge No. 359 Fort Wayne, Indiana, and a member of the Shriners ; he received the honorary 33rd degree in 1995.