Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University

         Section 53. The academic degree has three levels:
          A doctorate degree called the degree of doctor, the abbreviation is Ph.D.
            A master’s degree called a master degree, the abbreviation is M.A.
            A bachelor’s degree called a pundit, the abbreviation is B.A.

            Section 54. The university authorizes to give a degree in the filed taught in university, to give any degree in any filed and to use the abbreviation of each filed, the announcement of university must be made as the government gazette.

            Section 55. The University Council may issue the regulations determining those who graduate the bachelor’s degree from university to receive a bachelor’s degree with the first class honor or second class honor.

          Section 56. The University Council may issue the regulations determining the undergraduate certificate, diploma, certificate in any field as follows:
          (1) Undergraduate certificate is issued to those who graduate in any field after receiving the degree.
          (2) Diploma is issued to those who graduate the syllabus in any field before the undergraduate level.
            (3) Certificate is issued to those who graduate in specific field.

          Section 57. The university authorizes to offer an honorary degree to a person approved by the university as the qualified person deserving that degree, the honorary degree is not allowed to offer regular lecturers who occupy various positions in university or University Council’s committees as long as they are still in the position.
          The level, field of degree and criteria to offer the honorary degree follows the university’s regulations.

          Section 58. The university can state to have a fan as a symbol of academic standing for monks, novices who receive a degree, undergraduate certificate, diploma and certificate and academic gown or academic needle as the symbol of academic standing for lay people who receive a degree, undergraduate certificate, diploma and certificate. For the laity, there may be a position gown for the University Council’s committees, position gown for administrators, position gown for regular lecturers.
          The restriction of feature, kind, sort and component of academic fan, academic gown, academic needles and position gown in the first paragraph, follows the university’s regulations through the announcement of government gazette.
          The academic fan, academic gown, academic needle and position gown that will be used in which occasion, under which condition, follow the university’s regulations.

          Section 59. The University Council can issue the regulations determining to have uniform, signs, student’s uniform for laity through the announcement of government gazette.