The Academic Awards and Distinctions (Additional Powers of the University of Aberdeen) Order of Council 2008
The power of the University of Aberdeen to confer degrees derives from the power vested in its Chancellor in persona by the University’s Papal Bull of 1495. This Order gives the University of Aberdeen the power to grant degrees and other academic awards and distinctions jointly with other institutions; to authorise other institutions to grant such awards on its behalf; and after due investigation, to deprive persons of such awards.