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This list of animals awarded human credentials includes nonhuman animals who have been submitted as applicants to suspected diploma mills, and have gotten a diploma. On occasion, they have been admitted and granted a degree, as reported in reliable sources. Animals are often used as a device to clearly demonstrate the lax standards or fraudulent activities of the awarding institutions. In at least one case, a cat's degree helped lead to a successful fraud prosecution against the institution that had issued it.

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  • This list of animals awarded human credentials includes nonhuman animals who have been submitted as applicants to suspected diploma mills, and have gotten a diploma. On occasion, they have been admitted and granted a degree, as reported in reliable sources. Animals are often used as a device to clearly demonstrate the lax standards or fraudulent activities of the awarding institutions. In at least one case, a cat's degree helped lead to a successful fraud prosecution against the institution that had issued it. On occasion, accredited institutions award mock degrees to animals for humorous purposes, e.g. UNSW awarded a "dogtorate" (not doctorate) to a dog; such cases are not included below. (en)
  • Cette liste d'animaux ayant obtenu des diplômes humains comprend des animaux non humains qui ont été soumis en tant que candidats à des usines à diplômes présumées, qui y ont été admis et qui ont obtenu un diplôme, comme le rapportent des sources fiables. Les animaux sont souvent utilisés comme un dispositif pour démontrer clairement les normes laxistes ou les activités frauduleuses des institutions d'attribution. Dans au moins un cas, le diplôme obtenu par un chat a permis de mener à bien une poursuite pour fraude contre l'institution qui l'avait délivré. À l'occasion, des établissements accrédités peuvent avoir décerné des diplômes fictifs à des animaux à des fins humoristiques (par exemple, l'Université de Nouvelle-Galles du Sud a décerné un « dogtorate » (pas un doctorat ) à un chien), auquel cas leur diplôme n'est pas inclus ci-dessous. (fr)
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  • This list of animals awarded human credentials includes nonhuman animals who have been submitted as applicants to suspected diploma mills, and have gotten a diploma. On occasion, they have been admitted and granted a degree, as reported in reliable sources. Animals are often used as a device to clearly demonstrate the lax standards or fraudulent activities of the awarding institutions. In at least one case, a cat's degree helped lead to a successful fraud prosecution against the institution that had issued it. (en)
  • Cette liste d'animaux ayant obtenu des diplômes humains comprend des animaux non humains qui ont été soumis en tant que candidats à des usines à diplômes présumées, qui y ont été admis et qui ont obtenu un diplôme, comme le rapportent des sources fiables. Les animaux sont souvent utilisés comme un dispositif pour démontrer clairement les normes laxistes ou les activités frauduleuses des institutions d'attribution. Dans au moins un cas, le diplôme obtenu par un chat a permis de mener à bien une poursuite pour fraude contre l'institution qui l'avait délivré. (fr)
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  • Liste d'animaux ayant obtenu un diplôme destiné aux humains (fr)
  • List of animals awarded human credentials (en)
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